1. expect
Office managers expect accuracy, efficiency, and dedication.
I expect you can tell from the quoted text, but this is a book written in a colloquial style.
Don't expect anything.
I may be playing the devil's advocate, but I have to ask, what are we going to do if we don't get all the customers we expect?
Just what you'd expect of a young lady, you certainly weren't left to live as you pleased.
I don't understand how in the world they can take your stuff for safekeeping, but then the post office guy has the nerve to tell you "Sorry, we lost it" and expect that to be the end of it.
You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!
I have these little habits that show themselves when I least expect it, so I have to watch myself.
We cannot expect to have halcyon days until we get safely through the crucial period in life.
He's on the playground, surrounded by 12-year-olds twice a day, five times a week! How do you expect him to be mature?
I expect you've chanted "kuwabara kuwabara" after a lightning flash, or have seen somebody do so.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
In addition, they expect you to be hardworking, driven and have an outgoing personality with the ability to build rapport quickly.
Air traffic controllers in France are on strike this week so expect a bit of trouble there.
The Venus de Milo is only what's to be expected if you will go on biting your nails.
Inglês palavra "期望"(expect) ocorre em conjuntos:
Learn English2. anticipation
She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive.
Tony sat in nervous anticipation, knowing that his exam results could be there any minute.
The government has reduced tax in anticipation of an early general election.
The little children were full of anticipation before Christmas Day and it was difficult to get them to sleep.
The audience waited in great anticipation, but nothing happened.
It was the aroma of the Christmas cake baking that triggered the anticipations and excitement.
In anticipation of his return from hospital I cleaned the whole house - something I haven't voluntarily done in ages!
in anticipation of our visit
The postponement of the film's sequel has held cinemagoers in eager anticipation for several months.
I just think the anticipation is making me crazy.
Colleges, such as the University of North Dakota, are increasingly offering degrees for piloting drones in anticipation of the drone explosion.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Mother took the clothes off the line in anticipation of rain.
The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
Inglês palavra "期望"(anticipation) ocorre em conjuntos:
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