гадать, погадать

Гада|ть, погадать — 1. tell* fortunes; (дт.) tell* (smb.) his, her fortune; 2. тк. несов. (о пр., строить догадки) guess (at), surmise (smth.) , conjecture (smth.) ; ~ о будущем speculate about the future; ~ на кофейной гуще ~ read* the tea-leaves, tell* fortunes in a teacup; make* wild guesses; не думал, не ~ал who would have thought it.