| hold one's breath |
to wait with hope and expectation. |
| hope |
Hope is a feeling of wanting something to happen and believing that it might happen. [5 definitions] |
| hopeful |
showing or feeling hope. [1/2 definitions] |
| hopefully |
We sometimes say "hopefully" before or after we say something that we hope for. For example, if you say "Hopefully, it won't rain tomorrow," you mean that not raining tomorrow is something you hope for. Not raining is something that would be good in your opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| hopeless |
beyond hope. [2 definitions] |
| ideal |
When you have high ideals, you feel disappointed in yourself if you do something you know is wrong or if you don't try your hardest to reach a goal. An ideal is a kind of level of being good that you hope to reach or stay at. [1/4 definitions] |
| keep one's chin up |
to stay hopeful; not lose hope. |
| keep one's fingers crossed |
to hope for a good ending or result. |
| listen |
When you listen, you try to hear something, or you pay close attention in the hope of hearing it. [1/2 definitions] |
| may |
Sometimes we use "may" when we express the wish or hope that a certain thing will happen. [1/4 definitions] |
| model |
If someone is a model teacher, they are a good example of what a teacher should be like. If someone is a model parent, they are an example of a good parent, and other parents might hope to be like them. [1/11 definitions] |
| on (one's) last legs |
having very little energy, strength, hope, or ability to go on; likely to collapse or die. |
| on the off chance |
with the very slight possibility; against the slight hope. |
| optimism |
the belief that things will turn out well or that there is always hope for something good to happen. |
| pray |
to address a hope or request to one's god or some other spiritual being. [1/3 definitions] |
| presence |
At the beginning of school each day, teachers check the presence of students in their classroom. That means the teachers check whether each student is there or not. If a student is there, it means the student is present. If the student is not there, then the student is absent. Teachers always hope for the presence of each student. [1/2 definitions] |
| promise |
cause for hope of success or excellence; potential. [1/5 definitions] |
| recovery |
A recovery is a return to good health or to a normal condition. If someone is sick, people hope that that person will have a quick recovery. [1/2 definitions] |
| rosy |
filled with hope and promise. [1/2 definitions] |
| seek |
When you seek to do something, you hope to do it and you try to do it. [1/3 definitions] |
| sometime |
If we say that something will happen "sometime," we mean that we hope or are sure it will happen in the future but we can't predict when it will happen. "Sometime" has the same meaning as "eventually" or "some day." [1/2 definitions] |