wait

wait
[weɪt] n
no pl
Warten nt (for auf +akk);
we had a three-hour \wait before we could see the doctor wir mussten drei Stunden warten, bevor wir den Arzt sprechen konnten
PHRASES:
to lie in \wait [for sb] [jdm] auflauern vi
1) (bide one's time) warten (for auf +akk);
\wait and see! warten Sie es ab!, abwarten und Tee trinken!;
\wait for it! (fam) wart's [doch] ab! (fam)
\wait a bit [or minute] [or moment] [or second] ! Moment mal!;
sb cannot \wait to do sth jd kann es kaum erwarten, etw zu tun
2) (expect)
to \wait for [or on] sb/sth jdn/etw erwarten
3) (be delayed) warten;
sth will have to \wait etw wird warten müssen;
to keep sb \waiting jdn warten lassen
4) (express warning)
[just] you \wait! warte [du] nur!
5) (serve)
to \wait on sb jdn bedienen;
to \wait on sb hand and foot (fig) jdn von vorn[e] bis hinten bedienen;
to \wait (Aus, Brit) at [or (Am) on] table[s] (form) bedienen, als Kellner/Kellnerin arbeiten
PHRASES:
time and tide \wait for no man (\wait for no man) das Rad der Zeit lässt sich nicht anhalten (geh)
to be \waiting in the wings schon in den Startlöchern sitzen [und warten] (fig) vt (Am) (serve)
to \wait a meal for sb mit dem Essen auf jdn warten
PHRASES:
to \wait one's turn warten, bis man an der Reihe ist

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