Expect and Pray

Expect

Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

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Pray and expect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pray" instead a verb "Expect".

Pray verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.

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Expect and pray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expect" instead a verb "Pray".

Nearby Words: prayer, prayerful, prayed, praying

guy	expect guy	pray guy
mercy	expect mercy	pray mercy
name	expect name	pray name
treatment	expect treatment	pray treatment
Other words: time, characters, many, nothing, times, attacks.

Pray that they aren't Jerkass Gods or expect to be smote more often and painfully.

Source: Sliding Scale of Divine Intervention
As one would expect, it doesn't go well... especially since Hades doesn't need people to pray to him.

Source: Gods Need Prayer Badly
As one would expect, it doesn't go well... especially since Hades doesn't need people to pray to him, as he draws power from people's fear of death.

Source: Film / Clash of the Titans (2010)

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