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| I don't understand the meaning of the last sentence... |
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| In this context odds means chance of success and long odds means unliklihood of success. This expression comes from gambling, where the odds of winning a coin toss are 1 in 2 (even odds) and the odds of winning a lottery are 1 to 1 million (long odds). |
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