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Stay, Wait
 停留，等待
patience  耐心 patient (adj.)  耐心的
impatient   restless  
wait
 等待
  We're really early. We're going to have to wait for a long time.
 我们非常早。我们必须得等待很长时间。
  She lived in Mexico for two years.
 她在墨西哥住了两年。
  They haven't arrived yet. We're still waiting.
 他们还没有到达。我们还在等候。
  He waited patiently for his girlfriend to get ready.
 他耐心地等待他的女朋友准备就绪。
stay - stayed
 停留
remain
 留下，剩下
  Stay here. I will come back soon.
 呆在这儿。我很快会回来。
  Remain where you are. Help is in on the way.
留在你现在的地点。援助已经出发了。
  Did they stay home last night?
他们昨晚有没有留在家里？
 
  I'm staying at a hotel tonight.
 我今晚住在旅馆里。 		 
until
 直至
during  在期间
  They will stay in Canada until Friday. 
他们会停留在加拿大直至星期五。
  Will you wait until next month? 
你会等到下一月吗？
  They talked during the movie. 
他们在电影期间谈话。
together
 一起
apart  分开
  We were together for a short time. 
我们短时间在一起。
  How long did you wait? 
你等了多长时间？ 
 
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I waited for thirty minutes.
 我等了30分钟。
  It took me a longtime walk to Rome.
????
  Did it take long to finish it? 
完成它用了很长时间吗？
 
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No, it only took 10 minutes.
 没有。只用了十分钟。
 
before
 之前
after  之后

注意到虽然时间从句 （after, before, as soon as)是未来式，从句里的动词仍是现在式。

  Before she gets here, let's hide the money.
 在她到达以前，我们把钱藏起来吧。
  After he arrives, let's go for a walk. 
他到达之后，我们去散步吧。
  As soon as they leave, let's go to the beach. 
他们一走，我们就去海滩吧。