The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.
交換手は電話をかけた人に電話がつながるまで待つように言った。
It doesn't require a scholar to interpret.
その解釈は学者を待つまでもない。
We should not be rash now; we should wait for a good chance.
今は焦らずに時を待つべきだ。
All we can do is to wait for him.
彼を待つより仕方がない。
I don't mind waiting.
私は待つのはかまわない。
The children are lined up for the bus.
子供達が一列に並んでバスを待つ。
I had hardly waited a minute when he came.
１分待つか待たない内に彼が来た。
I don't mind waiting for a while.
私はしばらくの間待つのは構わない。
I would rather walk than wait for the next bus.
私は、次のバスを待つよりむしろ歩きたい。
I can but wait.
私はただ待つだけの事だ。
Tell him to wait.
彼に待つように言って下さい。
All I can do at the moment is wait.
私が今出来るのは待つことだけだ。
The longer we waited, the more impatient we became.
待てば待つほど、私たちは苛々してきた。
How long will it be?
待つ時間はどのくらいですか。
The operator told me to hang up and wait for a moment.
オペレーターは電話を切って少し待つよう私に言った。
Ken told his dog to wait there.
ケンは自分の犬に、そこで待つように命令した。
I had not waited long before she turned up.
待つほどもなく、彼女が姿を見せた。
A watched pot never boils.
待つ身は長い。
For the time being, I will wait for the result of the survey.
今のところは、調査の結果を待つつもりです。
There was no choice but to sit and wait.
座って待つしかなかった。
I don't have anything else to do but wait for you.
あなたを待つ以外にすることは何も無い。
Five years is too long to wait.
５年待つには長すぎる。
The longer I waited, the more impatient I became.
私は待てば待つほどいらいらしてきました。
She told her son to wait a minute.
彼女は息子にちょっと待つように言った。
You may as well wait here.
あなたはここで待つほうがいい。
Need we wait for her?
彼女を待つ必要がありますか。
Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.
私たちはその店が開くまで、しばらく待つしかなかった。
Japanese and British people usually wait at a bus stop in a queue.
日本人や英国人は大抵バス停で列を作って待つ。
He doesn't like to wait until the last moment to do something.
彼は、何かをするとき最後の瞬間まで待つというのが好きではない。
Jim said that he wouldn't mind waiting for us.
ジムは私たちを待つのは構わないと言った。
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
