Chance and nature

• COLLOCATION CHANCE AND NATURE


  • bet
  • make a bet (with)
  • safe bet
  • certain
  • chance
  • take a chance (on)
  • leave to chance
  • the chance to do
  • pure chance
  • there's every / no chance that
• bet


  to risk money or something valuable on the outcome of something
• make a bet (with)


  to risk money or something valuable on the outcome of something, with another person
• safe bet


  something that is very likely to happen or be successful
• chance


  the possibility that something will happen
• take a chance (on)


  to risk doing something, even though the outcome is uncertain
• leave to chance


  to allow something to happen without trying to control or influence it
• the chance to do

  the opportunity to do something
• pure chance


  something that happens completely randomly, with no cause or influence
• there's every / no chance that


  it is very likely / unlikely that something will happen
• COLLOCATION DISPOSAL


  • waste disposal
  • at sb's disposal
  • for the deposit of
• at sb's disposal


  available for someone to use
• find yourself (doing)


  to unexpectedly be in a particular situation or state
• find sb doing


  to discover someone in the process of doing something
• find your way


  to manage to get to a place or situation, even if it is difficult
• happen to do


  to do something by chance or coincidence
• It so happens that

  used to introduce an unexpected or surprising fact
• as it happens


  used to introduce an unexpected or surprising fact