adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a happy/lucky/fortunate coincidence
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It was just a happy coincidence that he was there too.
a lucky guess
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‘How did you know?’ ‘It was just a lucky guess.’
a lucky number (= a number you think gives you good luck )
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Three is my lucky number.
be born lucky/unlucky etc (= always be lucky, unlucky etc )
consider yourself lucky/fortunate (= believe you are lucky etc )
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Consider yourself lucky you weren’t in the car at the time.
count...lucky
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You should count yourself lucky that you weren’t hurt.
have a lucky escape
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We had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.
lucky dip
lucky winners
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Five lucky winners will each receive a signed copy of the album.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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I couldn't believe how lucky I was.
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Ranger Dave Hutson likes to remind visitors how lucky they are compared to James White, who first mapped the cave.
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I am sure he had no idea how lucky he was.
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What courage Mrs Saulitis had! How lucky Parslina was to have a protector like her!
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Wilson quickly realised how lucky she had been to have the Misses Wynne directed to her by kind Miss Blagden.
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The headlines reminded me how lucky I was.
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Had the worm understood how lucky he had been to share his bed with two such strong women?
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It makes her realize, she says, just how lucky she is that her son survived.
really
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Listen, we were really lucky getting home at all.
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We feel really , really lucky .
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You're lucky , really lucky, believe me.
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I was really lucky , I got in on the second lottery round.
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They had a really lucky escape.
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If he was really lucky , she would leave him sixpence to buy ice-cream from the lady with the tray.
so
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The other girl was not so lucky , her attempted escape accelerated the plans for her marriage.
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They should all be so lucky .
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I ought to have known I couldn't be so lucky .
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There were days when he wondered how he had been so lucky .
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People in other parts of the world have not been so lucky .
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But three of her friends were not so lucky .
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We were so lucky to be chosen to join your pilgrimage.
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Sunbathers in Malibu should be so lucky .
very
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We're really very lucky in our equipment.
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A very lucky person picked it up cheap.
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These are exciting times and you and your readers are very lucky .
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Unless we are very lucky , we will end up with clogged arteries.
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We have been very lucky to have two major benefactions.
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I was very lucky to study music theory so early and so thoroughly, and I played a lot of chamber music.
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A very lucky man, that's who.
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Anybody who plays against them is very lucky , and you must learn something from a game like that.
■ NOUN
break
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He wouldn't be getting much sleep over the next few days unless they got a very lucky break .
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Key events included radical job changes and serious problems, as well as lucky breaks .
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Ace thought that was another suspiciously lucky break , but she had no complaints.
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Outside Nordhausen he had a lucky break .
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It might be a lucky break .
charm
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But, as Daouda Api explains, the lucky charm of literacy often fails to work its magic.
day
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Anyway, that day was obviously a lucky day.
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I figured today might have been his lucky day .
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The weather was fine on the day , a lucky day as it had been raining all week.
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Friday used to be considered a lucky day for weddings in Gerrnany.
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But it was Swindon's lucky day .
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It was not her lucky day .
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It's your lucky day today.
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Well, it was certainly Mickey's lucky day .
dip
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The pundits dip haphazardly into the lucky dip.
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A good lucky dip , to please the sixes and upwards.
escape
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Rangers, having just survived a lucky escape , launched their first attack.
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My passenger had had a lucky escape that night; he had used his wits well and survived another fight.
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She could never get over her lucky escapes .
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One girl had a lucky escape when a fence post narrowly missed her head.
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They had a really lucky escape .
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He should not allow himself to wallow in it, however: hindsight may well suggest he has had a lucky escape .
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A neighbour had a lucky escape , for she had left the couple's house just minutes before.
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You had a lucky escape , my Nigel.
guess
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It had been a lucky guess , that was all.
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Maybe they made a lucky guess .
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That had just been a lucky guess .
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The reporters could not tell whether this was because Kalmbach was a lucky guess or a ridiculous one.
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And a rather malicious lucky guess to boot.
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It is a very addictive game of logic, deduction, and lots of lucky guesses when you first play.
man
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A very lucky man , that's who.
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He told himself that he was a lucky man , the luckiest man he knew.
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He was a lucky man , in many respects.
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Marilyn's a lovely girl and you're a lucky man .
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Not a lucky man with wives, John Carter.
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I have been a lucky man .
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Nigel, you're a very lucky man .
ones
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Lastly, of course, you may be one of the lucky ones for whom work after retirement really pays.
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But Benny could be considered one of the lucky ones .
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And they are the lucky ones .
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But he was among the lucky ones .
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Find out below if you are one of the lucky ones .
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There was a scramble for chairs in the back rows, but I was not one of the lucky ones .
