expect

expect
expect [{{t}}ɪk'spekt]
1 transitive verb
(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
(b) (count on)
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!
(c) (demand)
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
(e) (baby) attendre
(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?;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} I'll expect you when I see you then bon, alors tu rentreras quand tu rentreras;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} you'll just have to expect me when you see me tu verras bien quand j'arriverai;
we're expecting them back any minute now nous attendons leur retour d'une minute à l'autre
2 intransitive verb
to be expecting (be pregnant) être enceinte, attendre un enfant

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