They love to kind of luxuriate in the opportunity to show off their voice on a leading tone, build up expectation, make you wait even more for that tonic.

他们总是喜欢借机,在导音部分卖弄下自己的歌喉,以增加听众的期望,让大家更渴望听到主音

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Expect it so blithely that we will not challenge the expectation even when it works against our own economic self-interest.

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On Friday, Clinton sought to lower expectation even before the caucuses began.

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This also encourages the company to maintain that expectation or even over deliver, in some cases.

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