Her feet had brought her onward to this point before she had quite realized where she was; and now all was contrary to her expectation.

在她还没有完全意识到她到了什么地方的时候，她的两条腿就已经把她带到了这个地方；而现在看来，一切都完全和她期望的相反。

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Their hope, and their expectation, was that she was going to be found safe and that she would be returned to her family.

他们的希望和期盼是她被找到时安全无恙并被送回她家。

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This dress shop evokes the feelings of expectation and exaltation of the bride, who is the centre of attention, with respect to her wedding.

服装店的空间设计吻合了这些即将成为焦点的新娘对那些重要时刻的期待与期盼，也充分显示他们对新娘婚礼的尊重。

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One man's trash is another's treasure, though, and the rocky economic environment drove Weinswig to upgrade Family Dollar Stores to buy, a reflection of her expectation that dollar stores will be enticing to consumers looking to stretch a budget.

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It seems quaint that on the day Monica was handed over by Tripp to Starr's deputies, she could turn to her mother with the expectation that whatever she said, Mom wouldn't tell.

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This suggests that she could keep her party in a state of fevered expectation for months to come.

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