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121 treble chance
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122 fighting chance
the patient has a fighting chance to live — больной борется за жизнь и, возможно, выживет
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123 stand a chance
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124 not have etc a chance in hell
expr infmlI didn't have a chance in hell of getting off — Надежды, что меня отпустят с миром, не было никакой
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > not have etc a chance in hell
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125 tener chance de
• have only one alternative• have origin• have the opinion that• have the opportunity to speak -
126 fighting chance
nounhave a fighting chance of succeeding/of doing something — Aussicht auf Erfolg haben/gute Chancen haben, etwas zu tun
* * *fight·ing ˈchancen reelle Chancealthough the odds are against us we do have a \fighting chance of getting a mortgage obwohl unsere Chancen schlechtstehen, besteht die Möglichkeit, dass wir ein Hypothekendarlehen bekommenthere's a \fighting chance that... es gibt eine reelle Chance, dass...* * ** * *nounhave a fighting chance of succeeding/of doing something — Aussicht auf Erfolg haben/gute Chancen haben, etwas zu tun
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127 an even chance
(equal probability for and against: We have an even chance of success.) fifty/fifty; rimelig chance* * *(equal probability for and against: We have an even chance of success.) fifty/fifty; rimelig chance -
128 the main chance
нажива, обогащение; личные (особ. корыстные) цели, корысть (обыкн. have или with an eye to the main chance); см. тж. have an eye to the main chance и with an eye to the main chanceThe education of Mr. Jonas had been conducted from his cradle on the strictest principles of the main chance. The very first word he learnt to spell was "gain", and the second (when he got into two syllables), "money". (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. VIII) — Воспитание мистера Джонаса было самое строгое и с колыбели имело в виду главным образом корысть. Первое слово, которое он научился складывать, было "деньги", а второе (когда он добрался до трехсложных слов) - "нажива"
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have a go — If you have a go, you try to do something, often when you don t think you have much chance of succeeding … The small dictionary of idiomes