second chance
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2.3
- noun
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segunda oportunidad
- "I feel very lucky to have a second chance with you, Masha."
- give a second chance
- get a second chance
- never get a second chance
And I'm glad that I gave acting a second chance after that experience.
- And I'm glad that I gave acting a second chance after that experience.
- This is a second chance, like being reborn.
- Let me use this second chance to do something great, to serve others.
- Right now, I like the idea of second chances.
- That was like, whoa, this is a second chance.
- OK, so our Sarah doesn't give second chances.
- Some got through on the second chance, some failed yet again, but they tried.
- We may be more likely to make excuses or give second chances or forgive.
- Unless I read your book and it tells me I get a second chance to clean it up at the end.
- And a big part of those second chances were the excuses you made for the narcissist.
- I was re baptized because God gave me a second chance.
- I said, well, what would you change if you get a second chance, right?
- All right, Now let me make clear right now, I am not against second chances in general.
- She wants the world to give him a second chance.
Examples
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I just want a second chance.
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I know that these days not everybody gets a second chance.
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Let me use this second chance to do something great, to serve others.
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Some got through on the second chance, some failed yet again, but they tried.
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We're here, back on Earth, and we have a second chance to make things go right.
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Maybe they deserve a second chance.
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And I'm glad that I gave acting a second chance after that experience.
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I think she deserves a second chance...
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Doesn't everyone deserve a second chance?
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I know that not everyone receives a second chance to succeed after failure.
Synonyms
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3.2
A chance to begin again after problems
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3.3
An attempt to do something again after you fail once
How Fresh
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an opportunity to try again' is directly and compositionally derived from 'second' (another/following the first) + 'chance' (opportunity). This is a common, cross-linguistically regular combination, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Second chance comes from the simple idea of a second meaning 'another time' and a chance meaning 'an opportunity' to try again. Imagine failing a test and a teacher letting you take it once more, so second chance means an opportunity to try again after failing.