Building close relationships with his colleagues was not as important as he had expected.

与同事建立亲密关系并没有他想象的那么重要。

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As he had expected, Mrs. Dursley looked shocked and angry.

已如他预料的，杜斯利夫人看上去又震惊又生气。

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John felt rather blue because he had not done as well on his final exams as he had expected to.

约翰很担忧，因为他的期末考未如他所预期的那么好。

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Another agency contractor, assembly worker Craig Lack, said he was "hacked off" as he had expected to be taken on permanently at the end of his six-month contract.

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Yale viewed the paid-subscription trend in September as an illustration that the month-over-month growth path has returned to the normal third quarter growth range, as he had expected, following a strong August.

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The nomination of Mr McGuinness to the education portfolio surprised spectators and politicians alike, as he had been expected to take the agriculture portfolio.

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