LUCKY


Meaning of LUCKY in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be

▪ get , strike , strike it ( all informal )

She hopes that some day she'll get ~ and win the jackpot.

▪ consider yourself , count yourself , think yourself

He considered himself ~ to have had the opportunity.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

We've been very ~ so far.

▪ dead ( BrE , informal ), exceptionally ( esp. BrE ), extraordinarily , incredibly , remarkably , terribly

She is incredibly ~ to be alive.

▪ plain

That was just plain ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

It was ~ for you that no one saw you.

▪ with

We certainly struck it ~ with the weather.

Lucky is used with these nouns: ↑ applicant , ↑ break , ↑ chance , ↑ chap , ↑ coincidence , ↑ escape , ↑ fellow , ↑ find , ↑ guess , ↑ man , ↑ number , ↑ owner , ↑ recipient , ↑ shot , ↑ streak , ↑ winner

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