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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
english
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fortune verbs make a fortune ( also amass a fortune formal ) (= gain a lot of money ) • His family amassed a fortune during that period. make your fortune (= become rich ) • She made her fortune in the cosmetics industry. earn a fortune • He hopes to earn a fortune from his latest invention. lose a fortune (= lose a lot of money ) • He lost a fortune in an unwise business deal. cost a fortune (= be very expensive ) • It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi. spend a fortune • You don’t have to spend a fortune giving your family healthy meals. pay a fortune (= pay a lot of money ) • We had to pay a fortune in rent. inherit a fortune (= gain a lot of money after someone dies ) • He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle. leave somebody a fortune (= arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die ) • He left his wife a modest fortune. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fortune a huge/vast/immense fortune • Timothy was the heir to a vast fortune. a large/substantial/considerable fortune • His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune. a small fortune (= a very large amount of money ) • He made a small fortune in the London property boom. a personal/private fortune • She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million. a £20 million/$40 million etc fortune • She is believed to have a £25 million fortune. phrases be worth a fortune informal: • The building itself is worth a fortune.
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noun bonanza: He had a fortune in gold. noun chance: It is fortune that brought us here.
Simple Definitions
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see MAKE A FORTUNE.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun luck ADJ. good | ill QUANT. piece, stroke By a stroke of good fortune, Steven was still in his office. VERB + FORTUNE have | bring (sb) A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune. FORTUNE + VERB be on sb's side, favour sb For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the match. | smile on sb Fortune smiled on me that day (= I had good fortune). PHRASES as good/ill fortune would have it As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it. | a change in/of fortune All we can do is hope for a change in fortune. | have the good fortune to do sth I had the good fortune to work with people I liked. fortunes: what happens to sb/sth ADJ. declining, flagging | changing, fluctuating, mixed a year of mixed fortunes for the company | economic, electoral VERB + FORTUNE revive The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes. | follow fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team FORTUNE + VERB change, fluctuate A company's fortunes can change overnight. | improve, rise | decline, fall as the country's fortunes rose and fell PHRASES a reversal of fortunes The company suffered a great reversal of fortunes when public taste changed. what is going to happen to sb in the future VERB + FORTUNE read, tell They went to have their fortunes read. FORTUNE + NOUN teller, telling very large amount of money ADJ. considerable, enormous, great, immense, large, substantial, vast | small (= quite large) Rebuilding the house must have cost a small fortune. | family, personal VERB + FORTUNE accumulate, acquire, amass, build (up), make, win | inherit | leave (sb) Her aunt died and left her a fortune. | lose, squander He lost his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929. squandering the family fortune | seek They went to seek their fortune abroad. | be worth (informal) Some of those old toys are worth a fortune now. | cost (informal) | pay, spend (both informal) She spends a fortune on clothes! PREP. ~ from He built his fortune from breeding horses. | ~ in She made a fortune in the property boom. | ~ on They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it. | ~ out He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares. PHRASES fame and fortune They went to America in search of fame and fortune. | heir/heiress to a fortune He was sole heir to the family fortune.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary