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