"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
1. wait expectantly = poczekaj niecierpliwie wait expectantly
  • The men who had come down with them in the cage were waiting expectantly.
  • An Indian woman came into the room and waited expectantly.
  • She waited expectantly for my response, but I didn't give her one.
  • The others moved back to each side and waited expectantly.
  • In the upper hall they stopped again, and he stood waiting expectantly.
  • It was as if she had been waiting expectantly just inside.
  • She waited expectantly, willing both men to return and go their way into the night.
  • A moment passed before he realized his men were waiting expectantly for him to say something.
  • She knew what was to come, waited for it expectantly.
  • He thought for a few moments and then looked round at the men, who were waiting expectantly.
2. wait hopefully = poczekaj przy odrobinie szczęścia wait hopefully
(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
(20) endlessly, interminably
Kolokacji: 2
(21) placidly, kindly
Kolokacji: 2

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