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exemption(condition, essential, requirement, qualification, prerequisite)
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exploration(verb, exploit, venture, quest, put at risk)
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fate(noun, action, break, cause, hit)
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feat(verb, exploit, venture, quest, put at risk)
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gamble(noun, break, hit, cast, uncertainty)
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happenstance(noun, action, break, cause, thing)
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incidence(noun, development, amount, rate, existence)
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incidental
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interrelation(noun, connection, link, tie, accord)
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jeopardy(noun, verb, uncertainty, exploit, hazard)
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kismet(action, break, cause, hit, thing)
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likeliness(risk, possibility, prospect, likelihood)
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lucky break(expression, break, hit, lot, chance)
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materialization(noun, amount, rate, existence, incidence)
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mishap(blow, disaster)
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moment of truth(expression, idiom, trouble, change, twist)
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must
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open question(expression, idiom, uncertainty)
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outside chance(expression, risk, possibility, prospect, likelihood)
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peril(noun, verb, break, hit, uncertainty)
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