They had to wait in the waiting room.

他们不得不在等候室等候。

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They had to sit in the waiting room for an hour.

他们不得不在候车室里等了一个小时。

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Notices in the waiting room requested that you neither smoke nor spit.

等候室的告示要求人们不要吸烟也不要随地吐痰。

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Evan Falchuk would agree that some people write things like "I am now sitting in the doctor's waiting room."

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and you still have not received the phone calls. So you're in your room, waiting, waiting, waiting

还是没有接到电话。你在你的房里苦苦等待着。

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While Anje was in surgery, I was in the waiting room with Darbi.

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