The word "bet" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it as a verb, noun, or interjection. Example sentence: "I bet he won't finish the race before us.".
Don't bet against it.
Though Caine is a previous winner, Law is already thought to be a surefire bet for his performance as a wastrel American shipping heir in The Talented Mr Ripley.
The way I figure it, the one terrorist in England with a sense of humor, a man known as Khalid the Droll, had said to the cell, 'I bet I can get them all to take off their shoes in airports.' So this prankster set up poor impressionable Reid and won his bet.
Levin seems to be saying that this means there's a conflict of interest between the casino and the bettor, and that it's illegitimate for the casino to take the bet.
It seems a good bet that if you want to help the world's poor you should get them on more power now and to a very large extent that's going to be fossil fuels.
His interviewer duly bet him €50 at that price.
'Wouldn't you like to be back there.' You bet I would (no offence, Streatham).
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