He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.

他被动地坐在那里，心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。

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He was right but I didn't respond, opting instead to wait for his next move.

他说得对，但我没有回答，而是在等他的下文。

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You would prefer not to (or can't wait to) move performance data to a data warehouse and run queries and analytics against it.

您肯定不希望（或无法等待）将性能数据移动到数据仓库，然后再对它运行查询和分析。

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Any move should wait until after November's election of a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Cleveland Police Authority will be told.

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And Friday Night Lights will move to, wait for it, Friday night.

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You wait, you watch, you scope out plans of attack and avenues of escape, you make your move slowly or quickly, you wait again.

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