await
verb
if something awaits you, it will happen to you
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To be certain or likely to happen
call for
to say that something, especially a particular kind of weather, will probably happen
be heading/headed for something
if you are heading or headed for something, it is likely to happen to you soon
lie ahead/before/in store
if something lies ahead, it is going to happen to you in the future
waiting to happen
used for saying that something very bad is likely to develop from a particular situation
lie in wait (for someone)
if something unpleasant is lying in wait for you, it is going to happen to you
lie ahead
if something lies ahead, especially something difficult or unpleasant, it is going to happen in the future and you will have to deal with it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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