| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | can you wait for a few minutes while I make myself respectable | вы не могли бы подождать минуту, пока я приведу себя в порядок? |
| poetic | I will water my studs, I will sing through my stanza, I will wait for a while ... On the edge, while alive ... | я коней напою, я куплет допою, хоть мгновенье ещё постою на краю |
| Gruzovik, inf. | wait for a while | пождать |
| gen. | wait for a while | постоять |
| inf. | wait for a while | пождать |
| Gruzovik | wait for a while | постоять |
| gen. | wait for a while | прождать какое-то время (A number 7 bus is stuck in the middle of the street at the intersection of Nanaimo and Hastings. If you're waiting for a westbound bus on Hastings, you're gonna be waiting for a while. I've been asking around, but nobody seems to know what happened. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | wait for a while | повыждать |