long wait
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflongandwait
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long
adjective
uk/lɒŋ/us/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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wait
noun[S]
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
a period of time when you stay in one place until someone comes, or something happens, or until you can ...
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(Definition oflongandwaitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Pharmacological intervention by the clinician resulted in a long walk to pharmacy and often alongwaitfor the medication.
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It is rather alongwaitfor each pair!
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As the eldest daughter, her labor probably was highly valued at home, and she might have expected alongwaitfor initiation.
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Although some authorities will make a contract on request for a selffunder who has been assessed as needing a care-home, there may be alongwait.
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Nieuhoff used thelongwaitto draw the imperial courtyard and the other foreign delegations.
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It has meant that companies were generally obliged to hire local tax consultants and endure alongwaitfor refunds.
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In the age of the media, which always yearns for constant and continuous activity, public support for alongwaitis difficult to achieve.
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Some people are too proud or too independent; others cannot cope with the interminable form-filling and questions, thelongwait— the whole degrading exercise.
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There can also be alongwaitfor surgery, especially as the disfigurements involved, although horrific, are not life-threatening.
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We know that we will have alongwaitbefore we see any political changes in this country.
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That seems to me to be a verylongwait.
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So, it has been alongwait, and the hopes expressed by our peoples have built up throughout thislongwait.
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What seems like alongwaitis but a short time in comparison with the years of training that our armed forces have to undertake.
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Unless the driver is to settle down for alongwait, he has to back out because there is no way of getting round.
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These farmers have the worry of alongwaitbefore compensation is paid, and at the moment there is no provision for hardship payment.
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If he is inviting me to vote with him to abolish expenditure control, he will have alongwait.
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This unfortunately meant alongwaitfor some applicants.
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They feel aggrieved at thelongwaitthey are having for what they regard as a just demand.
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As has been said, we have had a verylongwait.
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