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luck English

Meaning luck meaning

What does luck mean?
Definitions in simple English

luck Noun

— Someone who has good luck is someone who regularly has good things happen to them, almost as if by magic. Many people believe the number 13 will bring you bad luck.

luck Verb

— To succeed by chance. He lucked into a great job.

luck

— noun (= fortune, fate, lot, circumstances, portion) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) whatever my fortune may be deserved a better fate has a happy lot the luck of the Irish a victim of circumstances success that was her portion — noun (= chance) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another bad luck caused his downfall we ran into each other by pure chance — noun (= fortune) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome it was my good luck to be there they say luck is a lady it was as if fortune guided his hand

Synonyms luck synonyms

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luck English » English

fortune good fortune fate chance destiny good luck happiness success lot favor blessing fluke hazard windfall wealth portion merit mercy lucky incident horoscope fortuity coincidence circumstances bad luck auspiciousness accident withers will of Heaven virtue trouble trend time tendency stroke of luck randomicity random raised doughnut providence prophetic sign pluck piece of luck opportunity omen occurrence monk monastic meritorious deed mazel luckiness

Topics luck topics

What do people use luck to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Unlucky
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Chance
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Destiny

Conjugation luck conjugation

How do you conjugate luck?

luck · verb

Examples luck examples

How do I use luck in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I wish you good luck.
Good luck alternates with misfortune.
I had the luck to find a good job.
Don't envy others for their good luck.
He owes his success to good luck.
Good luck on the exam!
Good luck!
Good luck with your work!
A horseshoe and a four-leaf clover bring good luck.
We look for good luck, bad luck looks for us.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck.
Some people believe that the number 13 brings bad luck.
Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.
I envy you your luck.
We had the luck to win the battle.
It's bad luck to say that.
If it hadn't been for Lindbergh's luck and his knowledge of flying, he could never have succeeded in crossing the Atlantic.
What a stroke of luck!
A little bit of luck sometimes leads to an unexpected success.
He had no luck in finding work.
Please wish me luck.
You're in luck.
Good luck.
Don't set your failure down to bad luck.
As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.
Luck turned in my favor.
Have the devil's own luck.

Movie subtitles

Well, good luck in Africa, boys! I've never been, But I hear it's a HOOT!
But is it really luck?
Of course, we could luck out and actually send our message towards an alien civilisation.
My luck ran out for that when I joined the Western Army at Sekigahara.
Well, you're in luck, Dad.
Well, uh, good luck.
Any luck with crazy Pete's property venture? Uh, yeah.
Good luck with that.
No luck there then.
I'm not sure luck has got anything to do with it.
Apart from bad luck for Evan and Maureen.
Any luck?
Okay, well, keep going. My luck will rub off.
Good luck with the competition tonight.
It's the luck of the draw.
Bad luck hounds us.
My luck will rub off.
Well, good luck with Xiaoping.
Here - For good luck!
I always do that for good luck. Now wait.
Better luck next time.
Good luck, boy.
Good luck, son!
May I wish you good luck?
It's just a little good-luck charm I carry around with me.
Good luck, Biberkopf.
Rotten luck, getting hit by that car.
But. I've already said that three points is based on skill while the other seven is based on luck.
This North and South team will need to have good luck.
G-Good luck to you, buddy.
Good luck.
Good luck! - We support you spiritually.
Yeah, good luck.
And if Rebecca wants to marry him, then good luck to her.
Trying his luck.
If by luck I see a pretty girl, I go chase her.
Say, any luck with the 4:30?

News and current affairs

Meanwhile, the Bush Administration will blame the sinking economy, bad luck, and unintentional miscalculations for the vanished surplus.
But so far in the third millennium, this skill - or simply run of luck - has deserted the US.
But something more than bad luck and self-fulfilling prophecies are at work.
This was due to sound economic policy in the US (starting with the Bush-Mitchell-Foley tax increase of 1990), as well as some extraordinarily good luck in America.
If global prosperity is to return, America's economic luck will have to be even better than it was in the 1990s.
The rest of the world economy would do well to play it safe and start making its own luck.
Amid these plans and predictions, a growing banking scandal has reminded Italians that, in politics, luck can sometimes make the difference.
More by luck than by wisdom, this catastrophic situation did not develop.
It is the self-made part of luck.
Rather, the rich owe their wealth solely to their own luck and effort.
Even without any portfolio shift, Americans shouldn't expect their recent luck to hold up in the future.
Natural talents should be respected for what they are: the occasionally awesome luck of the biological draw.
But this was not a matter of good luck.
Where dynamic industrial clusters locate is partly due to luck and accident.
This task requires time, patience, hard work, and luck.
This crisis was not caused by bad luck or some professional misunderstanding, but by character problems, especially in the United States and later Western Europe.
Policymakers in China seem to be unaware that many major cities have not had the luck to become financial centers.
Unable to keep inflation under control without causing a recession, the country has, since 2010, got stuck not because of bad luck, or any loss of entrepreneurial spirit in its private sector, but because of political failings.

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