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Topic: POSSIBILITY & PROBABILITY

Complete these colloquial expressions.

1

We've received financial backing from several investors and the ........ is the limit now in terms of where the company goes from here.

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2

I don't know why you do the lottery. The odds are so ........ against you there's no chance of winning.

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b)
c)
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3

We've put an offer in for the house but it's all up in the ........ at the moment and we don't really know if we're going to get it.

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b)
c)
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Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

4

A) The team have spent millions on new players and the general feeling amongst fans is that the sky's the this season.

B) What do you mean the are stacked against you because of your age? You've got just as much chance as anyone else of getting the job.

C) Sarah had decided to go to University this year but she's just fallen in love and her plans are all in the air now.

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Make them your own!

1) If you start a new project is the sky the limit as far as the possibilities are concerned or do you tend to be more cautious?
2) Is there a competition or election approaching in your country in which the odds are stacked against a party or individual winning?
3) Are your holiday plans for this summer decided or still up in the air?