Vocabulary
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Wait somewhere doing nothing
“I WAITED ABOUT for an hour, but they didn't come.”
“They were just WAITING AROUND to see if anything was going to happen.”
Stay somewhere after other people have left
“I WAITED BEHIND to ask the lecturer a question.”
Stay at home because someone is going to visit
“I WAITED IN for the guy to fix the TV.”
Serve people in a restaurant(inseparable)
“They have two people WAITING ON each table.”
Wait till something has finished, usually something unpleasant(separable)
“We'll have to WAIT OUT this uncertainty.”
Not go to bed because you are waiting
“I was worried and WAITED UP until they got home safe and sound.”
Stop (imperative)
“Wait up!”
Provide someone with what they require(inseparable)
“They used to have servants WAITING UPON them.”
Stop sleeping(separable)
“I WOKE UP at half past six this morning.”
Leave something you don't like(inseparable)
“You can't just WALK AWAY FROM your problems.”
Win easily(inseparable)
“She WALKED AWAY WITH the first prize.”
Retract a statement of change comments(separable)
“The president WALKED BACK her initial comments in the press conference.”
Retract a statement(inseparable)
“They declined to WALK BACK FROM their comments despite the controversy.”
Enter somewhere unexpectedly and see something(inseparable)
“He WALKED IN ON them planning to sack him.”
Get work without effort(inseparable)
“He WALKED INTO a great job straight after university.Be unaware of the presence of something and either enter it (a trap) or bump into it (an obstruction)”
Go for a walk to reduce the effects of an illness or bad feeling(separable)
“I tried to WALK OFF my hangover.”
“He WALKED OFF WITH the award.”
Continue walking
“I saw the accident but just WALKED ON as I didn't want to have to give a statement.”
Leave work because of a dispute with the management
“The workers WALKED OUT because the felt that safety wasn't being handled correctly.”
Leave somebody angrily(inseparable)
“He WALKED OUT ON his wife last year.”
Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone(separable)
“He WALKED me THROUGH the procedures.”
Go to someone
“A man WALKED UP and asked me the time.”
Pass or succeed easily(inseparable)
“She WALTZED THROUGH the tests and got the highest score.”
