expect / look forward to

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expect / look forward to
Błędnie: I was looking forward to the visitors' arrival on Monday, so I changed my plans completyely, supposing I'd be very busy at the beginning of the week. Poprawnie: was expecting the visitors' arrival on Monday, so I changed my plans completyely, supposing I'd be very busy at the beginning of the week. "Look forward to" oznacza 'cieszyc się na coś', 'nie móc sie doczekać', 'oczekiwac z przyjemnością'. "Expect" to "oczekiwać", "spodziewać się".

[WYMOWA: From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary at www.Merriam-Webster.com]

Błędnie: I was looking forward to the visitors' arrival on Monday, so I changed my plans completyely, supposing I'd be very busy at the beginning of the week.
Poprawnie: was expecting the visitors' arrival on Monday, so I changed my plans completyely, supposing I'd be very busy at the beginning of the week.

"Look forward to" oznacza 'cieszyc się na coś', 'nie móc sie doczekać', 'oczekiwac z przyjemnością'. "Expect" to "oczekiwać", "spodziewać się".