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Pascal's wager came to mind: it was safer, he said, to bet on the existence of God, even if he doesn't exist, than to risk the eternal damnation of being wrong.La apuesta de Pascal me vino a la mente: era más seguro, dijo, apostar por la existencia de Dios, incluso si no existía, que arriesgarse a la condenación eterna por equivocarse.Sawyer, Robert / Calculating GodSawyer, Robert / El calculo de DiosEl calculo de DiosSawyer, Robert© 2002 by Ediciones B, S.A.© 2000 by Robert SawyerCalculating GodSawyer, Robert© 2000 by Robert Sawyer
'And I'll wager you tuppence to a groat he'll go on absolutely for ever.'Y le apuesto doble contra sencillo a que seguirá así eternamente.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
"I'll wager that at night, deep after midnight, in the complete dark of her room back there in Boston, lying alone in her bed, the sheets all tangled and sweaty, Miss Jones has nightmares about each one of those mutilations and what they might mean."– Apostaría que, bien entrada la noche, en la oscuridad de su habitación en Boston, sola en la cama, con las sábanas enredadas y sudadas, la señorita Jones tiene pesadillas sobre cada una de esas mutilaciones y lo que podrían significar.Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
The sort of plan that not even the devil's own assistant could think up, I'd wager.La clase de plan que no habría concebido ni el mismísimo ayudante del demonio.Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio FinalJuicio FinalKatzenbach, John© 1992 by John Katzenbach© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006Just CauseKatzenbach, John© 1992 by John Katzenbach
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wager
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | wager | wagers |
Possessive case | wager's | wagers' |
wager
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | wagered |
Imperative | wager |
Present Participle (Participle I) | wagering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | wagered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I wager | we wager |
you wager | you wager |
he/she/it wagers | they wager |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am wagering | we are wagering |
you are wagering | you are wagering |
he/she/it is wagering | they are wagering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have wagered | we have wagered |
you have wagered | you have wagered |
he/she/it has wagered | they have wagered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been wagering | we have been wagering |
you have been wagering | you have been wagering |
he/she/it has been wagering | they have been wagering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I wagered | we wagered |
you wagered | you wagered |
he/she/it wagered | they wagered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was wagering | we were wagering |
you were wagering | you were wagering |
he/she/it was wagering | they were wagering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had wagered | we had wagered |
you had wagered | you had wagered |
he/she/it had wagered | they had wagered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been wagering | we had been wagering |
you had been wagering | you had been wagering |
he/she/it had been wagering | they had been wagering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will wager | we shall/will wager |
you will wager | you will wager |
he/she/it will wager | they will wager |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be wagering | we shall/will be wagering |
you will be wagering | you will be wagering |
he/she/it will be wagering | they will be wagering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have wagered | we shall/will have wagered |
you will have wagered | you will have wagered |
he/she/it will have wagered | they will have wagered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been wagering | we shall/will have been wagering |
you will have been wagering | you will have been wagering |
he/she/it will have been wagering | they will have been wagering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would wager | we should/would wager |
you would wager | you would wager |
he/she/it would wager | they would wager |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be wagering | we should/would be wagering |
you would be wagering | you would be wagering |
he/she/it would be wagering | they would be wagering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have wagered | we should/would have wagered |
you would have wagered | you would have wagered |
he/she/it would have wagered | they would have wagered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been wagering | we should/would have been wagering |
you would have been wagering | you would have been wagering |
he/she/it would have been wagering | they would have been wagering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am wagered | we are wagered |
you are wagered | you are wagered |
he/she/it is wagered | they are wagered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being wagered | we are being wagered |
you are being wagered | you are being wagered |
he/she/it is being wagered | they are being wagered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been wagered | we have been wagered |
you have been wagered | you have been wagered |
he/she/it has been wagered | they have been wagered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was wagered | we were wagered |
you were wagered | you were wagered |
he/she/it was wagered | they were wagered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being wagered | we were being wagered |
you were being wagered | you were being wagered |
he/she/it was being wagered | they were being wagered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been wagered | we had been wagered |
you had been wagered | you had been wagered |
he/she/it had been wagered | they had been wagered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be wagered | we shall/will be wagered |
you will be wagered | you will be wagered |
he/she/it will be wagered | they will be wagered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been wagered | we shall/will have been wagered |
you will have been wagered | you will have been wagered |
he/she/it will have been wagered | they will have been wagered |