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Could you please wait for me to finish before you start?

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Sentence

Narrator

Could you please wait for me to finish before you start?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

Please wait for me to finish before you begin.

Making a Request

I'd appreciate it if you could wait until I'm done.

Expressing Impatience

I need you to wait until I've finished, please.

Politely Urging Someone

Could you please hold off until I'm through?

Rephrased versions

Formal

Please await my completion before commencing your task.

Casual

Hang on a sec, let me finish first.

Simpler English

Wait for me to be done.

Phrases to learn

wait for me

To delay starting something until someone else has completed a task.

finish before you start

To complete one task entirely before beginning another.