No. 700 in Ukrainian
чекати
To wait.
In a sentence
Я чекаю на автобус біля зупинки.
I am waiting for the bus at the stop.
In this sentence, 'чекати' is used in its direct sense meaning 'to wait for something' and is followed by 'на' to specify the object being awaited, here it is 'автобус'.
Ми чекали результатів іспиту з нетерпінням.
We were eagerly waiting for the exam results.
Here, 'чекати' conveys the act of anticipating or expecting something, in this case 'результати іспиту'.
Не змушуй мене тебе чекати занадто довго.
Do not make me wait for you for too long.
The context shows 'чекати' being used to express waiting for a certain person, and it is paired with 'занадто довго' to emphasize the extended duration of waiting.
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