expect

beklemek, ummak

Bir şeyin gerçekleşeceğini veya birinin ya da bir şeyin geleceğini düşünmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To think that something will happen or that someone or something will arrive.

• I expect rain tomorrow.
• We expected the parcel to arrive on Monday.
• Do you expect to finish today?

Nasıl kullanılır: expect to do something (We expect to arrive before lunch.); expect someone/something to do something (I expect the train to be late.); expect that… (They expect that prices will fall.)

Eş anlamlılar: anticipate, predict

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: expect someone soon, expect a delivery, expect rain, expect to win

bebek beklemek, hamile olmak

Hamile olup bebeğin doğmasını beklemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To be pregnant and waiting for a baby to be born.

• She is expecting a baby.
• They were expecting twins when they moved here.
• Are you expecting your first child?

Nasıl kullanılır: be expecting (a baby) (My sister is expecting a baby in June.)

Eş anlamlılar: be pregnant

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: expect a baby, expect twins, expect a child