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onlineKate
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 Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:17 am Post subject: a sure bet |
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hi dear all
i want to know what does
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| after that refinements were a sure bet |
mean.
thANK YOu
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Yinglish
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| See idiom for "a safe bet." |
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onlineKate
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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it's this:
a safe bet (British, American & Australian, American)
1. something that you are certain will happen. It's a safe bet that those two will settle down and have children. Wheeler is a sure bet for a place on the team.
(British, American & Australian, American)
2. someone or something that you are certain will win or succeed. She is still a safe bet for re-election. Simplicity of design is a sure bet in the fashion world
thanks a million 
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