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ESLPodcast921–DescribingChanceandProbability

GLOSSARY

chance–probability;likelihood;ameasureofhowlikelyitisthatsomethingwill

happen

*Whatarethechancesthatthey’llhaveanothergirlwhentheyalreadyhavefour

daughters?

fifty-fifty–withtwopossibleoutcomesthatareequallylikely;equallylikelyto

haveeitherresult

*Theweatherreportersaidthere’safifty-fiftychanceofraintomorrow.

fatchance–aninformalphraseusedtomeanthatsomethingisveryunlikely,

almostimpossible

*FatchancethatDrakewillapologize.Hestillthinkshedidnothingwrong.

tostake(one’s)lifeon(something)–tobecompleysureaboutsomething;

tosostrongbelievethatsomethingwillhappenthatoneiswillingtodieifoneis

notright

*Ibelieveswilltheelection.Infact,I’dstakemylifeonit.

toexaggerate–tomakesomethingseemmoreextremethatitreallyis,

especiallytomakesomethingseembiggerorworsethanitreallyis

*Geraldsaidhehas10sportscars,butIthinkhewasjustexaggerating.

irresponsible–notresponsibleor;carelessandnotworriedabout

thenegativeconsequencesofone’sactions

*Olgaisanirresponsibledriver.Iwouldneverletherdrivemycar.

probability–likelihood;odds;ameasureofhowlikelyitisthatsomethingwill

happen

*Ifyoufillahatwithsevenyellowballsandfourblueballs,andthencloseyour

eyesandtakeoutoneball,what’stheprobabilitythatyou’llpickablueball?

intention–whatonemeanttodoorwhatonennedtodo,butnotnecessarily

whtuallyhappened

*Ourintentionwastohelp,nottomakethesituationevenworse.

tolosetrackoftime–tonotpayattentiontowhattimeitisandnotrealizehow

muchtimehasalreadypassed,especiallywhenonehasanobligationor

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