wait on

servire

Servire qualcuno, per esempio portandogli da mangiare o occupandosi delle sue necessità.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: wait on someone (Two waiters waited on our table.)

Sinonimi: serve, attend to

Espressioni comuni: wait on someone, wait on customers

aspettare, attendere

Restare finché una persona arriva o è pronta.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: wait on someone to do something (We are waiting on Sam to finish packing.)

Sinonimi: wait for, await

Espressioni comuni: wait on someone, wait on everyone

aspettare, attendere

Aspettare o rimandare un’azione finché arriva qualcosa o si verifica un evento.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: wait on something (We are waiting on approval for the project.); wait on something to do something (They waited on the light to change.)

Sinonimi: wait for, await

Espressioni comuni: wait on results, wait on approval

attendere, aspettare

Essere qualcosa che una persona vivrà in futuro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: something waits on someone (Hardship waited on the travelers beyond the mountains.)

Sinonimi: await, lie ahead of

Espressioni comuni: wait on someone, wait on the traveler

volare in alto volo

Per un uccello da caccia, volare sopra il falconiere finché compare una preda a terra.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: hover

Espressioni comuni: wait on overhead, wait on patiently