I expect it to earn its cost in less than three years.

我希望它在3年内赚回成本。

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"I expect it was very different where you were before," Sister Mary went on.

“我想这里一定和您之前待的地方不同。”玛丽修女继续说着。

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And I expect to be around to see it." His plan also calls for spending three billion dollars on improvements to the Kennedy Space Center.

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I didn't expect it to do this. If you understand why it did what it did, you're half way there.

这样运行的啊，如果你能弄明白为什么,它这么运行，你已经完成了差不多一半了。

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I don't expect you'll all immediately grab it, but you will need to understand it before the quiz comes along.

我不期望你们马上就能掌握，但是你们需要在,考试前弄懂它。

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And when that happens, I expect it to be a mundane, administrative detail, not a catastrophic market event.

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Unless the flag is raised again at the armory, "I expect it to go to federal court, " he said.

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Consumer confidence was down for three years after the 1990 recession, and I expect it to be the same this time.

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