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Use of What are the chances of + (verb-ing) & ; There is something wrong with + (noun); Day: 42

By asking ‘what are the chances of’ you are wondering how often or in what case would a particular thing happen.

‘āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§€’ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“What are the chances of getting tickets?”

“āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of that happening?”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of it raining today?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻŦā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of winning the lottery?”

“āĻ˛āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻœā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

When replacing the word ‘the’ with ‘your’ or ‘our’ you can ask what the chances ‘personally’ that the topic will happen.

‘āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°’ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ ‘the’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡’ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§€ āĻ¤āĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“What are the chances of you staying home today?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of getting the job?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of improving?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of moving?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of staying together?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of working together?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of going together?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

There is something wrong with + (noun)

You are informing someone that there is something not right or out of the ordinary.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“There is something wrong with my laptop.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻŸāĻĒā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my car.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my cell phone.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my head.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your answering machine.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your way of thinking.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your attitude.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your dog.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with our relationship.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with our alarm clock.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ˜āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”