Estimating large numbers

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expressions for different things for

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example to be vague about numbers we use

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these when you want to guess huge

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amounts we use the term a ballpark

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figure for example if you had to guess

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the population of London give me a

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ballpark figure how many people live in

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London okay um the population of London

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I don't know a ballpark figure maybe

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four million a guesstimate this is a

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portmanteau which means two words have

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been combined to make one those two

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words are guests and estimate some

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people hate this word like hate with a

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capital H hate this word however you

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might hear it you might want to say it

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it's your choice and you can use it like

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this how much money do you think he

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makes don't know no just like a

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guesstimate I don't know he plays

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football so like a guesstimate a million

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pounds a day and when you give an

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approximate number you can use these

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expressions around about more or less

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give or take number or so number or

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thereabout