anyone's guess
/ˈɛnɪwˌʌnz ɡˈɛs/
phrase
very uncertain or impossible to predict
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1So even hypothetically, if a small rural hospital had the cash to purchase, let's say, five ventilators today, when those could be delivered is anyone's guess.
2It's anyone's guess if he'll respond, but it's worth a try.
3It's anyone's guess when the judge will respond to the NRA's request.
4Whether they can pull it off is anyone's guess, but doggonit, they better.
5Whether they can pull it off is anyone's guess.
to appraise
/əˈpɹeɪz/
verb
to estimate or assess the value or quality of something
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1My insurance appraised it at $89,000.
2They can't be appropriately appraised entirely at once.
3At auction, the valuable collection was appraised at upwards of $8 million.
4Tate appraised the potential value as anywhere from $500,000 to $2.5 million.
5For public art, try to appraise the values of the intended demographic.
appraisal
/əˈpɹeɪzəɫ/
noun
the act of evaluating someone or something in order to form an opinion or judgment about them
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1Emotional appraisal is where you form of judgments about a particular situation.
2That's one appraisal.
3An appraisal of our works at Erlenhof should probably take place after our conversation.
4Do you need appraisals?
5Okay you had an appraisal.
(shot / stab) in the dark
/ʃˈɑːt stˈæb ɪnðə dˈɑːɹk/
phrase
an attempt to guess or do something without having sufficient information or knowing the consequences
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1I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that most of you guys are overachievers, in this room, and very ambitious, and goals and results-oriented.
2If you think that sounds like a shot in the dark, you’re right.
3Admittedly, it was a stab in the dark.
4This is a stab in the dark.
5- I mean, it could be (stammers) such a shot in the dark!
to assess
/əˈsɛs/
verb
to form a judgment on the quality, nature, or ability of something or someone
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1Her tests and tasks for the protagonists assess their cleverness and worthiness as adults.
2That study assessed the capabilities of automation technology.
3Assess your situation.
4Assess your adversary.
5- Assess the situation.
assessment
/əˈsɛsmənt/
noun
the act of judging or evaluating someone or something carefully based on specific criteria
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1Assessments were determined by the overall GDP, or economic strength of that particular country, and its population.
2Three is assessment.
3Assessment of casualties and damages taking place now.
4The next word is assessment.
5Assessment is a judgment of something.
bet
/ˈbɛt/
noun
one's opinion or view about something
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1People treat bet.
2I bet 100 dollars with the original Phillies fan.
3I bet 100 dollars on the Yankees.
4Make Bets.
5I bet the kids there like high top shoes.
to calculate
/ˈkæɫkjəˌɫeɪt/
verb
to form an opinion by considering the information at hand
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1These people are calculated risk takers.
2The software has calculated the mark price.
3Calculating route.
4Also, calculate the width of the last row.
5Now calculate your bust size.
calculation
/ˌkæɫkjəˈɫeɪʃən/
noun
the process of using one's information or judgment in order to guess the outcome of a situation
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1So, string theorists did calculations in model universes.
2Doing calculations.
3So, here is the calculation.
4The calculation takes into account the patient’s age, gender and race.
5So here's the calculation.
cliffhanger
/ˈkɫɪfˌhæŋɝ/
noun
an ending to an episode of a series that keeps the audience in suspense
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1Dangnabit, I hate cliffhangers.
2Every show is a cliffhanger.
3It's a cliffhanger.
4That's a cliffhanger.
5- Season 2 ends on a huge cliffhanger.
cliffhanging
/klˈɪfhæŋɪŋ/
adjective
(of a situation, movie, etc.) having an unclear ending that makes it enticing

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close but no cigar
/klˈoʊs bˌʌt nˈoʊ sɪɡˈɑːɹ/
phrase
used to refer to an attempt or a guess that was close to achieve success but failed to do so
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1Otherwise it would be close but no cigar Because science and I still want those pics as a spider-man
2So he was close but no cigar on that one, right?
3So he was close but no cigar on that one, right?
close to the mark
/klˈoʊs tə ðə mˈɑːɹk/
phrase
almost correct or accurate

