If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it.

如果你正在为马拉松比赛训练，不要抱有露个面就能轻松跑完全程的期望。

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Our kind of travel is definitely not suitable for people who expect to be cosseted.

我们这种旅行绝对不适合那些想要受到百般呵护的人。

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I expect to be paid promptly for the work.

我要求即时付工钱。

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Federal health officials said they expect a vaccine for the H1N1 flu to be available by the middle of October.

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Also, if your patron wanted to run for a city office, your patron would expect you to be loyal and vote for him.

作为回报，如果庇护人要竞选官职，就会要求你投他一票。

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So we expect overtime for there to be much more collaborations and potentially much more innovation.

我们期待今后,有更多的教学合作,和更多的潜在的创新。

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But the recent documents, which were circulated secretly within the bureaucracy for three weeks before being made public, give no clear target even by 2020 for how much citizens can expect to be reimbursed for hospital treatment.

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It was so confusing I didn't know what to take - some underwear, an outfit for tomorrow - we just didn't expect to be out for this long and nobody is telling us anything.

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If I tell you something inadvertently that proves to be wrong, I expect to be held to account for that.

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