bet
/bɛt/ interjection C2- Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
- Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
- Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
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Diana got so excited that she offered to bet me ten cents that the red horse would win.
I didn’t believe he would, but I refused to bet, because I wanted to tell Mrs.
And I was very glad I didn’t bet, because the red horse _did_ win, and I would have lost ten cents.
She knew that all Avonlea junior was wondering which would come out first; she even knew that Jimmy Glover and Ned Wright had a bet on the question and that Josie Pye had said there was no doubt in the world that Gilbert would be first; and she felt that her humiliation would be unbearable if she failed.
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