await

/əˈweɪt/ verbe B2

En français : attendre, s'attendre à, servir, guetter

To wait for. (formal, transitive) · I await your reply to my letter.
To expect. (transitive)
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for. (transitive)
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon. (intransitive, transitive)
To watch, observe. (intransitive)
To wait; to stay in waiting. (intransitive) · These are exotic lands where great adventures await.

He/she/it awaits · Prétérit awaited · Participe passé awaited · Forme en -ing awaiting

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base: await
He/she/it: awaits
Prétérit: awaited
Participe passé: awaited
Forme en -ing: awaiting

Dans la bibliothèque

But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there.

Pride and Prejudice, p. 141 · B2

Now, my dear fellow, we can’t help matters by making ourselves nervous about them, so let me implore you to go to bed and so be fresh for whatever may await us to-morrow.”

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 91 · B2

There I squatted down and awaited developments.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 95 · B2

“‘I am afraid,’ said I, rising, ‘that in the pleasure of this conversation I am neglecting business of importance which awaits me elsewhere.’

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 109 · B2

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