Chance Flashcards

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Ascribe

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To believe sth is the cause of sth else

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2
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Assign

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To send someone to a particular place in order for them to work there

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Attribute(v)

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To believe that sth is the result of a particular situation/event/person s actions

Ex: The police attributed the accident to the bad weather

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4
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An event that causes you to feel very sad/disappointed or shocked

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Blow

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5
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Deliberate

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Intended, not done by chance or by accident

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6
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To see or know sth that will happen in the future

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To foresee

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7
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Freak

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Unusual, unexpected, sth very different that makes it like that

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8
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Gamble

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To risk money

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9
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Haphazard

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Done in a way that is not organized or good planned

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10
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Hazard

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Sth that could be dangerous or cause damage or accidents

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11
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Inadvertent

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Not deliberate

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12
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Jinxed

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If you are -jinxed- you have bad luck

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13
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Likelihood

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How certain it is that sth will happen

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14
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Sth that people believes thag brings them luck

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Lucky charm

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15
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Meander

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To walk slowly without any purpose or any particular direction in mind

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16
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Mishap

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A minor mistake or accident

17
Q

The chances of sth happening

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Odds

18
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A situation in which you do not know what to expect, but you hope it will be good

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Pot luck

19
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Startled

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To surprise someone or an animal by doing sth they do not expect

20
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Stray

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To move away from the correct place or path

-lost/without home
stray: animals that are lost or they left their home

21
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Transpire

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To happen

22
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Wobble

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To rock slightly from side to side, or to make sth do this