"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(2) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(3) hardly, barely, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(5) expectantly, hopefully
Kolokacji: 2
(6) outside, inside
Kolokacji: 2
(7) quietly, restlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, merely, well
Kolokacji: 3
(10) nervously, tensely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) politely, courteously
Kolokacji: 2
(12) calmly, coolly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) downstairs, below, upstairs
Kolokacji: 3
1. wait downstairs = poczekaj dolne piętro wait downstairs
2. wait below = poczekaj poniżej wait below
3. wait upstairs = poczekaj na górze wait upstairs
  • There was a letter waiting for me upstairs on the table in our sitting-room.
  • I told you to wait upstairs in your room.
  • "Will you come back in the morning to claim her, or do you want to wait upstairs?"
  • The father has gone to wait upstairs until she leaves.
  • School board members waited upstairs, prepared to meet with parents if they requested a special hearing.
  • She couldn't wait upstairs; she would be too far from the phone.
  • I think we're all going to have a pretty long wait upstairs.
  • Which was why he'd fully expected to find her waiting upstairs when he rose this evening.
  • After a few minutes, the policeman re- turned and asked, politely enough, that they all wait upstairs.
  • "Did you want to wait upstairs in the lobby while I shower?"
(14) indefinitely, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) respectfully, humbly, meekly
Kolokacji: 3
(17) desperately, forlornly
Kolokacji: 2
(18) deliberately, purposely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) dutifully, obediently
Kolokacji: 2
(20) endlessly, interminably
Kolokacji: 2
(21) placidly, kindly
Kolokacji: 2

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