| forward-looking(cheerful, optimistic, rosy, expectant) | |
| fraught(expectant, gravid) | |
| fruitful(expectant, gravid) | |
| grasping(verb, desiring) | |
| guessing | |
| hankering(verb, desiring) | |
| high(certain, cheerful, sure, assured, optimistic) | |
| hungering(verb, desiring) | |
| in anticipation | |
| in family way(expression, idiom, expectant, gravid) | |
| in the club | |
| in the family way(expression, adjective, idiom, expectant, pregnant) | |
| inexcitable | |
| inspirited(cheerful, optimistic, rosy, expectant) | |
| inventing(verb, planning) | |
| itching(verb, desiring) | |
| keeping the faith(expression, idiom, cheerful, optimistic, rosy) | |
| knocked up | |
| longing(verb, desiring) | |
| looking(verb, adjective) |
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