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1 luck
n1) щастя; доля; нагодаgood luck — щаслива нагода, удача
good luck! — щасливо!, бажаю успіху!
bad luck — невдача; нещастя
2) талан; успіх, удача; везіння, щастяto try one's luck — ризикнути, спробувати щастя
to push (to stretch) one's luck — спокушати долю
the devil's own luck — надзвичайна удача, страшенно повезло
* * *I [lek] n1) ( та або інша) доля; випадокgood luck!, — щасливо!, бажаю успіху!
2) щастя, удача; успіх; талан, везінняII [lek] v1) мати удачу; бути везучим (luck out, luck up); ( to be lucked out) pass зіткнутися з невезінням2) (on, onto, into) випадково знайти, натрапити на ( що-небудь хороше) -
2 luck
[lʌk]n1) до́ля, тала́нhis luck held — до́ля йому́ всміхну́лася
to push [to stretch] one's luck — спокуша́ти до́лю
rough luck — гірка́ до́ля
2) ща́стя; уда́чаbad [ill] luck — неща́стя, невда́ча
good luck — щасли́ва наго́да, уда́ча
to try one's luck — ризикну́ти, спро́бувати ща́стя
for luck! — на ща́стя!
I am in [out of] luck — мені́ щасти́ть (не щасти́ть)
devil's own luck — надзвича́йна уда́ча; страше́нно пощасти́ло
you are in luck's way — вам пощасти́ло
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3 the devil looks after his own
syn: the devil takes care of his ownthe devil is good ( або kind)the devil's child, the devil's luckдо своїх і чорт добре ставиться ≅ чорт чорту роги не обломить свій своєму не ворог свій своєму поневолі брат чорт біса пізнав та й на бал позвав багатому чорт діти колише, а убогий й няньки не знайде багатому й чорт гроші носить біс у чорта сповідався, один моргнув, другий здогадавсяEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the devil looks after his own
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4 the devil's child, the devil's luck
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the devil's child, the devil's luck
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