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to lose somebody something | In the bottom vs. On the bottom

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Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:11 am opportunity vs. chance

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She was offered a flat in a modern block so she jumped at the ???

Hi, everybody!

Could you tell me what the best word would be to put in (instead of ???) in the sentence above - chance or opportunity?

In my textbook they chose chance but I'm all for opportunity

Many thanks !
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Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:29 am opportunity vs. chance

I'm all for it, too, lost_soul. I found in my 'textbook' that, Jump at the chance, Jump at the opportunity, Jump at a chance, Jump at an offer... are all possible. It also seems to me that the phrasal verb is 'jump at' and the following nouns are applications. Haihao

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