"wait" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wait verbo

verbo + wait
Kolokacji: 45
stand waiting • sit waiting • keep waiting • settle to wait • afford to wait • prefer to wait • decide to wait • mind waiting • forced to wait • ...
(3) afford, leave
Kolokacji: 2
(4) prefer, hate, like
Kolokacji: 3
(5) want, need, ask, expect
Kolokacji: 5
(7) spend, waste
Kolokacji: 2
1. spend waiting = spędź przy czekaniu spend waiting
  • Half her life was spent waiting for him to come home.
  • Most of the 3 to 4-hour average playing time is spent waiting for other players to play their turn.
  • How can he be expected to run the country when half his time is spent waiting for people who never turn up?
  • The 20 minutes you spend waiting for a table is part of the price.
  • But it does try to make use of the dead time spent waiting.
  • Many hours are spent waiting for something to happen, or what is known in the trade as "an event."
  • Most of that time had been spent waiting for word from the doctors.
  • Most of the time is spent just waiting for a strike.
  • The days spent waiting for the results were extremely difficult.
  • How many minutes have you spent waiting in line during the holidays?
2. waste waiting = odpady czekając waste waiting
wait + preposición
Kolokacji: 50
wait for • wait until • wait around • wait outside • wait till • wait out • wait up • ...
wait + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 84
wait long • wait patiently • wait impatiently • hardly wait • wait anxiously • wait expectantly • wait outside • wait quietly • simply wait • ...

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