Expecting and Positive

Expecting

Expecting adjective - Containing unborn young within the body.

Positive and expecting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Positive" instead an adjective "Expecting".

Positive

Positive adjective - Expressing approval.

Expecting and positive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expecting" instead an adjective "Positive".

Both words in one sentence

  • It's the Same, Now It Sucks So, shortly thereafter when the decision was made to similarly remake the original, you would be forgiven for expecting that the reception would be positive.
  • In Octopussy, Bond introduces himself at the reception of an Indian hotel and is told, "We've been expecting you," albeit in a more positive context than the others.
  • Film / Octopussy The Anticipator: Bond introduces himself at the reception of an Indian hotel and is told, "We've been expecting you," which is, fortunately for James Bond, more positive than the other appearances of this trope in the other Bond films.
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