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What does “a calculated risk” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
C1
A risk taken after carefully considering the potential downsides
“Investing early felt like a calculated risk worth taking.”
From the C1 lesson Decisions, Decisions (making decisions).
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What does “a calculated risk” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“a calculated risk” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 4 (Communication, Decisions and Habits).
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