luck

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شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: luck out US informal to be very lucky • The Giants really lucked out in last night's game., luck into sth US informal to get something that you want by chance • We lucked into tickets for the World Cup finals.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

2 general:: noun good fortune: Luck is on the side of hard workers. noun break: It is just bad luck.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: luck adjectives good luck • These birds are said to bring good luck. bad luck • His bad luck continued. sheer/pure luck (= chance, and not skill or effort ) • She managed to catch hold of the rope by sheer luck. beginner’s luck (= good luck that happens when you first try something ) • He’d hit the center of the target. ‘Beginner’s luck, I guess,’ he said. verbs have good/bad luck • I’ve had a bit of bad luck. have more/less luck • I hope you have more luck in the next competition. have no luck ( also not have much/any luck ) (= not be lucky or successful ) • I’d been looking for a job for weeks, but had had no luck. can’t believe your luck • I couldn’t believe my luck as my number was called out! have the (good/bad) luck to do something • He had the good luck to meet a man who could help him. sb’s luck holds (= they continue having good luck ) • Our luck held, and the weather remained fine. sb’s luck runs out (= they stop having good luck ) • Finally my luck ran out and they caught me. bring somebody (good/bad) luck • He always carried the stone in his pocket; he reckoned it brought him luck. phrases a piece/stroke of luck (= something good that happens by chance ) • What a piece of luck that he arrived when he did! a run of good/bad luck (= a series of good or bad things ) • The team has had a run of bad luck lately, losing their last five games. a matter of luck (= something that depends on chance ) • Winning is a matter of luck. an element of luck (= an amount of luck that is involved in something ) • There is always an element of luck when hiring someone for a job.

transnet.ir

4 general::   noun ADJ. better, good | pure, sheer It was sheer luck that we met like that. | bad, ill, rotten, tough It was rotten luck to be ill on the day of the interview. QUANT. piece, stroke By a stroke of luck I came across it in a local bookshop. VERB + LUCK bring (sb), give sb This ring has always brought me good luck. | try I decided to try my luck at the roulette wheel. LUCK + VERB run out It looks as though our luck's finally run out. | hold If our luck holds, we should win. | improve, turn He went on gambling, sure his luck was about to turn. PREP. by … ~ By ill luck, my flight had been cancelled. | for ~ I always carry it with me, just for luck. | in ~ You're in luck?there are just two tickets left. | out of ~ I had hoped there would be another train, but I was out of luck. | with ~ With luck, we'll get there before it closes. PHRASES beginner's luck I don't know why I did so well?it must be beginner's luck. | better luck next time If you didn't win a prize, better luck next time. | can't believe your luck He couldn't believe his luck when the other candidate for the job withdrew. | just my luck Just my luck to get the broken chair!

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

5 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with LUCK, Also see AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT; BEGINNER'S LUCK; DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK; GOOD LUCK; HARD LUCK; IN LUCK; OUT OF LUCK; PUSH ONE'S LUCK; RUN OF LUCK; TAKE POT LUCK; TOUGH BREAK (LUCK); TRY ONE'S HAND (LUCK).

American Heritage Idioms

6 general:: luck noun [ uncountable ] when good or bad things happen to people by chance: • The game involves an element of luck as well as skill. chance noun [ uncountable ] the way that some things happen without being planned or caused by people: • I met her by chance on a plane to Tokyo. • Like all top athletes, he leaves nothing to chance , and trains harder than anybody. fortune noun [ uncountable ] luck and the effect it has on your life: • I had the good fortune to work with some great people. • The tour was dogged by ill fortune (= it had a lot of bad luck ) from the start. • Fortune has shone on the team so far this season (= they have been lucky ) . fate noun [ uncountable ] a power that some people believe controls what happens to people and which cannot be changed or stopped: • Fate dealt him a cruel blow with the death of his wife at the age of 32. • It must have been fate that brought them together, and fate that tore them apart. • We can’t just leave it to fate. providence noun [ uncountable ] a power which some people believe controls what happens in our lives and protects us: • Do you believe in divine providence (= God’s power to make things happen ) ? • Her life was mapped out for her by providence. fluke noun [ countable usually singular ] informal something good that happens because of luck: • Their second goal was a fluke. • They won by a fluke.

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