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English word

expect

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ɪkˈspekt/US /ɪkˈspekt/
verb

to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody will do something

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I don't know what people would be expecting me to say.

Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)

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