ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Phr. non mi ricordo [It]; the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at fault,
being in fault.
2. To the Future
507. Expectation -- N. expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning,
calculation; foresight &c 510.
contemplation, prospection † , lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny &c
152.
suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity &c 455; anxious expectation, ardent
expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of
Tantalus.
hope &c 858; trust &c (belief) 484; auspices &c (prediction) 511; assurance,
confidence, presumption, reliance.
V. expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect,
have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at &c
870, not wonder if.
wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep
a sharp lookout for; await; stand at 'attention' abide, bide one's time, watch.
foresee &c 510; prepare for &c 673; forestall &c (be early) 132; count upon &c
(believe in) 484; think likely &c (probability) 472.
lead one to expect &c (predict) 511; have in store for &c (destiny) 152.
prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
Adj. expectant; expecting &c v.; in expectation &c n.; on the watch &c (vigilant) 459;
open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on
tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets † ; ready; curious &c 455;
looking forward to.
expected &c v.; long expected, foreseen; in prospect &c n.; prospective; in one's eye,
in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner,
around the corner; impending &c (destiny) 152.
Adv. on the watch &c adj.; with breathless expectation &c n.; with bated breath, with
rapt anticipation; arrectis auribus [Lat.].
Phr. we shall see; nous verrons [Fr.]; expectation whirls me round [Troilus and
Cressida]; the light at the end of the tunnel.
508. Inexpectation -- N. inexpectation † , non-expectation; false expectation &c
(disappointment) 509; miscalculation &c 481.
surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder &c
870; eye opener.
unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise.
V. not expect &c 507; be taken by surprise; start; miscalculate &c 481; not bargain for;
come upon, fall upon.
be unexpected &c adj.; come unawares &c adv.; turn up, pop, drop from the clouds;
come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep
upon one; come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt; take by
surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping; yach [S. Afr.].
pounce upon, spring a mine upon.