"There was a feeling that if you weren't participating in the discussion, you weren't living up to expectations for the classroom which really wasn't how other classrooms worked.

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People's expectations were so high we didn't know if what we were publishing was going the meet those expectations.

我们不知道该网站,能否满足人们的期望,好消息是我们再一次。

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where you don't have any sort of expectations that you have to worry about from others.

你无需担心别人对你抱有过高的期待。

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Cracks in that strategy began to show earlier this year when profits didn't meet expectations.

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When revenue invariably doesn't meet expectations, maybe Mr. Dayton can require a GPS locator for grandma's cellphone.

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The news isn't expected to be great and it could cause some short-term indigestion if profits don't top expectations.

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