Что (кто) такое bide - определение
bide
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(bides, biding, bided)
If you bide your time, you wait for a good opportunity before doing something.
He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her.
PHRASE: V inflects
bide
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I. v. a.
1.
Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to, abide.
2.
Abide, await, wait for.
II. v. n.
1.
Dwell, abide, stay, have one's home.
2.
Remain, abide, wait, stay, lie still.
bide
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¦ verb archaic or dialect remain or stay in a certain place.
Phrases
bide one's time wait quietly for a good opportunity to do something.
Origin
OE bidan, of Gmc origin.
Примеры произношения для bide
1. One can bide one's time.
Waiting for Godot
2. or get apathetic or wait and bide
Robertson _ Talks at Google
3. And the secretary talks about the original "hide and bide"
Hillary Clinton _ Talks at Google
4. But anyway, I'll just bide my time here-- that kind
A Life of Happiness And Fulfillment _ Prof Rajagopal Raghunathan _ Talks at Google
5. And so they said just bide your time.
Harold McGee _ Nose Dive - A Field Guide to the World's Smells _ Talks at Google
Примеры употребления для bide
1. All party activists had to do was go around gathering signatures and bide their time.
2. The exiled prime minister can thus afford to bide his time – and maybe plot his return.
3. The man who brought down the World Trade Center likes to bide his time.
4. Brown has the confident gravitas to bide his time with Cameron.
5. It was possible Ms Bhutto would agree to bide her time, positioning herself as natural successor to Gen Musharraf.