"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
2. waste waiting = odpady czekając waste waiting
  • You are then faced with the huge cost of actually getting about London, not to mention all the time wasted waiting on tube station platforms, the half mile walks to the exits, the hanging around in tunnels etc.
  • The harman didn't deserve the tip I left him, but I hadn't any more time to waste waiting for the change.
  • But we have reached a point where as black people we don't have another moment to waste waiting for government.
  • I have no time to waste waiting for his death," retorted Stoutenburg roughly, "there is an opportunity closer at hand and more swift than the wear watching for the slow ravages of disease.
  • As a result, there was never any congestion on the pistes or time wasted waiting for lifts.
  • Examples: Skyline Drive Blue Ridge Parkway Great Smokey Mountains National Park Outer Banks Everglades National Park Any attempt to make the route more interesting rather than endure the drag straight down US-1 or I-95 to Miami will mean a lot of time wasted waiting for the next train or bus.
  • "A shrivelled old walnut, that's how I'll look; all my youth wasted waiting for you and you are faithless -" "Steady on," Ramage interrupted mildly, "the French haven't caught me yet and you're a long way from your twentieth birthday!"
  • He came round the corner of the house, unhurriedly, just as though, she thought indignantly, she had the entire evening to waste waiting for him.
  • "I have no time to waste waiting for your net."
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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