Expect
Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).
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Synonyms for Expect
Reassure and expect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reassure" instead a verb "Expect".
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Both words in one sentence
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His attempt to reassure said child unfortunately goes about as well as you would expect, especially because he kind of ripped the pedophile's brain out in front of him.
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Her sister Amber tries to reassure her on that point, and she goes on to have a genuine first kiss with Andy — which actually turns out to be less dramatic or significant than the trope has taught her to expect, because she's thinking about something else at the time.
Source: First Kiss
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