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Usages of exspectare
Dum pluvia cadit, populus ante portam exspectat; deinde omnes per portam intrant.
While the rain is falling, the people wait in front of the gate; then everyone enters through the gate.
Nos ante portam exspectamus, dum mater in foro est.
We wait in front of the gate while mother is in the forum.
Mater dicit ventum mox desiturum esse, et nos in horto exspectamus.
Mother says the wind will soon stop, and we wait in the garden.
Intra portam multae feminae exspectant, sed extra urbem ventus adhuc fortis est.
Inside the gate many women are waiting, but outside the city the wind is still strong.
Deinde familia domum redibit, ubi convivae iam ante ianuam exspectabunt.
Then the family will return home, where the guests will already be waiting before the door.
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