Is this sentence OK? These interesting experiences help to inform about Korea. Thank you so much in advance !!!

Play the odds ? Hi :) I just came across with the expression above.. 'play the odds' I looked up google... and I understand the meaning of it.. You bet.. or gamble based on statistics.. right? I am just wondering if you could use this expression in other situation.. other than gambling.. or horse racing??? Maybe in everyday situation?? Thanks a lot in advance :)

what do they mean?? I'm reading Rapunzel I think these ways of writing seems to be a bit old fashioned?? "Sooner than let you wife die, bring her some rampion yourself" = "She might die soon?" "If he was to have any rest" = "If he had some time"

Are these sentences ok?? I also had a dream of being a prodigal person. -->prodigal.. is this a natural expression? can you use it for a person? I was wavering like a tree in a violent storm. --> wavering.. can i use 'wavering' ??

이거 어떻게 해석해요? 한국말 영어 모두 능통하신 분들~~:) 미술대회에서 '입상'이 영어로 뭘까요?? 사실.. 여기 영어하시는 분들한테 물어봤는데.. Honorable mention 이라고 하더라고 근데 그거는.. '가작'으로 상은 아니고요.. 입상은 가장 많은 사람들한테 주는 상이래요. 누군가는 selected / elected 라고 얘기하는데 맞을 까요?? 컨펌좀 부탁드려요 :)

about 'The Adventure of Tom Sawyer' The chapter starts with the scene where Aunt Polly calls out Tom to find him in the house. She is not just calling but bending over and poking underneath the bed with a broom. When she stands in the door she notices the noise behind her and turns around and grabs him by his jacket. He hides in one the closet Aunt Polly missed. She notices jam on Tom's face which she bans him from eating. also she tells him so many times not to eat it without permission. she tries to punish him by hitting him with a rod but he escapes the instant. Aunt Polly seems to be a very strict, religious person so she does her best to raise Tom based on her religious faith. But Tom is very mischievous and outsmarts her. He gets away with punishment every time. It seems that she always yells him but she sympathizes him because he is the child of her dead sister.

Questions from There are three expressions I can't understand. 1. The old lady whirled round, and "snatched her skirts" out of danger. I know the meaning of snatch -it's grab something quickly? but.. She grabbed her skirt out of danger~ ?? 2. trap him into "damaging revealments" damaging is harmful revealments is the something that can be exposed. 3. "it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark" ?? It would be much appreciated.. if you could explain (I'm thinking of getting books that translated into Korean now )

How do you translate "입선" into English? 입선 is when you get awarded in a contest. it's not first or second prize but the one that is given to the most participants I looked up the Korean English dictionary. and it says accepted.. but i want to clarify if that's right usage. for example. 2000 미술대전 입선 2000 accepted in Art Contest ?? Thanks a lot for your help !!!

The proper forum? I'm watching a TV show and the line goes like this. "Now in light of what happened at school today, do you have any feelings you’d like to express? I think this is the proper forum." I know the meaning of 'the proper forum' but can't understand why it is used in the sentence. Thanks a lot in advance !!