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Expect
Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.
有些事情听起来并不像你所期望的那样，这也无妨。
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
想说多少就说多少，但不要指望别人会听。
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
我们预料不到的事很少发生，但我们预料不到的事往往发生。
You can’t expect someone to stay if all you’re giving them is reasons to leave.
如果你给他们的只是离开的理由，你就不能指望他们留下来。
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
指望人们尽其合理的期望去做所有的事是愚蠢的。
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
我们不能指望在羽毛床上从专制变成自由。
Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
如果你想留住朋友，就别指望借给朋友的钱会还回来。
What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
我对影评人的期望是，他应该和我一样热爱电影。
The only expectations you should live up to are the ones you expect of yourself.
你唯一应该达到的期望就是你对自己的期望。
They've all been close. They've all been dogfights. I expect another one (today).
他们都很亲密。都是狗打架。我期待(今天)再来一杯。
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
当人们播种的是风的时候，期待他们会收获旋风是合理的。
People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
人们对长相有趣的人期望更高。这是一个负担。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
我想那只是一场歌剧。现在，你去看歌剧，你希望看到和听到歌剧是什么。所以，这是鲶鱼排。这是歌手。不可思议的声音。它们是什么颜色都没有关系。
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
为这个世界做计划，就像你希望永生一样;但要为来世做计划，就像你期待明天就会死去一样。
We must be willing to see things as they are, rather than as we hope, wish, or expect them to be.
我们必须愿意看到事物的本来面目，而不是我们所希望、希望或期望的样子。
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
如果你不往机器里放几个五分镍币，就别指望中头彩。
You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane to be as sweet.
你不能指望甘蔗的两端都那么甜。
That’s the thing you never expect about grieving, what a competition it is.
这是你永远不会想到的悲伤，这是多么激烈的竞争啊。