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presumption(belief, hope, expectation, conjecture)
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promise(plan, desire, concern, belief)
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providence(care, caution, consideration, protection)
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suspense(belief, doubt, uncertainty, hope)
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thought(study, feeling, plan, idea)
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preoccupation(hope, expectation, expectancy)
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dread
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joy(hope, expectation, expectancy)
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optimism(state, desire, concern, belief)
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plan(organization, study, increase, plan)
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prescience(feeling, care, idea, guess)
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readiness(organization, study, increase, plan)
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rumination(study, understanding, attention, exercise)
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apprehensiveness(feeling, expectation, foreboding, intuition)
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assumption(desire, concern, belief, hope)
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augury(feeling, idea, guess, estimate)
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awaiting(hope, expectation, expectancy, confident expectation)
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care(caution, protection, safeguard, prudence)
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caution(care, consideration, protection, safeguard)
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design(plan, belief, hope)
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