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expectations

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
expectation n	(anticipation)	expectativa nf
		previsión nf
	After reading that their favourite rock star would be visiting their town, the teenage girls spent the week in a state of expectation.
	Tras leer que su estrella de rock favorita iba a visitar su ciudad, las adolescentes se pasaron la semana en un estado de expectativa.
expectation n	([sth] anticipated)	expectativa nf
		previsión nf
	The old couple's expectation of seeing their son was ruined when he phoned to say he couldn't make it.
	La expectativa de la pareja de ancianos de ver a su hijo se echó a perder cuando llamó para decir que no podría ir.
expectation n	(probability)	expectativa nf
		esperanza nf
	The boss gave Helen the work with the expectation that it would be done well.
	El jefe le dio a Helen el trabajo con la expectativa de que lo hiciera bien.
expectations npl	(prospects: of money or status)	expectativas nfpl
	James is poor now, but he has expectations; his rich aunt will almost certainly leave him all her money.
	James es pobre ahora, pero tiene expectativas; su tía rica casi con toda seguridad le dejará todo su dinero.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
beyond expectations, beyond [sb]'s expectations expr	(better than imagined)	mejor de lo esperado, mejor de lo imaginado expr
		superar las expectativas expr
have no expectations v expr	(approach without bias)	no tener previsiones loc verb
		no tener prejuicios loc verb
have no expectation of [sth] v expr	(not count on)	no esperar nada de eso loc verb
		no esperar que algo suceda loc verb
		no confiar en que algo vaya a suceder loc verb
		no tener expectativas loc verb
have no expectation that v expr	(with clause: not count on [sth]) (pensar que no)	no tener expectativas de que loc verb
		no contar con que loc verb
		no creer que loc verb
	I have no expectation that he will be able to answer my question, but I will ask him anyway.
	No tengo expectativas de que pueda contestar a mi pregunte, pero igual voy a preguntarle.
high expectations npl	(strong ambitions for [sth/sb])	altas expectativas nfpl
	Cameron's parents have high expectations for his future.

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