to stay somewhere doing nothing while waiting for something
оставаться где-то, ничего не делая, ожидая чего-то (ostavat'sya gde-to, nichego ne delaya, ozhidaya chego-to)
"I had to wait around for hours before the meeting started."
"Мне пришлось ждать несколько часов, прежде чем началась встреча." (Mne prishlos' zhdat' neskol'ko chasov, prezhde chem nachalas' vstrecha)
to recover quickly from failure or difficulty
to work continuously day and night
to advance to a higher position or level in one’s career
to fail to meet a goal or expectation
to increase the amount of money invested in a project or sec...
to fall asleep briefly, often unintentionally
