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• Waiting for Godot
  1. (1955) a play by the Irish writer Samuel BECKETT about two men, Vladimir and Estragon, waiting for a third man, Godot, who never comes. The play is a typical example of the THEATRE OF THE ABSURD, and people use the phrase 'waiting for Godot' to describe a situation where they are waiting for something to happen but it probably never will
• call waiting (noun)
  1. a telephone service that allows you to receive another call when you are already talking on the telephone, without ending the first call
• lady-in-waiting (noun)
  1. a woman who looks after and serves a queen or PRINCESS
• ready and waiting (adjective)
  1. being and remaining ready and available for use
• waiting area (noun)
  1. as in a hotel or airport a room with seating where people can wait
• waiting game (noun)
  1. a strategy of delay
• waiting line (noun)
  1. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
• waiting list (noun)
  1. a list of people who have asked for something but who must wait before they can have it
• waiting room (noun)
  1. a room for people to wait in, for example before they see a doctor, until their train arrives etc
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