await 
等 ☊ → 等候 ☊ → ☊ → 
wait 
พนักงานเสิร์ฟ ☊ phaH nakH ngaanM seerfL 
attendre ☊ 
đợi 
Wait for me! ☊ 
Đợi tôi với! ☊ Common Phrases 2 Please, wait for me! ☊ Làm ơn, đợi tôi với! ☊ Common Phrases 2 Really? Wait for me! ☊ ☊ Common Phrases 2 The beautiful woman still waits for her man. ☊ Người phụ nữ đẹp vẫn chờ người đàn ông của mình. ☊ Verbs 3 It It is very important so I cannot wait. ☊ Nó rất quan trọng nên tôi không thể chờ. ☊ Verbs 3 wait for ☊ chờ ☊ Verbs 3 The nurse waits until he stops singing. ☊ Người y tá đợi đến khi anh ấy dừng hát. ☊ Verbs 3 We wait for the women patiently because they are very slow. ☊ Chúng tôi kiên nhẫn đợi những người phụ nữ vì họ rất chậm. ☊ Verbs 3 wait ☊ đợi ☊ Verbs 3 You make me wait for a very long time. ☊ Bạn làm tôi chờ dài cổ! ☊ Informal Expressions Please wait a moment. Bạn làm ơn đợi một lát. * 040 You must wait for the bus. Các bạn phải chờ xe buýt. * 074 You must wait for the train. Các bạn phải chờ tàu hỏa. * 074 You must wait for the taxi. Các bạn phải chờ tắc xi. * 074 I’ll wait until my hair is dry. Tôi chờ đến khi tóc của tôi khô. * 096 I’ll wait until the film is over. Tôi chờ đến khi phim hết. * 096 I’ll wait until the traffic light is green. Tôi chờ đến khi đèn xanh. * 096 like: wait → →
to expect, wait for ☊ chờ ☊ to wait until the moment when ☊ chờ cho đến lúc ☊ to wait until when ☊ chờ cho đến lúc nào ☊ to wait a moment ☊ chờ chút ☊ to wait long ☊ chờ chực ☊ to wait for a long time ☊ chờ lâu quá ☊ to wait for a long time ☊ chờ mãi ☊ to wait for someone for a weary long time in vain ☊ chờ mỏi mắt mà không thấy đến ☊ to wait a moment ☊ chờ một lát ☊ to wait a while ☊ chờ một thời gian ☊ to wait until ☊ chờ tới ☊ to wait here ☊ chờ đây ☊ to wait until ☊ chờ đến ☊ to wait for the moment (when) ☊ chờ đến cái lúc ☊ to wait (for) ☊ chờ đợi ☊ to wait for so long ☊ chờ đợi bấy lâu ☊ to wait a long time ☊ chờ đợi lâu ☊ to wait for the enemy ☊ chờ đợi quân thù ☊ to wait for a long time ☊ chờ đợi từ lâu ☊ provide, supply; to wait upon, serve ☊ cung phụng ☊ to stop, wait a while ☊ gượm ☊ (1) almost, nearly, virtually (2) to wait upon, serve
(3) in order to
(4) monkey ☊
hầu ☊ to wait tables; waiter, waitress ☊ hầu bàn ☊ to be patient, wait patiently, persevere; patient; patience, perseverance ☊ kiên nhẫn ☊ to wait for the moment to (do sth) ☊ mong có dịp để ☊ to expect, wait (for) ☊ mong đợi ☊ to wait in desperation ☊ mỏi mòn ☊ to wait impatiently ☊ ngóng ☊ to sit and wait for ☊ ngồi chờ ☊ to serve, labor, wait upon, do hard work, attend to ☊ phục dịch ☊ to wait for, look forward to ☊ trông ngóng ☊ to sit on, straddle the fence, wait and see ☊ trùm chăn ☊ to wait (for), await ☊ đợi ☊ to wait for ☊ đợi chờ ☊ 170
He's waiting for a bus. ☊ Anh ấy đang đợi xe bus. ☊ 211
Who are you waiting for? ☊ Cậu đang đợi ai thế? ☊ 212
Are you waiting for John? ☊ Cậu đang đợi John à? ☊ 231
Are you waiting for a bus? ☊ Cậu đang đợi xe bus à? ☊ 232
No, I'm waiting for a taxi. ☊ Không, tôi đang đợi taxi. ☊ 601
Then she had breakfast at an airport cafe and waited for her ight. ☊ Rồi cô ấy ăn sáng ở quán của sân bay và chờ đợi chuyến bay. ☊ 685
Dennis was at the station waiting for a train. ☊ Dennis ở nhà gare đợi tàu hoả. ☊ 720
I saw them this morning. They were waiting at the bus stop. ☊ Tôi đã gặp họ sáng nay. Họ đang đợi ở bến xe bus. ☊ 726
