wait on

1. To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

   Is someone waiting on you yet?

   служи́тьslužítʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ, обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ

   обслуго́вуватиobsluhóvuvaty, обслужи́тиobslužýty, служи́тиslužýty

2. (colloquial)To wait for (a person).

   I'm waiting on you before we can leave.

   чека́тиčekáty, очікуватиočikuvaty, чека́тиčekáty

3. (colloquial)To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).

   I'm waiting on the light to change.

4. To be in store for (someone).

5. To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.

6. (archaic)To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony.

7. (archaic)To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something).

8. (archaic)To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.).

9. (US, archaic, colloquial)To court (someone).

10. (archaic)To obey and pay attention to (someone); to follow (a leader); to attend to (someone); to be subject to (someone).

1. Are you being waited on?

   Вас уже хтось обслуговує?

   ruВас уже обслуживают?

   deWerden Sie schon bedient?

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2. Tom waited on the platform.

   Том чекав на платформі.

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3. A pretty waitress waited on us.

   Нас обслуговувала гарна офіціантка.

   ruНас обслуживала хорошенькая официантка.

   deEine schöne Kellnerin bediente uns.

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4. The sales girl waited on me.

   ruПродавщица обслужила меня.

   deDie Verkäuferin bediente mich.

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5. I sat waiting on the bench.

   ruЯ сел подождать на скамейку.

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• wait onслужити, обслуговуватиTo provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
• wait forутримувати, триматиTo wait until the specified event occurs.
• wait upTo stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
• wait outTo wait through (something): wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
• wait aroundTo spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.