wait on

servir, s’occuper de

Servir une personne, par exemple en lui apportant à manger ou en répondant à ses besoins.

En anglais simple : To serve someone, for example by bringing food or doing things they need.

• Who is waiting on that customer?
• She waited on guests at the hotel.
• I cannot wait on you all day.

Comment l'utiliser : wait on someone (Two waiters waited on our table.)

Synonymes : serve, attend to

Expressions courantes : wait on someone, wait on customers

attendre

Rester jusqu’à ce qu’une personne arrive ou soit prête.

En anglais simple : To stay until someone arrives or is ready.

• We are waiting on you.
• They waited on their brother before leaving.
• Are you still waiting on the driver?

Comment l'utiliser : wait on someone to do something (We are waiting on Sam to finish packing.)

Synonymes : wait for, await

Expressions courantes : wait on someone, wait on everyone

attendre

Attendre ou remettre une action à plus tard, jusqu’à l’arrivée de quelque chose ou à un événement.

En anglais simple : To stay or delay doing something until a thing arrives or an event happens.

• We are waiting on the results.
• She waited on a reply for days.
• Are they still waiting on their delivery?

Comment l'utiliser : wait on something (We are waiting on approval for the project.); wait on something to do something (They waited on the light to change.)

Synonymes : wait for, await

Expressions courantes : wait on results, wait on approval

attendre

Être une chose qu’une personne vivra dans l’avenir.

En anglais simple : To be something that a person will experience in the future.

• Trouble waits on the traveler ahead.
• Great hardship waited on them in the distant city.
• They wondered what fate would wait on them there.

Comment l'utiliser : something waits on someone (Hardship waited on the travelers beyond the mountains.)

Synonymes : await, lie ahead of

Expressions courantes : wait on someone, wait on the traveler

voler en haut vol

Pour un oiseau de chasse, voler au-dessus de son dresseur en attendant qu’une proie apparaisse au sol.

En anglais simple : For a hunting bird, to fly above its handler until an animal appears below.

• The falcon waits on above its handler.
• The hawk waited on until the rabbit appeared.
• A trained bird will wait on while the falconer walks.

Synonymes : hover

Expressions courantes : wait on overhead, wait on patiently