to expect, wait (for) ☊ 
指望 → ☊ 
không làm thỏa ước nguyện ý mong đợi thất ước làm thất bại 
disappoint like: Mong đợi → →
die Sehnsucht ☊ 
sự mong mỏi, mong đợi, niềm khát khao ☊ 
☊ Wir erwarten von Ihnen Teamfähigkeit und eigenständiges Arbeiten. ☊ Chúng tôi mong đợi vào khả năng hợp tác và làm việc độc lập của anh / chị. ☊ (Lektion 103, Nr. 1743) Wir erwarten, dass Sie über sehr gute PC-Kenntnisse verfügen. ☊ Chúng tôi mong đợi rằng anh / chị có kiến thức rất tốt về máy tính. ☊ (Lektion 103, Nr. 1746) Die Qualität der Produkte entspricht nicht unseren Erwartungen. ☊ Chất lượng của sản phẩm không được như chúng tôi mong đợi. ☊ (Lektion 125, Nr. 2482) He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age). ☊ age ☊
The eagerly anticipated movie will be released next month. ☊ anticipate ☊
'Don't say anything' 'As if I would! ' (= surely you do not expect me to) ☊ as if/as though ☊
My sister's expecting a baby = she is pregnant. ☊ baby ☊
I expected better of him (= I thought he would have behaved better). ☊ better ☊
check (with sb) (what/whether, etc...): You'd better check with Jane what time she's expecting us tonight. ☊ check ☊
I never expected those few items to come to so much. ☊ come to sth ☊
You'd think he'd have the common courtesy to apologize (= this would be the polite behaviour that people would expect). ☊ common ☊
It's only common decency to let her know what's happening (= people would expect it). ☊ common ☊
'Was it what you expected?' 'Yes, definitely.' ☊ definitely ☊
The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected). ☊ disappoint ☊
You're early! I wasn't expecting you till seven. ☊ early ☊
In the normal course of events (= if things had happened as expected) she would have gone with him. ☊ event ☊
expect sth: We are expecting a rise in food prices this month. ☊ expect ☊
expect sth from sb/sth: Don't expect sympathy from me! ☊ expect ☊
expect sth of sb/sth: That's not the sort of behaviour I expect of you! ☊ expect ☊
expect to do sth: You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months. ☊ expect ☊
I looked back, half expecting to see someone following me. ☊ expect ☊
expect sb/sth to do sth: House prices are expected to rise sharply. ☊ expect ☊
Do you really expect me to believe you? ☊ expect ☊
expect (that)...: Many people were expecting (that) the peace talks would break down. ☊ expect ☊
expect sb/sth: to expect a visit/call/letter from sb ☊ expect ☊
We were expecting him yesterday. ☊ expect ☊
expect sb to do sth: We were expecting him to arrive yesterday. ☊ expect ☊
expect sth (from sb): Her parents expected high standards from her. ☊ expect ☊
He's still getting over his illness, so don't expect too much from him. ☊ expect ☊
expect sth (of sb): Are you clear what is expected of you? ☊ expect ☊
expect to do sth: I expect to be paid promptly for the work. ☊ expect ☊
'Will you be late?' 'I expect so.' ☊ expect ☊
'Are you going out tonight?' 'I don't expect so.' ☊ expect ☊
expect (that...): 'Who's eaten all the cake?' 'Tom, I expect/I expect it was Tom.' ☊ expect ☊
Ann's expecting a baby in June. ☊ be expecting a baby/child ☊
expectation (that...): There was a general expectation that he would win. ☊ expectation ☊
I applied for the post more in hope than expectation. ☊ expectation ☊
Contrary to expectations, interest rates did not rise. ☊ expectation ☊
Against all expectations, she was enjoying herself. ☊ expectation ☊
There was an air of expectation and great curiosity. ☊ expectation ☊
The results exceeded our expectations. ☊ expectation ☊
The numbers attending fell short of expectations. ☊ expectation ☊
The event did not live up to expectations. ☊ expectation ☊
To be fair, she behaved better than we expected. ☊ fair ☊
It had been a success far beyond their expectations. ☊ far ☊
You can't expect people to work for free (= without payment). ☊ free ☊
It's funny how things never happen the way you expect them to. ☊ funny ☊
You can hardly expect her to do it for free. ☊ hardly ☊
You can't honestly expect me to believe that! ☊ honestly ☊
We can expect changes in the political landscape. ☊ landscape ☊
Things are not moving as fast as we hoped. ☊ move ☊
I'm not really expecting to pass first time. ☊ pass ☊
Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst. ☊ prepare ☊
a reading list (= a list of books, etc. that students are expected to read for a particular subject) ☊ reading ☊
Do you really expect me to believe that? ☊ really ☊
She can expect an early release from prison. ☊ release ☊
The weather in England is living up to its reputation (= is exactly as expected). ☊ reputation ☊
require sth of sb: What exactly is required of a receptionist (= what are they expected to do)? ☊ require ☊
We have one child and are expecting our second in July. ☊ second ☊
You're not seriously expecting me to believe that? ☊ seriously ☊
Losing in the first round was a shock to the system (= it was a more of a shock because it was not expected). ☊ shock ☊
How silly of me to expect them to help! ☊ silly ☊
She was overtaken by the speed of events (= things happened more quickly than she expected). ☊ speed ☊
I'm looking forward to the exam, strange as it may seem. ☊ strange ☊
It was much better than I'd expected. ☊ than ☊
With him, you should always expect the unexpected. ☊ the ☊
She's expecting twins. ☊ twin ☊
It would be unreasonable to expect somebody to come at such short notice. ☊ unreasonable ☊
The young have a completely different set of values and expectations. ☊ value ☊
'Is it what you expected?' 'Oh yes, very much so.' ☊ very ☊
warn sb what, how, etc...: I had been warned what to expect. ☊ warn ☊
worse than sth: The interview was much worse than he had expected. ☊ worse ☊