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  • 1odds-on — adj 1.) odds on favourite the person, horse etc that is most likely to win a race or other competition 2.) BrE informal very likely it s odds on (that) ▪ It s odds on that she won t come. be odds on to do sth ▪ They must have felt they were odds… …

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  • 2odds */*/ — UK [ɒdz] / US [ɑdz] noun [plural] 1) the chances of something happening the odds of doing something: The odds of getting hit by a falling satellite are very small. (the) odds are (that) (= it is likely that): The odds are they won t succeed. the… …

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  • 3come — [c]/kʌm / (say kum) verb (came, come, coming) –verb (i) 1. to move towards the speaker or towards a particular place; approach. 2. to arrive by movement or in course of progress; approach or arrive in time, succession, etc. (sometimes in… …

  • 4odds-on — adjective 1 the odds on favourite a competitor that is very likely to win, especially a horse in a race 2 informal it s odds on (that) used to say that something is very likely to happen: It s odds on that she won t come …

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  • 5come through — verb 1. penetrate (Freq. 6) The sun broke through the clouds The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft • Syn: ↑break through • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakthrough (for …

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  • 6Craps — Example of playing dice used in craps Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other (street craps, also known as shooting dice or …

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  • 7Shatranj — Further information: Chess (disambiguation) Iranian shatranj set, glazed fritware, 12th century. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shatranj (Devanagari: शतरंज, Persian: شَطْرَنْج) is an old form of chess, which came to the Western world f …

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  • 8Norm Coleman — For the former Secretary of Agriculture, see Norman Jay Coleman. Norm Coleman United States Senator from Minnesota In office January 3 …

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  • 9Hull Kingston Rovers — Infobox rugby league team clubname = Hull Kingston Rovers fullname = Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Football Club nickname = The Robins location = Kingston upon Hull founded = 1882 ground = New Craven Park capacity = 10,000 chairman =… …

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  • 10Jogo do Bicho — ( the animal game ) is an illegal gambling game in Brazil, prohibited by federal law since 1946. Very popular throughout the country, the game is actually a lottery type drawing operated on a regional basis by mobsters known as as contraventores… …

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