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I would rather walk than wait for the next bus.
私は次ぎのバスを待つよりむしろ歩きたい。
We may as well walk as wait for the next bus.
次のバスを待つくらいなら歩いた方がましだ。
It's boring to wait for a train.
電車は待つことが退屈だ。
There was nothing to do but wait until the next morning.
翌朝まで待つしかなかった。
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。
I don't feel like waiting any longer.
私はもうこれ以上待つ気がしない。
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.
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。
I don't mind waiting for a while.
私はしばらくの間待つのは構わない。
We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.
私たちは店が開くまで、しばらく待つより仕方がなかった。
Tell him to wait.
彼に待つように言って下さい。
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。
There was nothing that I could do but wait for him.
彼を待つほかに手はなかった。
We had better go home rather than wait here.
ここで待つより家に帰った方がよかろう。
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。
We had hardly waited for five minutes when the bus came.
5分待つか待たないうちにバスがきた。
They were tired of waiting.
彼らは待つことに飽きがきていた。
There was nothing for it but to wait for her.
彼女を待つより他に仕方がなかった。
Two years is a long time to wait.
2年とは、待つには長い時間だ。
I decided to bide my time and wait for the argument to finish.
私は、議論が終わるのを辛抱強く待つことに決め込んだ。
Spiders wait for insects to get caught in the webs. This is how they get their food.
クモは昆虫が巣にかかるのを待つ。これがクモが食べ物を手に入れる方法だ。
Ten years is a long time to wait.
10年は待つには長い時間だ。
I would rather walk than wait for the next bus.
私は次のバスを待つよりはむしろ歩きたい。
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.