People stood round waiting for something to happen.

人们在各处站着，等待着发生什么事情。

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They are waiting for something exciting.

他们在等待着激动人心的事情。

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She would always be on the quivive waiting for something new or exciting.

她总是渴望出现一些新鲜事或令人兴奋的玩意。

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"It's a very incorrect assumption that people with disabilities are in their community sitting around passively waiting for something good to happen.

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and waiting for something to happen.

等待想法的到来。

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But is this something that you will sit there patiently, waiting for, within unknowing?

不过您会坐在那里,在不确定的情况下耐心等待艺术的发生么？

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Both have been sitting around collecting dust, waiting for something to come along and make them relevant again.

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"We've been waiting for something like this for a long time, " said Feinman, referring to the jobs increase.

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"They're always waiting for something to happen with their phones, " Dale notes wryly.

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