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luck
(encz) | luck,náhoda n: Zdeněk Brož |
luck
(encz) | luck,štěstí |
luck
(encz) | luck,talisman n: Zdeněk Brož |
Luck
(gcide) | Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl["u]ck, Icel.
lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to
entice. Cf. 3d Gleck.]
That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill,
affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed
casual; a course or series of such events regarded as
occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's
habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or
hard luck. Luck is often used by itself to mean good luck;
as, luck is better than skill; a stroke of luck.
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If thou dost play with him at any game,
Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck,
He beats thee 'gainst the odds. --Shak.
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Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays
money. [Prov. Eng.]
To be in luck, to receive some good, or to meet with some
success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of
circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.
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luck
(wn) | luck
n 1: 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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate,
luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
2: 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" [syn:
luck, fortune, chance, hazard]
3: 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"
[syn: luck, fortune] |
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