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tu attendais

you were waiting for

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phrase Rare #27,008
you were waiting for The object being waited for can follow directly, without a French equivalent of “for.”
FR: Tu attendais le bus ?
EN: Were you waiting for the bus?

Ce doit être le gentleman que tu attendais.

This must be the gentleman you've been waiting for.

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

J'ignorais que tu attendais qui que ce soit.

I didn’t know you were expecting anyone.

C'est ce que tu attendais toute cette journée.

This is what you were waiting for all day.

— Une journée particulière (1977)

C'est ce que tu attendais.

That's what you were expecting.

C'est ce que tu attendais ?

Is this what you were expecting?

— Fight Club (1999)

Tu attendais quoi ?

What were you expecting?

Je ne savais pas que tu attendais ?

I didn't know you were waiting?

— Sous la chaleur du soleil (1994)

Qu'est-ce que tu attendais ?

What were you expecting?

Tu attendais papa pour aller te coucher ?

Were you waiting for Dad to go to bed?

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

Tu attendais ?

Were you waiting?

Est-ce que, par hasard, tu attendais quelqu'un d'autre ?

Were you, by any chance, expecting someone else?

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

Si tu attendais le moment opportun, c'était là.

If you waited for the right moment, it was there.

Tu attendais quelqu'un d'autre ?

Were you expecting someone else?

Si tu attendais un enfant de moi, ce serait très grave.

If you were expecting a child by me, that would be very serious.

— The Little Thief (1988)

Voilà l'assistant que tu attendais.

Here’s the assistant you were waiting for.

— Le Château dans le ciel (1986)