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What is the difference between "chance" and "opportunity"?



 
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What is the difference between "chance" and "opportunity"? #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:33 am   What is the difference between "chance" and "opportunity"?
 

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #128 "Ways of disapproving", question 9

He told me there was definitely no ......... that I would pass my examination until I did some work.

(a) occasion
(b) chance
(c) opportunity
(d) time

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #128 "Ways of disapproving", answer 9

He told me there was definitely no chance that I would pass my examination until I did some work.

Correct answer: (b) chance
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What is the difference between "chance" and "opportunity"? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:51 am   What is the difference between "chance" and "opportunity"?
 

Chances are luckier.
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