unlikely
adjective
not likely to happen
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Not likely to happen
I don’t suppose
used for saying that something is unlikely
you’ll be lucky
used for saying that something is unlikely to happen
there is no question of something
if there is no question of something, it definitely will not happen
long odds
if you say that it’s long odds that something will happen, you mean that it is not very likely
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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