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expect [ɪk'spekt](a) (anticipate) s'attendre à;∎ they are expecting an increase in prices ils s'attendent à une hausse des prix;∎ we expect rain/bad weather nous nous attendons à de la pluie/du mauvais temps;∎ we expected that it would be much bigger nous nous attendions à ce qu'il soit beaucoup plus gros, nous pensions qu'il allait être beaucoup plus gros;∎ we expected you to bring your own nous pensions que vous alliez apporter le vôtre;∎ to expect sb to do sth s'attendre à ce que qn fasse qch;∎ she knew more Russian than I expected her to elle était meilleure en russe que je ne m'y attendais;∎ I hadn't expected them to be French je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'ils soient français;∎ to expect the worst s'attendre au pire;∎ I expected as much! je m'en doutais!, c'est bien ce que je pensais!;∎ some slight initial difficulty is to be expected il faut s'attendre à rencontrer quelques légères difficultés initiales;∎ that's only to be expected ce n'est pas du tout surprenant;∎ it was better/worse than I expected c'était mieux/pire que je ne m'y attendais;∎ she is as well as can be expected elle va aussi bien que sa condition le permet;∎ I had expected better of or from you je n'aurais pas cru ça de vous;∎ she played with the brilliance (which) we have come to expect (from her) elle a joué avec le brio auquel elle nous a maintenant habitués;∎ what can you expect? que voulez-vous?;∎ what can you expect from a government like that? que voulez-vous, avec un gouvernement pareil!;∎ she was angry - well, what did you expect? elle était en colère - et alors, ça t'étonne?;∎ as might have been expected, as was to be expected comme on pouvait s'y attendre;∎ I knew what to expect je savais à quoi m'attendre;∎ I never know what to expect with you je ne sais jamais à quoi m'attendre ou m'en tenir avec vous∎ we're expecting you to help us nous comptons sur votre aide;∎ don't expect me to be there! ne t'attends pas à ce que j'y sois!∎ to expect sb to do sth demander à qn de faire qch;∎ I expect you to be punctual je vous demande d'arriver à l'heure;∎ I expect complete obedience je demande une obéissance totale;∎ I expect something to be done j'exige qu'on fasse quelque chose à ce sujet;∎ you expect too much of him tu lui en demandes trop;∎ it's too much to expect of a child c'est trop attendre d'un enfant, c'est trop demander à un enfant;∎ it's no less than I would have expected from my own family je ne me serais pas attendu à moins de la part de ma propre famille;∎ it is expected that the candidate will be willing to undertake some travel on attend du candidat qu'il soit disposé à voyager;∎ I'm expected to write all his speeches je suis censé ou supposé rédiger tous ses discours(d) (suppose, imagine) imaginer, penser, supposer;∎ I expect so je pense, j'imagine;∎ I don't expect so je ne pense pas, j'imagine que non;∎ I expect you're right tu dois avoir raison;∎ I expect it's where you left it il doit être là où tu l'as laissé;∎ I expect you'll be wanting something to drink vous boirez bien quelque chose; (grudgingly) j'imagine que vous voulez quelque chose à boire(f) (await → guest, letter, phone call) attendre;∎ I'm expecting friends for dinner j'attends des amis à dîner;∎ (at) what time should we expect you then? à quelle heure devons-nous vous attendre alors?;∎ we're expecting them back any minute now nous attendons leur retour d'une minute à l'autre∎ to be expecting (be pregnant) être enceinte, attendre un enfant
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