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In the end we released two of these three lucky ones back to the same barn they were born in.
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I was one of the lucky ones who was taught this early in my career.
reader
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One lucky reader and a friend will stay in a 3 star hotel in the heart of New York.
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HarperCollins has linked up with Glemby Hair Salons to offer five lucky readers a free top-to-toe treatment.
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Ten lucky readers will be the proud owners of the latest Karrimor performance jackets.
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Among the chaos and competition, however, one lucky reader caught our eye.
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Together with a partner, one lucky reader will jet off for a luxury £600 Paris weekend.
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No fewer than twenty lucky readers have won our third prize of a Recta D0310 compass and a 905 Liquipak.
stars
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I have sent thank-you cards to all my lucky stars by first-class post.
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The Bruins this morning are thanking their lucky stars for goaltender Bill Ranford.
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He was probably even now thanking his lucky stars for a narrow escape.
winner
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But don't worry if you're not one of the lucky winners .
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Anyone can enter paintings in any style, and the lucky winners get hung, in rather close proximity, and sold.
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The Glengormley girl was the lucky winner of an Apple Mac computer in the centre's back to school competition.
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The first lucky winner is David Pitchforth for his Hudson Hawk maps.
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A well stocked tombola provided many potential Christmas presents for the lucky winners .
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The lucky winner will be announced in our Christmas magazine.
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Look out for this years' Lillywhites evening in November, and see if you can be a lucky winner .
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You could be the lucky winner of a free course of pectoral pump treatments, or a brand new Cadillac convertible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be born under a lucky/unlucky star
lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar
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I've been stood out there ages! - Anyway, why aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar ?
lucky/unfortunate etc enough to be/do sth
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Alan was lucky enough to discover a scorpion in the fruit bowl.
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And handsome David Wood, who now runs his own hairdressing salon in Melbourne, was lucky enough to date her.
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And I was lucky enough to sit in the catbird seat and watch and learn and be changed myself.
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And when I was lucky enough to enjoy some rare hot weather my feet stayed as cool as I could have expected.
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I thought I had been lucky enough to pick up a shore current that was helping me along toward the rip.
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If you are lucky enough to see one, observe it from a distance.
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Regardless of their preferences, not every couple is lucky enough to find two equal jobs in the same community.
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Some authors are lucky enough to think naturally in terms of story.
poor/lucky/handsome etc devil
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And the poor devil can't hide a thing from her.
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Eliot has it perhaps worse than I have - poor devil .
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He loathed the sterile ritual of inspections, and this poor devil in his untimely end had saved him from that.
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He was a handsome devil , clever and presumably extremely well off.
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I know bow the poor devil feels.
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I was driving past and tried to stop this poor devil getting beaten up.
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This isn't a propitious start for him, poor devil .
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What on earth was eating the poor devil ?
sb always was lucky/untidy etc
strike it lucky
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But whereas Errol struck it lucky, spare a thought for Instonian Neil Cooke.
thank your lucky stars
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Thank your lucky stars the boy wasn't seriously hurt.
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He was probably even now thanking his lucky stars for a narrow escape.
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The Bruins this morning are thanking their lucky stars for goaltender Bill Ranford.
third time lucky
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Barcelona, having lost the 1961 and 1986 finals, hope it will be third time lucky.
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Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky.
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Maybe he's out there thinking: third time lucky.
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Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock, he was narrowly beaten into third place, but tomorrow should prove third time lucky.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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''It's lucky that you remembered about the passports'', said Barry as they drove away.
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"How did you know he'd be there?" "It was a lucky guess."
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a lucky rabbit's foot
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Arthur left the front door unlocked - we're lucky that nothing was stolen.
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He should count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the whole fiasco.
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I'm lucky to live in a nice house and be married to such a nice man.
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In the second half, the Red Wings scored a very lucky goal.
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Isn't she lucky - she can eat what she wants and she never gets fat.
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Italy got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game.
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My lucky number is seven.
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She wears his wedding ring on a chain around her neck, as a lucky charm.
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There are monkeys and zebra, and if you're lucky you might see a lion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even now most scholarly journals pay nothing and you are lucky to get a fee if you talk at a conference.
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I have been lucky that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case.
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It was probably a lucky throw, a second cautious glance told him.
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It was then believed that if a cat crossed your path and did you no harm, you had been incredibly lucky .
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One member of the phone tree, however, was not so lucky .
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Sand lizards spend most of their time in burrows underground; we had been very lucky .
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Then there are the lucky few who, every now and then, would splash out upwards of £1,000 on a single fish.
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Yet, while Foinavon was indisputably lucky , bravery and skill also came into the reckoning.