#️⃣#Expect /ɪkˈspekt/
💢expect to do something
🔹I expect to be back within a week.
🔹The company expects to complete work in April.
💢expect somebody / something to do something
🔹Emergency repairs were expected to take three weeks.
🔹I didn’t expect him to stay so long.
💢expect (that)
🔹There’s the doorbell – I expect it’ll be my mother.
🔹He will be hard to beat. I fully expect (=am completely sure about) that and I’m ready.
🔹‘Who are you?’ he murmured, only half expecting (=thinking it was possible, but not likely) her to answer.
🔹He didn’t get his expected pay rise.
💢as expected (=in the way that was planned or thought likely to happen)
🔹As expected, the whole family was shocked by the news.
💢something is (only) to be expected (=used to say that you are not surprised by something, especially something unpleasant)
🔹A little nervousness is only to be expected when you are starting a new job.
💢DEMAND ➡️ to demand that someone does something because it is a duty or seems reasonable
💢expect something from somebody
🔹The officer expects complete obedience from his troops.
💢expect somebody to do something
🔹I can’t expect her to be on time if I’m late myself.
💢expect a lot of somebody / expect too much of somebody (=think someone can do more than may be possible)
🔹The school expects a lot of its students.
💢THINK SOMEBODY/SOMETHING WILL ARRIVE ➡️ to believe that someone or something is going to arrive:
🔹We’re expecting Alison home any minute now.
🔹Snow is expected by the weekend.
🔹an expected crowd of 80,000 people
💢THINK ➡️ to think that you will find that someone or something has a particular quality or does a particular thing:
🔹I expected her to be taller than me, not shorter.
💢be expecting (a baby) ➡️ if a woman is expecting, she is going to have a baby
💢what can / do you expect? #spoken ➡️ used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant or disappointing:
🔹He was late, but what do you expect?
💢how do / can you expect ...? #spoken ➡️ used to say that it is unreasonable to think that something will happen or be true:
🔹If I can’t help her, how can you expect to?
💢I expect #British_English #spoken ➡️ used to introduce or agree with a statement that you think is probably true:
🔹I expect you’re right.
🔹‘Do you think they’re going to attack?’ ‘I expect so.’
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💢expect to do something
🔹I expect to be back within a week.
🔹The company expects to complete work in April.
💢expect somebody / something to do something
🔹Emergency repairs were expected to take three weeks.
🔹I didn’t expect him to stay so long.
💢expect (that)
🔹There’s the doorbell – I expect it’ll be my mother.
🔹He will be hard to beat. I fully expect (=am completely sure about) that and I’m ready.
🔹‘Who are you?’ he murmured, only half expecting (=thinking it was possible, but not likely) her to answer.
🔹He didn’t get his expected pay rise.
💢as expected (=in the way that was planned or thought likely to happen)
🔹As expected, the whole family was shocked by the news.
💢something is (only) to be expected (=used to say that you are not surprised by something, especially something unpleasant)
🔹A little nervousness is only to be expected when you are starting a new job.
💢DEMAND ➡️ to demand that someone does something because it is a duty or seems reasonable
💢expect something from somebody
🔹The officer expects complete obedience from his troops.
💢expect somebody to do something
🔹I can’t expect her to be on time if I’m late myself.
💢expect a lot of somebody / expect too much of somebody (=think someone can do more than may be possible)
🔹The school expects a lot of its students.
💢THINK SOMEBODY/SOMETHING WILL ARRIVE ➡️ to believe that someone or something is going to arrive:
🔹We’re expecting Alison home any minute now.
🔹Snow is expected by the weekend.
🔹an expected crowd of 80,000 people
💢THINK ➡️ to think that you will find that someone or something has a particular quality or does a particular thing:
🔹I expected her to be taller than me, not shorter.
💢be expecting (a baby) ➡️ if a woman is expecting, she is going to have a baby
💢what can / do you expect? #spoken ➡️ used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant or disappointing:
🔹He was late, but what do you expect?
💢how do / can you expect ...? #spoken ➡️ used to say that it is unreasonable to think that something will happen or be true:
🔹If I can’t help her, how can you expect to?
💢I expect #British_English #spoken ➡️ used to introduce or agree with a statement that you think is probably true:
🔹I expect you’re right.
🔹‘Do you think they’re going to attack?’ ‘I expect so.’
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
@PMPerfect1