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please
Interjection
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We say "please" when we want to ask someone politely to do something.
Pass the salt, please.
please
Verb
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Someone pleases someone else when they do what that person likes or wants.
Giving her these flowers will please her.
wait
Verb
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If you wait for someone or something, you do something (or nothing) until something else happens.
I waited for you for twenty minutes. Where were you?
The fans waited patiently for their idol to arrive.
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To wait is to take orders and serve food at the tables in cafes and restaurants.
Her job at the cafe was to wait at the tables.
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
waiting
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adjective
(= ready and waiting)
being and remaining ready and available for use
waiting cars and limousines lined the curb
found her mother waiting for them
an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests
military forces ready and waiting
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noun
(= wait)
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
the wait was an ordeal for him
room
Noun
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A room is a place which is part of a building. Someone is able to see other people who are in the same room.
We need a long, wide room because many people will be at the meeting.
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Room can mean some space; a place with nothing, only air.
I need room to be able to move my arms and not touch people.
room
Verb
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To live in or share a room.
I roomed with Ryan all four years of college.