| contemplating(verb, hoping) | |
| intending(verb, planning, hoping, intending) | |
| waiting(verb, adjective) | |
| anticipative(adjective, eager, cheerful, hopeful, optimistic) | |
| breeding(adjective, pregnant) | |
| considering(verb, intending) | |
| eager(adjective, cheerful, hopeful, optimistic, rosy) | |
| envisaging | |
| envisioning | |
| fancying(verb, desiring) | |
| foreseeing(verb, foreseeing) | |
| gone(adjective, reproduction, slang) | |
| heavy with child(expression, idiom, expectant, pregnant, gravid) | |
| imagining | |
| looking forward to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, cheerful) | |
| planning(noun, verb, planning, intending) | |
| proposing(verb, planning, intending) | |
| ready(adjective, expectation) | |
| trusting(verb, adjective, certain, cheerful, bold) | |
| wanting(verb, desiring, hoping) |
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