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hope ~ (A) ~ keep on looking for something good.
hope ~ (A) ~ to look for a future thing that God has promised.
hope ~ (A) ~ to look for something good to happen.
hope ~ (A) ~ to look towards something that God has promised and to think that it will happen.
hope ~ (B) ~ to expect something that God has promised.
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