"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
(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
1. wait dutifully = poczekaj sumiennie wait dutifully
2. wait obediently = poczekaj posłusznie wait obediently
  • He mixed the drinks in silence, while she waited obediently, sitting on the edge of an armchair.
  • He looked at his aide, who stood waiting obediently at the map.
  • The first of the giants passed under, but the cat waited obediently, still as death, for the appropriate time.
  • But this time it mattered too much to remain silently, obediently waiting.
  • A horse waited obediently not far from the cottage.
  • If we waited obediently where Naomi had put us, we proved one thing.
  • He returned to the front of the truck, as the young women waited obediently to be lowered to the street.
  • The boy opened his mouth, waited obediently for the nipple to descend.
  • But he waited obediently while Tom dashed back to his laboratory.
(20) endlessly, interminably
Kolokacji: 2
(21) placidly, kindly
Kolokacji: 2

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