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1 fortune
fortune [fɔʀtyn]feminine nouna. ( = richesse) fortune• connaître des fortunes diverses (sujet pluriel) to enjoy varying fortunes ; (sujet singulier) to have varying luck* * *fɔʀtyn1) ( richesse) fortune2) ( chance)3) ( destinée) fortunes (pl)4)de fortune — ( improvisé) makeshift (épith)
••* * *fɔʀtyn nf1)2)de fortune (abri) — makeshift, (compagnon) chance modif
Ils ont traversé la rivière sur un radeau de fortune. — They crossed the river on a makeshift raft.
* * *fortune nf1 ( richesse) fortune; fortune personnelle/considérable personal/considerable fortune; véritable/petite fortune real/small fortune; grandes fortunes large fortunes; fortune estimée à plus de dix millions fortune estimated at more than ten million; valoir une fortune to be worth a fortune; dépenser une fortune to spend a fortune (à faire doing; pour, en on); faire fortune to make a fortune (dans in; en faisant doing); faire fortune en Amérique to make one's fortune in America; chercher fortune to seek one's fortune; une des plus grosses fortunes du Venezuela one of Venezuela's wealthiest people;2 ( chance) (bonne) fortune good fortune; avoir la (bonne) fortune de faire/d'avoir fait to have the good fortune to do/to have done; profiter de sa bonne fortune to make the most of one's good fortune; mauvaise fortune bad luck; ⇒ audacieux;3 ( destinée) fortunes (pl); fortune d'un parti/club fortunes of a party/club; avec une fortune diverse, avec des fortunes diverses with varying fortunes; fortune d'un mot/d'un film/d'un artiste fortunes of a word/of a film/of an artist;faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur to put on a brave face.[fɔrtyn] nom fémininil a eu la bonne ou l'heureuse fortune de la connaître he was fortunate enough to know heril a eu la mauvaise fortune de tomber malade he was unlucky enough ou he had the misfortune to fall ill3. (littéraire) [sort] fortune————————de fortune locution adjectivale[lit] makeshift[installation, réparation] temporary————————sans fortune locution adjectivale -
2 audacieux
audacieux, -ieuse [odasjø, jøz]adjective* * *
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nom masculin, féminin daring ou bold person••la fortune sourit aux audacieux — Proverbe fortune favours [BrE] the brave Proverbe
* * *odasjø, jøz (-euse)1. adjdaring, bold2. nm/f* * *B nm,f daring ou bold person.( féminin audacieuse) [odasjø, øz] adjectif————————, audacieuse [odasjø, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin
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