attendre

to wait

Usages of attendre

• Je n’ose pas y aller seul, alors j’attends mon ami pour le voyage.: I do not dare go there alone, so I am waiting for my friend for the trip.
• Cette librairie est loin de la maison, mais j’attends le bus pour m’y rendre rapidement.: This bookstore is far from the house, but I wait for the bus to get there quickly.
• D'accord, nous attendons au coin de la rue pendant environ deux minutes.: Okay, we will wait at the corner of the street for about two minutes.
• Autrement, elle me conseille d’attendre demain.: Otherwise, she advises me to wait until tomorrow.
• Attends-moi dans le couloir.: Wait for me in the hallway.
• Le guichet de la banque est fermé; la cliente attend dehors.: The bank counter is closed; the female customer is waiting outside.
• La porte est coincée; la poignée ne tourne plus, nous attendons dehors.: The door is stuck; the handle no longer turns, we are waiting outside.
• Cette carte me permet d'entrer sans attendre.: This card allows me to enter without waiting.
• Sur le quai, elle attend le train avec sa tante.: On the platform, she is waiting for the train with her aunt.
• Le banc sur lequel nous attendons est propre.: The bench on which we are waiting is clean.
• Dans la salle d’attente, presque complète, certains patients toussent, d’autres attendent en silence.: In the waiting room, which is almost full, some patients are coughing, others are waiting in silence.
• À son avis, le plus difficile était d’attendre aux urgences sans savoir, dans chaque cas, quand on serait soigné.: In his opinion, the hardest part was waiting in the emergency room without knowing, in each case, when one would be treated.
• Le patient attend dans la salle d'attente.: The patient is waiting in the waiting room.
• Nous attendons dans la salle d'urgence.: We are waiting in the emergency room.
• J'attends la réponse.: I am waiting for the answer.
• Paul a déjà signé un contrat de stage, mais son amie attend encore une réponse pour sa bourse.: Paul has already signed an internship contract, but his friend is still waiting for an answer about her scholarship.
• Elle attend encore une réponse à sa demande.: She is still waiting for an answer to her request.
• La passagère attend sur le quai et lit un roman.: The passenger waits on the platform and reads a novel.
• Nous attendons devant la gare avant le départ du train.: We wait in front of the station before the train’s departure.
• Pour avoir plus de renseignements, il suffit de scanner le code avec ton téléphone et d’attendre la réponse.: To get more information, you just have to scan the code with your phone and wait for the reply.
• Le café est trop chaud, alors je vais attendre.: The coffee is too hot, so I am going to wait.
• Je t’attends depuis midi.: I have been waiting for you since noon.

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