Two friends of hers were waiting to meet her. ☊ Hai người bạn của cô ấy đang đợi gặp cô ấy ☊ 849
Sorry I'm late. How long have you been waiting? ☊ Xin lỗi tôi đến muộn. Cậu đã đợi được bao lâu rồi? ☊ 859
We've been waiting for two (2) hours. ☊ Chúng tôi đã đợi được hai tiếng đồng hồ. ☊ 860
We've been waiting since nine [o'clock] (9:00). ☊ Chúng tôi đã đợi từ lúc chín giờ. ☊ 874
The bus is late. We've been waiting for twenty (20) minutes. ☊ Xe bus đến muộn. Chúng tôi đã đợi được hai mươi phút. ☊ 935
Have Chandra and Indira arrived yet? — No, not yet. We're still waiting for them. ☊ Chandra và Idria đã đến chưa? - Chưa. Chúng tôi vẫn đang đợi họ. ☊ 1004
Five years ago she was a waitress in a restaurant. ☊ Năm năm về trước cô ấy làm hầu bàn trong một nhà hàng. ☊ 1343
Shall I wait here? — No, come with me. ☊ Tôi đợi đây nhé? - Không, đi theo tôi. ☊ 1392
Can you wait a minute, please? > Could you wait a moment, please? ☊ Cậu có thể đợi một phút được không? Cậu làm ơn đợi một phút được không? ☊ 1449
Why were you so late? — I had to wait half an hour for the bus. ☊ Sao cậu muộn như vậy? - Tôi phải đợi xe bus nửa tiếng. ☊ 1506
We didn't have to wait very long for the bus; it came in a few minutes. ☊ Chúng tôi không phải đợi xe bus lâu lắm, xe đã đến trong vòng vài phút. ☊ 1521
Chris had to wait a long time. — How long did he have to wait? ☊ Chris đã phải đợi lâu. Anh ấy đã phải đợi bao lâu? ☊ 1528
Why is Megumi waiting? She doesn't have to wait. ☊ Tại sao Megumi lại đợi? Cô ấy không phải đợi. ☊ 1572
Should we go now? — No, not yet. I'd rather wait until later. ☊ Giờ ta nên đi chưa? Chưa. Tôi thích đợi lát nữa hơn. ☊ 1573
I'd like to go now, but Gary would rather wait until later. ☊ Tôi muốn đi bây giờ nhưng Gary thích đợi lát nữa hơn. ☊ 1592
Should we go out now? — I'd rather wait until it stops raining. ☊ Giờ chúng ta có nên ra ngoài không? - Tôi muốn chờ đến khi tạnh mưa hơn. ☊ 1593
Should we have dinner now, or wait until later? ☊ Giờ chúng ta có nên ăn tối không, hay đợi lát nữa? ☊ 1636
Would you like to go now? — No, let's wait a while. ☊ Cậu muốn đi bây giờ không? - Không, đợi một lát đi. ☊ 1637
Shall I wait for you? — No, don't wait for me. ☊ Tôi đợi cậu nhé? - Không, đừng đợi tôi. ☊ 1967
I don't mind being kept waiting. ☊ Tôi không phiền khi phải đợi tiếp đâu. ☊ 2014
We were made to wait for two (2) hours. ☊ Chúng tôi đã bị bắt phải chờ hai tiếng. ☊ I don't like to be kept waiting.'> 2048 I don't like to be kept waiting.'>
I don't like being kept waiting. > I don't like to be kept waiting. I don't like to be kept waiting.'> ☊ Tôi không thích chờ đợi mãi. > Tôi không muốn phải chờ mãi. ☊ 2085
We got into the exhibition without having to wait in line. ☊ Chúng tôi vào được bên trong triển lãm mà không phải xếp hàng ☊ 2119
There was no point in waiting any longer, so we left. ☊ Đợi nữa cũng chả được tích sự gì nên chúng tôi đã đi. ☊ 2187
I saw Fyodor waiting for a bus. ☊ Tôi dã thấy Fyodor đang đợi xe bus. ☊ 2605
I've waited long enough and I'm not waiting any longer. ☊ Tôi đã đợi đủ lâu và tôi sẽ không đợi lâu hơn nữa. ☊ 2643
The plane is still waiting on the runway and hasn't taken o yet. ☊ Máy bay vẫn đợi trên đường và chưa cất cánh. ☊ 2690
Where have you been? I've been waiting for ages. ☊ Cậu đã ở đâu thế? Tôi vẫn đợi cậu mãi. ☊ 2823
