It took place as everyone expected.

事情如期发生了。

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He won the first prize, as everyone expected.

正如大家所料，他得了一等奖。

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The latest growth figures are not quite as bad as everyone expected, but they still make grim reading.

最新的增长数据并不像所有人预期的那样糟糕，但是仍然非常萧条。

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Everything worked as planned. Everyone expected the third moon-landing flight, Apollo Thirteen, would go as well as the first two.

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Granted the stock has not performed as well as everyone expected, however the idea that somehow it is because its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is too young and wears a hoodie is beyond idiotic.

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Instead of an infection, as everyone had expected, it was lung cancer, and it had already spread to the lining of her chest.

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Meanwhile, fans did not care that the Subway placement was as blatant as possible, partially because it was expected (everyone knew it was coming), but also because it was done in an amusing, over-the-top manner.

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