await

attendre

Rester dans l’attente de l’arrivée d’une personne ou de la réalisation d’un événement.

En anglais simple : To wait for someone or something to arrive or happen.

• We await your reply.
• The passengers awaited news of their flight.
• She is awaiting the results of her blood test.

Comment l'utiliser : await someone/something (The committee awaits the final report.)

Synonymes : wait for

Expressions courantes : await a reply, await trial, await the results

attendre

Être prêt pour quelqu’un ou être une chose qui lui arrivera probablement plus tard.

En anglais simple : To be ready for someone or likely to happen to them in the future.

• A surprise awaits you inside.
• Several difficult choices awaited her after graduation.
• What adventures await us on this island?

Comment l'utiliser : something awaits someone (A warm welcome awaits every visitor.)

Synonymes : lie ahead of, be in store for

Expressions courantes : await someone ahead, await someone inside, await the winner