I'd wager
ho decided that vegetables are less worthy of gracing the surface of a grill anyway? I’d wager it wasn’t the vegetarians. Clearly it was someone who has never sunk their teeth into the meaty flesh of a zucchini or enjoyed the tantalizing scents of a smoky, stuffed eggplant. While barbecue recipes are known far and wide, vegetarian recipes for grilling often go unnoticed. Until now.
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Please explain the use and meaning of the phrase "I'd wager".
Is "I'd" contracted form of "I would" here?
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"I'd wager" = "I would wager" "wager" means "bet", so the person is saying that they would bet that it wasn't the vegetarians who decided that. This isn't meant very literally; it is just a way of expressing a view that one is confident about.
- "I'd wager" = "I would wager" "wager" means "bet", so the person is saying that they would bet that it wasn't the vegetarians who decided that.
- This isn't meant very literally; it is just a way of expressing a view that one is confident about.
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"I'd wager" = "I would wager"
"wager" means "bet", so the person is saying that they would bet that it wasn't the vegetarians who decided that. This isn't meant very literally; it is just a way of expressing a view that one is confident about.
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