luck

[US]/lʌk/
[UK]/lʌk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. good fortune, success

vi. have good luck, be fortunate

Phrases & Collocations

Good luck

Best of luck

Wish you luck

Luck will come

bad luck

in luck

for luck

out of luck

with luck

by luck

try your luck

pot luck

have bad luck

hard luck

just my luck

tough luck

lady luck

beginner's luck

Example Sentences

a good luck charm.

my luck is on the turn.

My luck is on the ebb.

a good-luck talisman

as luck would have it.

Good luck with your exams.

Trust to luck for the rest.

best of luck, old chap.

let's hope her luck holds.

it was just luck that the first kick went in.

with luck we should be there in time for breakfast.

my luck's picked up.

a belief in luck, the metaphysic of the gambler.

May good luck attend you!

Don't expect to luck through without an effort.

I'll hit a streak of good luck someday.

It was the luck of the Irish that saved him.

an unhoped-for piece of luck;

Real-world Examples

The second stumbling block has been bad luck.

Source: The Economist - International

Not when I'm in charge! Don't push your luck, Thomas.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

Armed with that knowledge, good luck sleeping tight.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds: October 2017 Collection

I hope you have better luck than I do.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

But I know our good luck will not hold.

Source: Beethoven lives upstairs from me.

" Have you had any luck with Black yet? " Harry asked.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Success is not achieved by sheer luck.

Source: Four-level vocabulary frequency weekly plan

Would you like to try your luck?

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

I wish you good luck this year!

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

Many in Tokyo wished them good luck.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

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