英和和英

a second time

a second time

Fifteen seconds

3 seconds flat

get a second

to make a person wait for something

a ten‐second delay

a second

I waited inside of an hour―nearly an hour―little short of an hour.

to abide one's time

to wait indefinitely

check a second time

the degree to which someone is looking forward to something happening soon

to be kept waiting for a long while―cool one's heels

to wait eagerly

I waited a full hour.

lying in ambush

to wait in trembling hope

to grow tired of waiting

to long for something to come

I was kept waiting―I cooled my heels―for three mortal hours.

the condition of waiting anxiously for someone or something

to cool one's heels

I cooled my heels a good half-hour.

take ten minutes out

vibrations per second

Wait a second. ＝Just a second.

to wait for an opportunity―watch for a chance―bide one's time

to bide one's time

in a second