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.
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