ことを期待する

expect that; expect someone to do something

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phrase Uncommon #19,532

expect that; expect someone to do something Used after a clause to express an expectation. In natural English, the clause may also be phrased as “expect someone to” do something.

JA: 両親は私がその大学に入学することを期待する。

EN: My parents expect me to enter that university.

私が食べたくない食べ物を私に食べることを期待するなんて君は大変失礼だ。

It's very rude of you to expect me to eat food I don't want to eat.

でも人々はそういうことを期待するようになったんだ

But people have come to expect that sort of thing.

— ウィキッドふたりの魔女 (2024)