bet
/bɛt/ noun B1- A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event). · Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports).
- Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon. · It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.· There's a decent bet that we'll be able to reach the top of that hill in an hour.
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Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I bet my money on money every time.
“You bet!
He says he’s no bum guy; and, lady, yer read dat letter, and I’ll bet yer he’s a white sport, all right.”
There were rosy bleeding-hearts and great splendid crimson peonies; white, fragrant narcissi and thorny, sweet Scotch roses; pink and blue and white columbines and lilac-tinted Bouncing Bets; clumps of southernwood and ribbon grass and mint; purple Adam-and-Eve, daffodils, and masses of sweet clover white with its delicate, fragrant, feathery sprays; scarlet lightning that shot its fiery lances over prim white musk-flowers; a garden it was where sunshine lingered and bees hummed, and winds, beguiled into loitering, purred and rustled.
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