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Sunday, April 28, 2013

What are words for 'gamble(noun and verb)' and 'gambling'? "The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea I took a gamble that stock prices ....

"What are words for 'gamble(noun and verb)' and 'gambling'? "The
sailors had taken many gambles with the sea I took a gamble that stock prices
would rise." or "I took a gamble that stock prices would rise." or " and "The most
characteristic form of English gambling is betting through a bookmaker." and "He
gambled his reputation on the outcome." What are words for 'hustle(noun and
verb)'?" "The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal."
or "The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail." and "He finally got wise to
his hustle and threatened to call the police." or "Steve showed a lot of good
hustle today in practice."
 

to gamblepran chans, pran ris (pran risk), parye, fè paryaj
a gamble→ chans, ris (risk), aza, paryaj
to hustle → bouskile, pouse,  bourade
hustling → sakaj, tapaj, aktivite, bourad

1.  Anpil Ayisyen te pran chans ak lavi yo lè yo te pran kanntè pou vin Etazini.
     A lot Haitians took a gamble on their lives when they got on a boat to come to the US.

2. She's paying a gambling debt.
    L'ap peye yon dèt li te fè nan paryaj.

3. We hustled our way to the front of the stage.
     Nou te bourade moun pou n rive devan podyòm nan.

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