I read them all in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but none seems to fit.What dictionary definitions have you found for the verb "cast" and which one do you think fits? We like learners to do some work themselves rather than spoonfeeding the answers!
Let what happens happen.What do you think the whole idiom means? If you had to explain it using different words, what would you say?
One of them is indeed the definition you are looking for.I read them all in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but none seems to fit.
A simple vocabulary question is turning into an interesting puzzle!One of them is indeed the definition you are looking for.
"Throw"?Imagine you had a balloon and I wanted you to do something with it to demonstrate "Let what happens happen". What would you do with it that doesn't have a predictable outcome?
I'm guessing "cast your fate to the winds" means "leave your fate to chance".Let what happens happen.
"Throw"?
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