Verbs
Raise is a verb that must have an object and rise is used without an object. When you raise something, you lift it to a higher position or increase it:He raised his head from the pillow. We were forced to raise the price. When people or things rise, they move from a lower to a higher position:She rose from the chair. The helicopter rose into the air. Rise can also mean ‘to increase in number or quantity’:Costs are always rising.
Nouns
The noun rise means a movement upwards or an increase in an amount or quantity:a rise in interest rates. In British English it can also be used to mean an increase in pay:Should I ask my boss for a rise? In North American English this is a raise:a three per cent pay raise. Rise can also mean the process of becoming more powerful or important:his dramatic rise to power.
Two men are watching a play, based on classical Russian book. The play is very boring and seems endless.
One of the men said: "Never in my life I haven't been waiting for the XXX so long".
Please, answer what play they were watching (the name of the book), considering that usually people wait for XXX not in the theater but at the other place.
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