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expect

1. transitive verb
   1. s'attendre à (event, victory, defeat, trouble);
      to ~ the worst s'attendre au pire;
      to ~ sb to do s'attendre à ce que qn fasse;
      I ~ (that) I'll lose je m'attends à perdre;
      more than ~ed plus que prévu;
   2. s'attendre à (sympathy, help) (from de la part de);
   3. attendre (baby, guest);
   4. (require) demander, attendre (hard work) (from de);
      I ~ you to be punctual je vous demande d'être ponctuel;
   5. GB (suppose) I ~ so je pense que oui;
      I ~ he's tired il doit être fatigué.

2. intransitive verb
   1. to ~ to do s'attendre à faire;
   2. (require) I ~ to see you there je compte bien vous y voir;
   3. (be pregnant) to be ~ing attendre un enfant.

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'expect' found in these entries:

English:

hardly - most - will

French:

attendre - augurer - celui-là - devoir - entendre - espérer - prévoir - raison - vouloir

expect: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
expect	vtr	(anticipate) par anticipation	croire vtr ⇒
			s'attendre vpr ⇒
I expect our team will lose again.
Je crois que notre équipe va encore perdre.
Je m'attends à ce que notre équipe perde encore.
expect	vtr	(wait for)	attendre vtr ⇒
I'm expecting a package in the mail.
J'attends un colis de la poste.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
expect	vi	(pregnancy) grossesse	attendre vtr ⇒
			être enceinte vi
My wife's expecting.
Ma femme attend un enfant.
Ma femme est enceinte.
expect	vtr	(suppose)	supposer, présumer vtr ⇒ ⇒
He'll have got lost again, I expect.
Il se sera encore perdu, je suppose (or: présume).
expect	vtr	(require)	attendre vtr ⇒
I expect an apology from you.
J'attends des excuses de votre part.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
expect to do sth		v	espérer, prévoir de faire qch ⇒ figuré
hardly expect		adv	presque jamais
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