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fortune ['fɔ:tʃu:n]∎ he came to London to make his fortune il est venu à Londres pour faire fortune;∎ she makes a fortune elle gagne beaucoup d'argent ou un argent fou;∎ he made a fortune on the house il a gagné beaucoup d'argent en vendant la maison;∎ to come into a fortune hériter d'une fortune, faire un gros héritage;∎ a man of fortune un homme fortuné;∎ her jewels are worth a fortune ses bijoux valent une fortune;∎ to cost/to pay/to spend a (small) fortune coûter/payer/dépenser une (petite) fortune;∎ her face is her fortune son visage est son grand atout∎ to tell sb's fortune dire la bonne aventure à qn;∎ she tells fortunes elle dit la bonne aventure(c) (chance, fate) sort m, fortune f;∎ fortune smiled upon him or has been kind to him la chance lui a souri;∎ the novel traces its hero's changing fortunes le roman retrace les tribulations de son héros;∎ the fortunes of war les hasards mpl de la guerre∎ piece of good fortune coup m de chance, bonheur m;∎ ill fortune malchance f, mauvais sort m;∎ he had the good fortune to win il a eu la chance de gagner;∎ by good fortune par chance, par bonheur;∎ to try one's fortune tenter sa chance►► American fortune cookie = biscuit chinois dans lequel est caché un horoscope;Fortune Five Hundred = les 500 plus grosses entreprises américaines (dont la liste est établie, chaque année, par le magazine 'Fortune')
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