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LUCK

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luck substantiv

noroc, şansă; destin, soartă; întâmplare;

good luck întâmplare fericită, noroc;

good luck (to you)! noroc! succes! reuşită!;

bad / ill / hard / rough / tough luck ghinion, nenoroc, nereuşită, eşec;

he's had rank bad luck a avut un ghinion fantastic;

he always has the best of luck are întotdeauna un noroc orb / nebun / porcesc;

to be in luck, to be in luck's way a avea noroc, a fi norocos;

to be down on one's luck, to be off one's luck a) a avea ghinion; b) a fi / a se găsi într-o situaţie grea / dificilă / la strâmtoare / la ananghie;

to try one's luck a-şi încerca norocul;

to bring smb. good luck a aduce / a purta cuiva noroc;

to bring smb. bad luck a aduce cuiva ghinion;

to keep smth. for luck a purta ceva ca aducător de noroc;

well, better luck next time! lasă, o săfii mai norocos pe viitor!;

what deuced bud luck! ce ghinion păcătos / blestemat / afurisit!;

my luck 's in! ce noroc!;

my luck's out! ce ghinion!;

to have the devil's own luck a avea un noroc orb / nebun / porcesc, a fi plin de noroc (precum câinele de purici);

to have the luck to a avea norocul / şansa să;

as luck would have it a) din fericire; din nefericire;

as bad/ ill luck would have it din nefericire, ca un făcut; b) din întâmplare;

(glumeţ) just my luck! aşa am eu baftă;

(amer.) to play (in / to) big luck a avea noroc / baftă, a-i merge;

(amer.) to play in / to hard luck a-nu avea noroc / baftă, a nu-i merge;

for luck din fericire;

to push / to stretch one's luck a ispiti soarta;

(amer.) to ride one's luck a conta pe / a se bizui pe / a se încrede în norocul său / în steaua sa;

there is luck in odd numbers numerele fără soţ sunt norocoase / aducătoare de noroc;

worse luck a) din nefericire; b) cu atât mai rău;

a bit / piece / stroke of luck noroc neaşteptat, chilipir, pleaşcă.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

At last, by good luck, he found a large empty snail-shell.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

So why should you not try your luck with Professor Challenger, of Enmore Park?

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This was an unexpected piece of luck.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ll just send round a note to Mr. Jeremy Dixon, and then I have no doubt that our luck will turn.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We simply must be in luck, or it’s all up with us.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

When Mercury is retrograde, reconnecting with former contacts is where your greatest career luck will lie.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"I felt my luck, Admiral, I assure you;" replied Captain Wentworth, seriously.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Some might think him, and others might think her, the most in luck.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“Ah, Sir Lothian, I trust that the luck was with you?”

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If she heard me, it was by good luck, for I am sure she did not listen.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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