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> そのままお待ちください。

This sentence, which is translated as

> Please wait just a bit.

doesn't completely make sense, particularly そのまま。

Should I think of it as

> (As it relates to the current state of 'waiting'), please continue to wait
> [(without change)]{そのまま}.

Or something completely different?
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そのまま in context of a request
When you are waiting and you are asked to [そのままお待ちください], you are, of course,
asked to continue to wait. But this expression is usually used in our daily
conversation in the meaning 'Please wait just a bit (here)'.

It seems to me that in most cases or contexts, そのまま (without change, as it is,
as you are) in this expression does not have a special meaning. I have listed
some other expressions like this.

  * **そのまま** お待ちください。
  * **このまま** お待ちください。
  * **少々** お待ちください。
  * **ちょっと** お待ちください。
  * **ここで** お待ちください。
  * **どうぞ** お待ちください。

It may be possible to find the differences between these expressions. But the
following point of view will be more important not only for you but also for
me. It is very interesting to me that when a waiter comes to us and
says「お待ちください」without some words before it, it may sometimes sound a little
abrupt or impolite or even casual, though「おまちください」itself is a very polite
expression. So we are unconsciously compelled to put some substantially
meaningless words before 「おまちください」. This might be true of 'just' before 'wait
here, please.'
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