half a/the chance

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf a/the chancehalf a/the chancea small opportunity to do something, especially one which someone would take eagerly I’d go to university if I got half the chance. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance. → halfExamples from the Corpusgiven half a chance• It's the trees they go for, given half a chance.• It sounded the sort of voice which might start offering gynaecological details if given half a chance.• That's nothing on how good they could be, given half a chance.• Unlike the others, the goat is a ruminant, and will eat almost anything given half a chance.• Many teenagers today would live in their trainers, given half a chance, but try to discourage this.• If the people are given half a chance there is hope for a return to it's colourful and vibrant past.• As McKinsey laments, given half a chance they revert to old habits.

单词	half a/the chance
释义	half a/the chance From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf a/the chancehalf a/the chancea small opportunity to do something, especially one which someone would take eagerly I’d go to university if I got half the chance. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance. → halfExamples from the Corpusgiven half a chance• It's the trees they go for, given half a chance.• It sounded the sort of voice which might start offering gynaecological details if given half a chance.• That's nothing on how good they could be, given half a chance.• Unlike the others, the goat is a ruminant, and will eat almost anything given half a chance.• Many teenagers today would live in their trainers, given half a chance, but try to discourage this.• If the people are given half a chance there is hope for a return to it's colourful and vibrant past.• As McKinsey laments, given half a chance they revert to old habits.
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