chances are

the likelihood is (followed by a clause stating what is likely). Chances are that she would have been late even if she had left on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zareen	-	Persian
Gulnara	-	Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz
Anoubis	-	Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Cynem&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Tu	-	Chinese
Bartosz	BAHR-tawsh	Polish