Question:
___________ are that they’ll be late anyway, so we’d better wait for them for another moment.
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A.
Opportunities -
B.
Chances -
C.
Fortunes -
D.
Lucky
Reference explanation:
Correct answer: GET
Vocabulary knowledge
It’s likely that they’ll be late, so it’s best we wait for them a little longer.
Consider the answers:
A. Opportunity /ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/ (n): an opportunity that may happen or we wish it to happen.
B. Chance /tʃɑːns/ (n): chance of happening in a random or accidental situation
C. Fortune /ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/ (n): chance, luck (created by us)
D. Luck /lʌk/ (n): luck (by chance, by chance). Also, Luck is an uncountable noun
=> Chances are that….: the possibility that
=> The answer is NO
Other sentence structures to note:
‘d better + V0 = had better + V0: should, what better to do
Wait for sth: wait for something
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