FORTUNE

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Traducere în limba română

fortune I. substantiv

1. (şi good fortune) noroc, succes, şansă, reuşită;

bad / ill fortune ghinion, nenoroc, insucces, neşansă, nereuşită;

by good fortune din fericire;

to seek one’s fortune a-şi căuta norocul;

to try one’s fortune a-şi încerca norocul;

soldier of fortune aventurier;

(prov.) fortune favours fools proştii au noroc.

2. destin, ursită, soartă;

by fortune întâmplător;

to tell fortunes a ghici norocul.

3. bogăţie, avere; prosperitate;

to make a fortune a face avere, a se îmbogăţi;

to marry a fortune a face o partidă bună;

(fam.) a small fortune o sumă importantă, o avere frumuşică.

fortune II. (înv.; rar; poetic) vb. A. intranzitiv

to fortune to a-i fi dat să, a se întâmpla să;

to fortune upon a da (din întâmplare) de / peste.

fortune II. (înv.; rar; poetic) vb. B. tranzitiv

1. a ferici; a îmbogăţi.

2. (înv.) a hotărî soarta (cuiva).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He repaid her by breaking her fortune, and nearly breaking her heart.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

On learning his good fortune she almost clapped her hands.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“How, in the name of good-fortune, did you know all that, Mr. Holmes?” he asked.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They had been a year or two waiting for fortune and promotion.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The difference of fortune can be nothing to signify.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

It appears not: I fancy neither she nor her sister have very large fortunes.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

You can imagine how excited we were, for we thought that someone had left us a fortune.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here it is about gentlemen of fortune.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The town was now at the height of its fortunes.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jupiter will enter Capricorn this month on December 2 to stay until December 19, 2020, and will be responsible for much professional good fortune.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

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