bet (verb)
111Modern Hebrew — History of the Hebrew language …
112gamble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chance, wager, risk. v. speculate, risk, bet. See gambling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chance, risk, crapshoot*; see bet , uncertainty 3 , venture . v. 1. [To play for money] Syn. game, wager, bet, play …
113back — back1 [ bæk ] adverb *** ▸ 1 returning to place/state ▸ 2 as reply or reaction ▸ 3 away from the front ▸ 4 away from someone/something ▸ 5 toward beginning of something ▸ 6 in/into the past ▸ 7 in a different place ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) returning to a …
114hedge — /hɛdʒ / (say hej) noun 1. a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary. 2. any barrier or boundary. 3. an act or a means of hedging a bet or the like. 4. an investment, fiscal policy, etc.,… …
115see — I. /si / (say see) verb (saw, seen, seeing) –verb (t) 1. to observe, be aware of, or perceive, with the eyes. 2. to look at; make an effort to observe in this way. 3. to imagine, remember, or retain a mental picture of: I see the house as it used …
116wager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. bet, stake, gamble, risk, hazard, gage. See chance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. risk, hazard, challenge; see bet . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. bet, gamble, play, *long shot, *flier,… …
117wager — /ˈweɪdʒə / (say wayjuh) noun 1. something staked or hazarded on an uncertain event; a bet. 2. the act of betting. 3. the subject of a bet. 4. Obsolete a pledge to make good one s cause. 5. → wagering contract. –verb (t) 6. to hazard (something)… …
118CREATION AND COSMOGONY IN THE BIBLE — The Hebrew Bible commences with a majestic cosmological account of the genesis of the universe. According to Genesis 1:1–2:4a (the P account according to the documentary hypothesis), God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day …
119HALAKHAH — DEFINITION The word halakhah (from the root halakh, to go ), the legal side of Judaism (as distinct from aggadah, the name given to the nonlegal material, particularly of the rabbinic literature), embraces personal, social, national, and… …
120Second Intifada — Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Arab–Israeli conflict Clockwise from above: A masked P …
