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101 good luck
1. счастливый случай; удачаodd stroke of luck — случайная удача, неожиданное везение
good luck!, the best of luck! — счастливо!, желаю успеха!
to have hard luck — быть несчастливым, не видать удачи
his luck was in — ему повезло; у него была полоса удач
a great piece of luck — большое счастье, редкая удача
2. удачиhe is in luck — ему везёт, ему удача
a stroke of luck — удача, везение
Синонимический ряд:fate (noun) accident; bad luck; chance; destiny; fate; fortune; luck; outcome; throw -
102 a stroke of fortune
удача, везениеBy a wonderful stroke of luck I had glimpses of an England, a nook of it, which had changed little since Shakespeare or even since Chaucer. (R. Aldington, ‘Life for Life's Sake’, ch. 2) — Я считаю необыкновенной удачей то, что мне удалось повидать уголок старой Англии, который мало изменился со времен Шекспира и даже Чосера.
Essex... was thinking that it was a real stroke of luck to have MacGregor with him, a man whom the Russians already respected. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. 2) — Эссекс... думал, что ему в самом деле повезло с Мак-Грегором: тот уже успел завоевать уважение русских.
And then I had two magnificent strokes of fortune. In the same week I received two briefs of a similar nature. (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. XXXIX) — А после этого мне дважды неслыханно повезло. За одну неделю ко мне поступили два похожих и очень запутанных дела.
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103 bad luck
a stroke of luck — удача, везение
good luck — счастливый случай, удача
Синонимический ряд:incident (noun) accident; collision; crash; fortune; happening; incident; pileup; unintentional act; wreck -
104 hard luck
a stroke of luck — удача, везение
good luck — счастливый случай, удача
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105 a stroke of (good) fortune (or luck)
(нeoжидaннaя) удaчa, вeзeниeI gazed at him with overflowing gratitude. So much had gone against me I could scarcely believe this splendid stroke of fortune (A. J. Cronin). 'With a stroke of luck,' said my mother, 'she may meet some eligible man and make a suitable marriage' (S. Howatch)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a stroke of (good) fortune (or luck)
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106 ill luck
невезение; неудача; несчастьеas ill luck would have it, by ill luck — к несчастью
his luck was out — ему не повезло; у него была полоса неудач
odd stroke of luck — случайная удача, неожиданное везение
a run of ill luck — несчастливая полоса, полоса невезения
a great piece of luck — большое счастье, редкая удача
Синонимический ряд:misfortune (noun) accident; adversity; calamity; catastrophe; disaster; misadventure; mischance; misfortune; mishap -
107 piece of luck
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > piece of luck
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108 lightning stroke
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109 direct stroke
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110 heat stroke
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111 a stroke of bad luck
нeудaчa, нeвeзeниeDon't you sometimes feel it was a stroke of bad luck for you to be born with a well-to-do father who's got ideas about educating you? (J. Wain) -
112 (a) bit of luck
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113 the devil's own luck
разг.1) ≈ поразительная удача, сногсшибательное везениеAs it chanced, by a stroke of the devil's own luck we pumped a shell into her just abaft the conning tower after she rose and before she could get her gun trained on us. (F. W. Crofts, ‘Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery’, ch. XI) — Нам чертовски повезло. Не успела подлодка выплыть на поверхность и навести на нас орудие, как наш снаряд разорвался на ее палубе позади боевой рубки.
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114 the devil's own luck
paзг.чepтoвcки пoвeзлo, пopaзитeльнaя удaчa; пo cчacтливoй cлучaйнocтиAs it chanced, by a stroke of the devil's own luck we pumped a shell into her just abaft the conning tower after she [пoдвoднaя лoдкa] rose and before she could get her gun trained on us (F. W. Crofts) -
115 a stroke of good fortune (or luck)
cм. a stroke of fortuneConcise English-Russian phrasebook > a stroke of good fortune (or luck)
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116 it was all a stroke of good luck
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > it was all a stroke of good luck
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117 (a) stroke of unexpected luck
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) stroke of unexpected luck
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118 dobra sreća iznenada
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119 golpe de sorte
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120 lykketreff
stroke of luck
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(a) stroke of luck — a stroke/piece/of luck phrase something that happens by chance and that helps you to achieve something Thesaurus: chance events and happening by chancesynonym luck and luckinesshyponym … Useful english dictionary