He's late again. It's typical of him to keep everybody waiting. ☊ Anh ấy lại muộn. Điển hình của anh ấy là khiến mọi người phải đợi. ☊ The waiter can't add up. ☊ add up, add sth up ☊
I waited for ages. ☊ age ☊
waiting in the airport lounge ☊ airport ☊
Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety. ☊ anxiety ☊
to ask/look/wait anxiously ☊ anxiously ☊
Residents are anxiously awaiting a decision. ☊ anxiously ☊
The prospect of a long wait in the rain did not appeal. ☊ appeal ☊
argument (with sb) (about/over sth): We had an argument with the waiter about the bill. ☊ argument ☊
I'll wait until they arrive. ☊ arrive ☊
We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive. ☊ arrive ☊
I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). ☊ asleep ☊
She tried to attract the waiter's attention. ☊ attention ☊
She tried to attract the attention of the waiter. ☊ attract ☊
I can't wait to get back home. ☊ back ☊
Wait a bit! ☊ bit ☊
Passengers are waiting to board. ☊ board ☊
'Shall I wait?' 'No, don't bother'. ☊ bother ☊
I waited for them at the bottom of the hill. ☊ bottom ☊
Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift. ☊ button ☊
I'm waiting for someone to call me back with a price. ☊ call back, call sb back ☊
We waited inside until things calmed down. ☊ calm down, calm sb/sth down ☊
In some cases people have had to wait several weeks for an appointment. ☊ case ☊
It was the chance she had been waiting for. ☊ chance ☊
Wait for the traffic lights to change. ☊ change ☊
click sth: He clicked his fingers at the waiter. ☊ click ☊
The package is waiting to be collected. ☊ collect ☊
We're waiting for the telephone to be connected. ☊ connect ☊
I think we should wait until tempers have cooled. ☊ cool ☊
The audience was waiting for the curtain to rise (= for the play to begin). ☊ curtain ☊
I would cut out the bit about working as a waitress. ☊ cut sth out ☊
delay doing sth: He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment. ☊ delay ☊
Wait downstairs in the hall. ☊ downstairs ☊
They waited and waited for something exciting to happen. ☊ exciting ☊
I recognized a fellow sufferer, waiting nervously outside the exam room. ☊ fellow ☊
A stack of files awaited me on my desk. ☊ file ☊
gather sth together/up: I waited while he gathered up his papers. ☊ gather ☊
Did you give the waiter a tip? ☊ give ☊
She crashed into a waiter and his tray of drinks went flying. ☊ go ☊
Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights). ☊ green ☊
Students stood around in groups waiting for their results. ☊ group ☊
Wait for the concrete to go hard. ☊ hard ☊
I had a cigarette while I was waiting. ☊ have ☊
the head gardener/waiter, etc. ☊ head ☊
Wait till he hears about this. ☊ hear ☊
The manager will be free soon—you can wait for her here. ☊ her ☊
I waited for an hour and then I left. ☊ hour ☊
I've been waiting for hours. ☊ hour ☊
I don't mind waiting—I'm not in any particular hurry. ☊ in no hurry (to do sth), not in a/any hurry (to do sth) ☊
She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors. ☊ husband ☊
I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient. ☊ impatient ☊
The police are waiting to interview the injured man. ☊ interview ☊
She took a job as a waitress. ☊ job ☊
just (to do sth): I waited an hour just to see you. ☊ just ☊
keep sb/sth doing sth: I'm very sorry to keep you waiting. ☊ keep ☊
Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait. ☊ kill ☊
