Language Activator – Wait

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت Wait را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

wait

(intransitive verb)

to spend time not doing very much, while you are expecting something to happen or expecting someone to arrive

.Wait here until I get back

.Hurry up, everyone’s waiting

wait for somebody

.I’ll stay here and wait for Suzie

wait for something

.We spent almost an hour just waiting for the bus

wait (for) a minute/two hours/a long time etc

.Where have you been? I’ve been waiting since 7:00

.You’ll have to wait a few minutes – I’m not ready yet

wait to do something

?Are you waiting to use the phone

wait for somebody/something to do something

.She waited for him to reply

.He waited for the applause to die down before he continued speaking

keep somebody waiting

make someone wait, for example by arriving late

.I’m so sorry I kept you waiting

wait and see wait

to find out what will happen

.I’ve done as much as I can – now all I can do is wait and see what happens

wait-and-see attitude/position/approach etc

.The airline industry has adopted a wait-and-see attitude to the report’s proposals

hold on/hang on

(intransitive phrasal verb)

:spoken to wait, especially in a difficult situation, hoping that something good will happen

.Captain Damas decided it was best to hold on and wait for the other ship to arrive.

.We knew that if we hung on long enough, things were bound to change

hang around also hang about

(intransitive phrasal verb)

: informal to wait in one place without doing anything, so that you are wasting time

.Sally hung around for over an hour but no-one came

.I wish we could get on with the job. I hate all this hanging about

hang around for

.We spent half an hour hanging about for Kerry

hang around for hours/ages etc

.We were hanging around for hours before they opened the gates

keep somebody hanging around

.We can’t keep our troops hanging around forever, doing nothing

stand by

(intransitive phrasal verb)

: to wait and be ready to do something if needed

.The family stood by, knowing that she might wake up any minute

stand by for

.The crew was ordered to stand by for take-off

stand by to do something

.The Foreign Minister had a helicopter standing by to whisk him to the northern city of Afula

wait your turn

(verb phrase)

to wait before doing something that other people are also waiting to do, because some of them have the right to do it before you

.Everyone has to wait their turn

wait your turn to do something

.A long line of people waited their turn to shake his hand

sit out

(transitive phrasal verb)

: to wait until something has finished, especially something unpleasant or boring

sit it out

.If the plane’s late, there’s nothing we can do except sit it out

sit something out

.Tony forced himself to sit the play out

sit out something

Like many people in the community, we sat out the storm at home, hoping no disasters would occur

await

(transitive verb)

: formal to wait for something

.The committee is awaiting a decision from head office before it takes any action

.Two men have been charged with murder and are now in prison awaiting trial

Long-awaited

(adjective only before noun)

: used to describe things that you have waited for a long time

.The next morning we received the long-awaited order to attack

.It is hoped that these measures will trigger the long-awaited upturn in the economy

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Wait / long-awaited / await / sit out / stand by / hang around / hang on

.N1. It is hoped that these measures will trigger the ………… upturn in the economy
.N2. The committee is ………… a decision from head office before it takes any action
. ………… N3. If the plane’s late, there’s nothing we can do except ………… it
.N4. The family ………… , knowing that she might wake up any minute
.N5. Sally ………… for over an hour but no-one came
.N6. We knew that if we ………… long enough, things were bound to change

:Answers

long-awaited / awaiting / sit – out / stood by / hung around / hung on