expect

s'attendre à, prévoir

Penser qu’un événement va se produire ou que quelqu’un ou quelque chose va arriver.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : anticipate, predict

Expressions courantes : expect someone soon, expect a delivery, expect rain, expect to win

attendre un enfant, être enceinte

Être enceinte et attendre la naissance d’un bébé.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : be expecting (a baby) (My sister is expecting a baby in June.)

Synonymes : be pregnant

Expressions courantes : expect a baby, expect twins, expect a child