stroke+of+good+luck

  • 21luck — noun 1) with luck you ll make it Syn: good fortune, good luck, stroke of luck; informal lucky break 2) I wish you luck Syn: success, prosperity, good fortune, good luck 3) it is a matter of luck whether it hits or m …

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  • 22good fortune — noun 1. an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑luckiness, ↑good luck • Ant: ↑bad luck (for: ↑good luck), ↑misfortune …

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  • 23stroke — noun 1》 an act of hitting: he received three strokes of the cane.     ↘Golf an act of hitting the ball with a club, as a unit of scoring.     ↘a sound made by a striking clock. 2》 a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across… …

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  • 24luck — Synonyms and related words: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, blessing, break, bump, calculated risk, capriciousness, casualness, chance, chances, chanciness, changeableness, destiny, erraticism, erraticness, fate …

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  • 25stroke of fortune — noun a piece of good luck …

  • 26stroke — stroke1 S3 [strəuk US strouk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(illness)¦ 2¦(swimming/rowing)¦ 3¦(sport)¦ 4¦(pen/brush)¦ 5 at a/one stroke 6 on the stroke of seven/nine etc 7 stroke of luck/fortune 8 stroke of genius/inspiration etc 9¦(hit) …

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  • 27stroke — stroke1 [ strouk ] noun count ** ▸ 1 medical condition ▸ 2 unexpected event ▸ 3 a hit with hand/object ▸ 4 in swimming/rowing ▸ 5 when lightning hits something ▸ 6 hour sound of clocks ▸ 7 single pen/brush mark ▸ 8 hand movement ▸ 9 slash mark… …

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  • 28stroke — [[t]stro͟ʊk[/t]] ♦♦♦ strokes, stroking, stroked 1) VERB If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. [V n] Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat... [V n] She walked… …

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  • 29stroke */*/ — I UK [strəʊk] / US [stroʊk] noun Word forms stroke : singular stroke plural strokes 1) a medical condition in which blood is suddenly blocked and cannot reach the brain, or in which a blood vessel in the brain breaks, often causing a loss of the… …

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  • 30To be in luck — Luck Luck, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl[ u]ck, Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to entice. Cf. 3d {Gleck}.] That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one s interests or happiness, and which is… …

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