to wait for us, to expect us
You should wait for us.
Don't wait for us.
Ma non possiamo aspettarci troppo dai nostri figli.
But we can't expect too much from our children.
— Viaggio a Tokyo (1953)
Bene quanto possiamo aspettarci che stia una giovane madre.
Well, as much as we can expect a young mother to be.
— La vita straordinaria di David Copperfield (2019)
Ho chiesto a Tom di non aspettarci.
I asked Tom not to wait for us.
We don't know what to expect.
Hasseldorf, cosa dovremmo aspettarci nelle prossime ore?
Hasseldorf, what should we expect in the next few hours?
— Trappola di cristallo (1988)
Tom ha promesso di aspettarci.
Tom promised to wait for us.
Gli sbirri avrebbero potuto aspettarci qui!
The cops could have been waiting for us here!
— Le iene (1992)