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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 22
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(1) long, better, awhile, alone, nearby, ...
Kolokacji: 30
(2) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(3) hardly, barely, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(4) anxiously, uneasily, fearfully, apprehensively
Kolokacji: 4
(5) expectantly, hopefully
Kolokacji: 2
(6) outside, inside
Kolokacji: 2
(7) quietly, restlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, merely, well
Kolokacji: 3
(9) eagerly, silently, somewhere, away, idly, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(10) nervously, tensely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) politely, courteously
Kolokacji: 2
(12) calmly, coolly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) downstairs, below, upstairs
Kolokacji: 3
(14) indefinitely, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
1. wait indefinitely = poczekaj na czas nieokreślony wait indefinitely
2. clearly wait = najwyraźniej poczekaj clearly wait
  • They had no idea for what, but he was clearly waiting.
  • Everyone was clearly waiting for something to appear from behind the curtain - but what?
  • She stared back at him, clearly waiting for a response.
  • The company was clearly waiting for her, and Margaret took a deep breath.
  • The American people can clearly wait one week to find out who will be the next president.
  • Next to him is Lisa, clearly waiting to hear about the same job.
  • He paused again, this time clearly waiting for an answer.
  • He was clearly waiting for her to speak again, but she said nothing.
  • This role was clearly waiting for me to take on.
  • His friend continued to frown at Jack, clearly waiting for the story to begin.
(15) respectfully, humbly, meekly
Kolokacji: 3
(16) impassively, stoically, stolidly
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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