wait

1. (intransitive)To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

   I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

   warten

   ждатьždatʹ, подожда́тьpodoždátʹ, ожида́тьožidátʹ

   чека́тиčekáty, жда́тиždáty, очі́куватиočíkuvaty

2. (US, intransitive, stative)To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   She used to wait in this joint.

   bedienen

   обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ

   serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

3. (intransitive)To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

4. (archaic, transitive)To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   to wait one’s turn

5. (obsolete, transitive)To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

6. (obsolete)To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

7. (colloquial, obsolete)To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

8. (obsolete)To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

1. Please wait outside of the house.

   Зачекай надворі, будь ласка.

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2. Many people were waiting in line.

   У черзі чекало багато людей.

   ruВ очереди ждало много людей.

   deViele Leute standen Schlange.

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3. Please wait until I come back.

   Будь ласка, почекайте на моє повернення.

   ruПожалуйста, подождите, пока я вернусь.

   deWarten Sie bitte, bis ich zurückkomme.

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4. I'm still waiting for my order.

   Я все ще чекаю на своє замовлення.

   ruЯ всё ещё жду мой заказ.

   deIch warte immer noch auf meine Bestellung.

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5. I was asked to wait here.

   Мене попросили почекати тут.

   ruМеня попросили подождать здесь.

   deIch wurde gebeten, hier zu warten.

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regular · Lesson

• 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.