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'fo: ən1) (whatever happens by chance or (good or bad) luck: whatever fortune may bring.) skjebne, hell, lykke2) (a large amount of money: That ring must be worth a fortune!) formue•- fortunately
- fortune-teller
- tell someone's fortune
- tell fortuneflaks--------formue--------hell--------lykkeIsubst. \/ˈfɔːtʃuːn\/, \/ˈfɔːtjuːn\/, \/ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)n\/1) formue, rikdom, velstand2) skjebne, livsvilkår, omstendigheter3) hell, lykke, fremgangadverse\/bad\/evil\/ill fortune ulykke, uflaksby good fortune ved et hellcome\/get into a fortune arve en formue, få en stor arvbe favoured by fortune ha hellet med seg, ha lykken med segFortune lykken personifisert, fru Fortunafortune favours the brave\/bold lykken står den tapre bifortune smiles on someone lykken smiler til noenthe fortunes of war krigslykkengentleman of fortune eventyrerhave good fortune ha flaks, ha hellet med seghave the good fortune to være så heldig åmake a fortune tjene en formuemake one's fortune skape seg en fremtid, skape seg en posisjon, bli rika man of fortune en formuende mannmarry a fortune gifte seg til pengera piece of good fortune en lykke, flakspush one's fortune slå seg frem, arbeide seg fremseek one's fortune søke lykkena small fortune en hel liten formue, en masse pengersoldier of fortune eventyrer, lykkeridderbe someone's fortune to falle til noen åtell fortunes by the cards spå i korttell someone's fortune spå noentry one's fortune prøve lykkenIIverb \/ˈfɔːtʃuːn\/, \/ˈfɔːtjuːn\/, \/ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)n\/( foreldet) skje, slumpefortune upon finne tilfeldig
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