Post #58697

#COLLOCATIONS ◼️Wait "1"{verb} 💠to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens, someone arrives etc ✨ADVERBS ◾️ wait patiently ◾️ wait anxiously/ nervously ◾️ wait expectantly (=because you are hoping that something good or exciting will happen) ◾️ wait forever informal also wait ages BrEinformal (=wait a long time) ◾️ not wait long (=not wait for a long time) ◾️ wait around also wait about BrE (=stay in the same place and do nothing while you are waiting) ◾️ wait up (=wait for someone to return before you go to bed) ◾️ wait in BrE (=stay at home and wait there for someone to arrive) ✨wait + NOUNS ◾️ a waiting list (=a list of people who are waiting for something) ◾️ a waiting room (=a room at a station, doctor’s etc where people wait) ✨PREPOSITIONS ◾️ wait for sb ◾️ wait for sth ◾️ wait until/ till sth ✨PHRASES ◾️ wait two hours/ 20 minutes etc ◾️ keep sb waiting ◾️ wait with bated breath (=while feeling very anxious or excited) ◾️ wait in vain (=wait for something that never happens) ◾️ wait and see (=used when saying that you will find out about something soon) ◾️ wait your turn (=wait until it is your turn to do something) ◾️ wait a minute/ second/ moment (=used for telling someone to not do something immediately) 💢Note:- 💢 🌀Can’t wait If you say that you can’t wait to do something, you mean that you feel very excited about it Ex:- I can’t wait to see my family again.