Chance and Probability Flashcards
To be bound to happen
To be certain to happen, always happens.
There’s bound to be heavy traffic at this time of day.
To be certain to happen
Very probable to happen.
They are certain to find out.
To be in with a chance of +ING form
Joanna is in with a good chance of winning.
To be unlikely to
not probable.
They are unlikely to accept, but we can still try.
To blow your chances
To ruin your chances.
He blew his chances of a promotion when his boss overheard him criticizing the firm’s methods.
To grab an opportunity with both hands.
Quickly accept.
He grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
It is doubtful whether sth will happen.
unlikely to happen.
Given his injury, it is doubtful whether he will ever play again.
It was purely by chance that
completely by chance
It was purely by chance that I find out about the job.
To jump at the chance
quickly accept an opportunity.
On the off-chance
unlikely
We went there on the off-chance that somebody might have cancelled.
To pass up a chance.
Say no to a job opportunity.
She’d be a fool to pass a chance like that up.
NOT To stand a chance
no possibility.
Win the lottery, you don’t stand a chance.
The chances are that sth will happen
probably happen.
The chances of sth happening are very remote.
Unlikely to happen.
The odds are against sth happening.
won’t happen.
The odds are against her passing the exam.
There’s every likelihood
There’s little likelihood that he will agree.
