verb
ADVERB
▪ confidently
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She confidently ~s to win.
▪ fully
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My parents fully ~ us to get married.
▪ rightly
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They rightly ~ to be obeyed.
▪ not necessarily
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I do not necessarily ~ an easy answer to this question.
▪ not really
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I didn't really ~ them to come.
▪ half
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I was half ~ing to see Jim at the concert.
▪ initially , originally
▪ honestly
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Did you honestly ~ me to believe that?
▪ seriously
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You can't seriously ~ me to sympathize with you.
VERB + EXPECT
▪ be fair to , be natural to , be reasonable to , can , can realistically , can reasonably
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We can ~ to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days.
▪ be unfair to , be unrealistic to , be unreasonable to , can hardly
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It would be unreasonable to ~ them to do all that work for free.
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You can hardly ~ to learn a foreign language in a few months.
▪ be foolish to
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It would be foolish to ~ this at his age.
▪ be naive
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Was she really naive enough to ~ that he had changed?
▪ would , would normally
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I would ~ the factory to be working again as normal by next week.
▪ be entitled to , have a right to
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You are entitled to ~ certain minimum standards of hygiene.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
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We ~ good results from our employees.
PHRASES
▪ as ~ed
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As ~ed, they lost the election.
▪ (only) to be ~ed
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The wine list is excellent, as is to be ~ed from such a high-class restaurant.
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This kind of tantrum is to be ~ed from a two-year-old.
▪ be widely ~ed
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The economy is widely ~ed to pick up in the first half of next year.
▪ ~ a lot, too much, etc. of sb
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I think my parents always ~ed too much of me.
▪ when you least ~ sth
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An accident can happen anywhere, at any time, just when you least ~ it.
Expect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ observer
Expect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ announcement , ↑ answer , ↑ apology , ↑ arrival , ↑ assistance , ↑ baby , ↑ backlash , ↑ call , ↑ child , ↑ company , ↑ failure , ↑ favour , ↑ honesty , ↑ loyalty , ↑ miracle , ↑ news , ↑ obedience , ↑ perfection , ↑ reception , ↑ recompense , ↑ recovery , ↑ reply , ↑ reprisal , ↑ return , ↑ sale , ↑ snow , ↑ submission , ↑ summons , ↑ twin , ↑ upturn , ↑ visitor , ↑ worst