Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

They love to kind of luxuriate in the opportunity to show off their voice on a leading tone, build up expectation, make you wait even more for that tonic.

他们总是喜欢借机,在导音部分卖弄下自己的歌喉,以增加听众的期望,让大家更渴望听到主音

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I could not wait to grow up and be off on my own.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

One can see businessmen and women running down the escalators, most likely late for work, couples holding hands, others seemingly asleep as they wait to get off, listening to the music that blares from the loudspeakers overhead.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10