He knocked three times and waited. ☊ knock ☊
Knowing Ben, we could be waiting a long time (= it is typical of him to be late). ☊ know ☊
There's a lady waiting to see you. ☊ lady ☊
leave sb/sth doing sth: Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain. ☊ leave ☊
He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait. ☊ length ☊
If you hold the line (= stay on the telephone and wait), I'll see if she is available. ☊ line ☊
to stand/wait in line for sth ☊ line ☊
They were all waiting on the starting line. ☊ line ☊
Having to wait hours came high on the list of complaints. ☊ list ☊
The trucks waited at the warehouse to pick up their loads. ☊ load ☊
How long have you been waiting? ☊ long ☊
I can't wait any longer. ☊ no/any longer ☊
I'll go mad if I have to wait much longer. ☊ mad ☊
Sorry mate, you'll have to wait. ☊ mate ☊
What she means is that there's no point in waiting here. ☊ mean ☊
The waiter made a mistake (in) adding up the bill. ☊ mistake ☊
Could you wait a moment, please? ☊ moment ☊
One moment, please (= Please wait a short time). ☊ moment ☊
I'm waiting for the right moment to tell him the bad news. ☊ moment ☊
He had to wait for months for the visas to come through. ☊ month ☊
Wait until he's in a better mood before you ask him. ☊ mood ☊
I can't wait for this nonsense to end so that we can all be friends again. ☊ nonsense ☊
There was a letter waiting for him on his return. ☊ on ☊
I'm seeing a patient—please wait outside. ☊ outside ☊
I'm still waiting for someone to own up to the breakages. ☊ own up (to sth/to doing sth) ☊
The worst part was having to wait three hours in the rain. ☊ part ☊
They waited for the storm to pass. ☊ pass ☊
You'll just have to be patient and wait till I'm finished. ☊ patient ☊
David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask his question. ☊ pause ☊
I'll wait for you at the meeting point in the arrivals hall. ☊ point ☊
At this point in time we just have to wait. ☊ point ☊
The point is you shouldn't have to wait so long to see a doctor. ☊ point ☊
You have a point (= your idea is right) —it would be better to wait till this evening. ☊ point ☊
She is in prison, awaiting trial. ☊ prison ☊
I'm quite happy to wait for you here. ☊ quite ☊
You will rarely, if ever, have to wait longer than an hour. ☊ rarely ☊
Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes. ☊ ready ☊
I waited a long time for him to return. ☊ return ☊
I was waiting for the right moment to ask him. ☊ right ☊
They had to sit in the waiting room for an hour. ☊ room ☊
People stood round waiting for something to happen. ☊ round ☊
save sb doing sth: If you phone for an appointment, it'll save you waiting. ☊ save ☊
'Is he going to get better?' 'I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see.' ☊ see ☊
I should wait a little longer, if I were you. ☊ should ☊
We were shown into the waiting room. ☊ show ☊
sick of doing sth: We're sick of waiting around like this. ☊ sick ☊
signal (to sb) (for sth): He signalled to the waiter for the bill. ☊ signal ☊
If you can wait a moment, I'll sort it all out for you. ☊ sort sth/sb/yourself out ☊
The President refused to speak to the waiting journalists. ☊ speak ☊
The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy. ☊ stamp ☊
Wait here to have your passport stamped. ☊ stamp ☊
stand doing sth: She couldn't stand being kept waiting. ☊ stand ☊
