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  • 31A Kestrel for a Knave — is a novel by Barry Hines, published in 1968. It is set in Barnsley, Yorkshire and tells of Billy Casper, a young working class boy troubled at home and at school, who only finds solace when he finds and trains a kestrel whom he names Kes .The… …

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  • 32gamble, wager, bet — All three of these words may be used as verbs or nouns. Gamble is a general term meaning to play at any game of chance for stakes. Perhaps because it suggests risking something that should not be afforded, gamble has an unfavorable connotation:… …

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  • 33all-in bet — /ɔl ɪn ˈbɛt/ (say awl in bet) noun a bet in which the backer s money is lost if the contestant in a race fails to win, for whatever reason, such as failing to start …

  • 34Top Bet — The Top Bet is a 1991 gambling film starring Anita Mui, Carol Cheng and Ng Man Tat. It is a sequel to the well praised All for the Winner by Stephen Chow. Plot After Shing (Stephen Chow) used ESP to win Hung Kwong in the Gambling King Competition …

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  • 35National Association for Change — Al Jamaʿiyya al Waṭaniyya lit Taghyīr الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير Founder(s) Mohamed ElBaradei Type Pressure group Political group Founded February 2010 …

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  • 36All for the Winner — Infobox Film name = All for the Winner image size = caption = All for the Winner DVD cover director = Jeffrey Lau Corey Yuen producer = writer = Jeffrey Lau Ng See Yuen Corey Yuen narrator = starring = Stephen Chow Cheung Man Ng Man Tat Sandra Ng …

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  • 37Veggies for Sloth — Infobox Television episode Title = Veggies for Sloth Series = Robot Chicken Caption = Archie the gang facing their Final Destination. The sketch was removed due to a DMCA complaint. Season = 2 Episode = 14 Airdate = October 8 2006 May 15 2008 (re …

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  • 38I'd lay a bet on something — I’d lay money/odds/a bet/on something british phrase used for saying that you are very confident that something will happen I’d lay money on New Zealand to win the race. lay money/​odds (that): I’ll lay odds she doesn’t come. Thesaurus: ways of… …

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  • 39nose — noseless, adj. noselike, adj. /nohz/, n., v., nosed, nosing. n. 1. the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration …

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  • 40on the nose — inf a) idi precisely; exactly: 3 o clock on the nose[/ex] b) idi (of a bet) for win only …

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