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  • Welcome to English in a minute.

  • A toss is when something is thrown lightly in the air like this.

  • So, Jonathan, who do you think's going to win the big football game tomorrow?

  • Oh, I don't know.

  • It's a toss up.

  • Really.

  • Orlando has a great offense, but Baltimore has a great defense.

  • Either team could win.

  • Wow, you seem to actually know something about these teams.

  • Well, who do you think will win?

  • I'm just going to cheer for whoever is wearing the best colors.

  • So Orlando.

  • We used the expression toss up to describe a situation where the result is unclear and could go either way.

  • It refers to the actual tossing off a coin and making a decision based on that, and that's English in a minute.

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