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I'm Rob and I've won yet another card game.
Yes.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Fei Fei.
And I've just lost to him again.
It's not surprising.
You've been very distracted all morning.
Oh, there's a promotion coming up and I wonder if I'll get it.
Well, you work hard, Fei Fei.
I'm sure a promotion is on the cards.
It's on the cards, but I haven't been paying much attention to them.
Which cards?
No, no.
It's not actually written on any cards.
It's just an expression.
In British English, we say something is on the cards or in the cards in American English,