"expect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

expect verbo

expect + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 163
expect earnings • expect sales • expect trouble • expect results • expect things • expect growth • expect people • expect changes • ...
verbo + expect
Kolokacji: 8
keep expecting • come to expect • seem to expect • led to expect • told to expect • ...
expect + preposición
Kolokacji: 38
expected until • expect from • expected within • expected during • expected before • ...
expect + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 51
widely expected • fully expect • hardly expect • reasonably expect • half expect • originally expected • generally expected • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) fully, well
Kolokacji: 2
(3) hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 2
(4) reasonably, logically
Kolokacji: 2
(5) originally, initially
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, honestly, rightly
Kolokacji: 3
1. simply expect = po prostu oczekuj simply expect
2. honestly expect = szczerze oczekuj honestly expect
3. rightly expect = słusznie oczekuj rightly expect
  • It is not good enough that schools just get by - parents rightly expect more.
  • Parents rightly expect that their children are taking tests on a level playing field with others.
  • He rightly expected to go far but those expectations would soon encounter their ultimate surprise.
  • Senior military officers rightly expect the same sense of responsibility from the elected government they serve.
  • He said that the public should "rightly expect the courts to understand the community and its problems."
  • They rightly expect artists and arts organizations to act as professionals.
  • They rightly expect to inherit a responsible government and a healthy environment.
  • However, the public rightly expect to have particular assurance about standards of safety in the nuclear industry'.
  • People rightly expect us to also take these matters seriously and deal with them thoroughly, which is what has happened in this case.
  • What is more, the backing exists where one would rightly expect opposition.

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