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Homonyms Wait & Weight
Wait – means to stay in the same place or to delay an action
- I will wait for you at the bus stop.
- The girls need to wait a long time to see the doctor.
- We have to wait a while for the food at the restaurant.
- My daughter has to wait a at least 1 month for an answer about getting accepted to university.
- I will wait for you in the car.
Weight – is used to state how heavy something is
- This bed weights a lot. Do you know how heavy it is?
- The weight of boxes is over 50 kilos, and they are too heavy for use to lift.
- Check the weight of the suitcases, because we are only allowed 23 kilos on the plane.
- The weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse. We need to fix the roof.
- The girls are loosing a lot of weight. I hope they are OK.