We all stood around in the corridor waiting. ☊ stand ☊
I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply. ☊ still ☊
She supported herself through college by working as a waitress in a local bar. ☊ support ☊
How was I supposed to know you were waiting for me? ☊ be supposed to do/be sth ☊
You have to wait until the drugs have passed out of your system. ☊ system ☊
tell sb/yourself to do sth: He was told to sit down and wait. ☊ tell ☊
If anyone comes in before I get back, ask them to wait. ☊ them ☊
There are two people waiting outside. ☊ there ☊
There are a lot of people back there (= behind) waiting to get in. ☊ there ☊
If anyone arrives late they'll have to wait outside. ☊ they ☊
Can't you wait till we get home? ☊ till ☊
Just wait till you see it. It's great. ☊ till ☊
Did you have to wait a long time to see the doctor? ☊ time ☊
He gave the waiter a generous tip. ☊ tip ☊
tip sb: Did you remember to tip the waiter? ☊ tip ☊
Please wait your turn. ☊ turn ☊
Unfortunately for him, the police had been informed and were waiting outside. ☊ unfortunately ☊
It was not unknown for people to have to wait several hours (= it happened sometimes). ☊ unknown ☊
The truck driver was waiting to unload. ☊ unload ☊
Let's wait until the rain stops. ☊ until ☊
Wait until the dough doubles in volume before kneading it again. ☊ volume ☊
She rang the bell and waited. ☊ wait ☊
The President agreed to speak to the waiting journalists. ☊ wait ☊
I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes. ☊ wait ☊
I'll wait outside until the meeting's over. ☊ wait ☊
wait for sb/sth: Wait for me! ☊ wait ☊
wait for sb/sth to do sth: We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out. ☊ wait ☊
wait to do sth: Hurry up! We're waiting to go. ☊ wait ☊
You'll just have to wait your turn (= wait until your turn comes). ☊ wait ☊
wait (for sth): Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years. ☊ wait ☊
This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for. ☊ wait ☊
wait for sb/sth to do sth: He's waiting for me to make a mistake. ☊ wait ☊
I waited my chance and slipped out when no one was looking. ☊ wait ☊
wait (for sb): There's a letter waiting for you at home. ☊ wait ☊
wait to do sth: The hotel had a taxi waiting to collect us. ☊ wait ☊
I've got some calls to make but they can wait until tomorrow. ☊ wait ☊
I'm afraid this can't wait. It's very important. ☊ wait ☊
Can you wait a second while I make a call? ☊ wait a minute/moment/second ☊
Wait a minute—this isn't the right key. ☊ wait a minute/moment/second ☊
The children can't wait for Christmas to come. ☊ I, they, etc. can't wait/can hardly wait ☊
I can hardly wait to see him again. ☊ I, they, etc. can't wait/can hardly wait ☊
I'll ask the waitress for the bill. ☊ waiter ☊
Waiter, could you bring me some water? ☊ waiter ☊
Wait for the warmer weather before putting the plants in the garden. ☊ warm ☊
Wherever she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her. ☊ wherever ☊
While I was waiting at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction. ☊ while ☊
shoes mended while you wait ☊ while ☊
The whole world was waiting for news of the astronauts. ☊ world ☊
'Waiter!' 'Yes, sir?' ☊ yes ☊
attendre ☊ ma mère m’attend dans la grande salle ☊
attente ☊ six mois d’attente, c’est beaucoup trop long ☊
serveur ☊ je ne suis pas une serveuse de bar ☊