http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgb6u1kblNA 0;42 and the odds are (stacked) against him.ベルルスコーニ元首相の返り咲きには無理がある。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP4FYkVKrGU 2:42 she knows the odds are stacked against her. 状況は彼女にとって不利になっている。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zepPqTtu3tE 3:25 they refused to give up hope even they knew the odds were against them. 希望ほとんどなくても両親は娘の生存の可能性をあきらめなかった。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5bTZKQ2_w 607 environmental factors are stacked against those who may still be alive. （フェリー沈没事故の）生存の可能性が残されている人々にとってはよりいっそう厳しい環境になっている。
練習問題解答
a-1526 odds are really stacked against
a-3877 the odds were stacked against
b-4986 the odds were stacked against her
