Besides from raising two toddlers (a task that requires enormous amounts of patience), we were waiting for an answer about the house that we'd put a bid on.

除了要养育两个婴孩(一项需要付出巨大耐心的任务)，还要等候那所已经预订了的房子的消息。

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My family is temporarily living with my in-laws while we are waiting on an answer about a house that we've put a bid on (it's a short sale, so it takes a looooooong time to hear an answer).

我们等着关于我们承包的一座房子的回复，因为它是卖空交易，所以要很长很长很长的时间，于是我的一家暂时和我的岳母岳父住一起。

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The whole country are waiting to see whether they will be successful in their Bid to host the 2002 World Cup.

全国上下都在翘首以待，看自己的国家能否成功申办2002年世界杯赛。

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GPs are being sent to deal with 999 calls in a bid to cut hospital waiting times in Shropshire and free up ambulances.

BBC: Shropshire GPs to support 999 calls

He also said that some NHS consultants were being paid to carry out ENT procedures in private clinics in a bid to lower the waiting lists.

BBC: Patients wait 45 weeks for ENT consultant

After waiting more than two months for a response to its bid to acquire Yahoo!

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