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cold
/ˈkoʊɫd/
adjective
‌used specifically in children’s games to say that someone is far away from guessing the correct answer or finding a hidden person or object
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1The water in the lochs is cold and dark.
2Some places get cold.
3My hands are cold.
4Your hands are cold?
5I hate colds.
conjectural
/kəndʒˈɛktʃɚɹəl/
adjective
being primarily based on pure guess-work rather than definite knowledge
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1Like all knowledge, it's conjectural, guesswork, tested by observation, not derived from it.
2Rousseau speculates about this and, again, this is part of his hypothetical or conjectural history.
3The Second Discourse, the discourse on inequality, presents itself as a hypothetical or conjectural history of human development from the state of nature to the civil condition.
4It is what writers in the eighteenth century called a conjectural history.
5These are just conjectural clusters.
conjecture
/kənˈdʒɛkʃɝ/, /kənˈdʒɛktʃɝ/
noun
an idea that is based on guesswork and not facts
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1That's conjecture on their side.
2Most scholars conjecture that ancient Israelite-Judean religion, the practices of the people in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the first millennium BCE, was maybe monolatrist.
3That, to be honest, is conjecture.
4That's one conjecture at least.
5We have our conjectures.
to conjecture
/kənˈdʒɛkʃɝ/, /kənˈdʒɛktʃɝ/
verb
to form an idea or opinion about something on the basis of insufficient information or inconclusive evidence
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1That's conjecture on their side.
2Most scholars conjecture that ancient Israelite-Judean religion, the practices of the people in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the first millennium BCE, was maybe monolatrist.
3That, to be honest, is conjecture.
4That's one conjecture at least.
5We have our conjectures.
critique
/kɹəˈtik/, /kɹɪˈtik/
noun
a detailed judgment of something, such as a work of art, a political idea, etc.
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1Theorists critique an inspiration.
2Critique your own speech.
3Critique your own speech.
4They critique street fashion.
5Critique the second draft.
to critique
/kɹəˈtik/, /kɹɪˈtik/
verb
to evaluate or examine something in a critical and detailed way
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1Theorists critique an inspiration.
2Critique your own speech.
3Critique your own speech.
4They critique street fashion.
5Critique the second draft.
to divine
/dɪˈvaɪn/
verb
to figure out something by guessing or using one's intuition
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1The sight of success is divine.
2The pasta was divine.
3The relationship of his human to divine nature.
4Then every man, of every clime, That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine: Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.
5The sets are divine.
don't tell me
/dˈoʊnt tˈɛl mˌiː/
sentence
used when one already knows something or can guess it beforehand
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1I say, don't tell me who's the one.
2So don't tell me you love your COUNTRY, are you doing things that ARE-- the last we can do is show that courtesy, that grace of wearing a MASK.
3And don't tell me that oh, they need the Tooth Fairy, for CHILDHOOD.
4He said, very FORCEFULLY, "don't tell me GOD did this to My Sister."
5She told MY father later, "when you said, 'don't tell me GOD did this to My Sister,' it was like a bomb exploded on the INSIDE."
educated guess
/ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪɾᵻd ɡˈɛs/
noun
a guess that is made according to one's experience or knowledge thus is more likely to be true
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1An educated guess from Badass Digest places the team as Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Captain Marvel, and a handful of Inhumans under the leadership of Iron Man.
2- What's your educated guess?
3I only have guesses, some educated guesses.
4It's my personal educated guess.
5- It was like - Educated guess.
to estimate
/ˈɛstəˌmeɪt/, /ˈɛstəmət/
verb
to guess the value, number, quantity, size, etc. of something without exact calculation
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1Experts estimate about 500 000 in the earliest online years.
2The first part is estimating the time for your usual tasks.
3Next, estimate your retirement income.
4Official Chinese government sources estimate $140 billion in direct losses and the death of a quarter of the world’s pigs.
5People have made estimates.
estimate
/ˈɛstəˌmeɪt/, /ˈɛstəmət/
noun
a judgment or calculation of the size, extent, value, etc. of something without knowing the exact details or numbers
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1Experts estimate about 500 000 in the earliest online years.
2The first part is estimating the time for your usual tasks.
3Next, estimate your retirement income.
4Official Chinese government sources estimate $140 billion in direct losses and the death of a quarter of the world’s pigs.
5People have made estimates.
estimation
/ˌɛstəˈmeɪʃən/
noun
a judgment of or an opinion about the value or qualities of something
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1Do you have an estimation?
2The etchings on a metallic phonographic record could last, according to estimations, for hundreds of millions of years with very little degradation.
3This is my estimation.
4So every 15 years, the government changes its estimation.
5So, first, the first term is estimation.

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