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单词 fortune
释义
fortunefor‧tune /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun Entry menu
MENU FOR fortunefortune1 money2 chance3 what happens to you4 tell somebody’s fortune
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfortune
Origin:
1200-1300 French, Latin fortuna
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He lost much of his $1.4 billion fortune in the stock market crash.
  • To a four-year-old, $10 seems like a fortune.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • During the nineteenth century to be noticed was good fortune, while to be praised was a professional advantage.
  • For one thing, the economic fortunes of companies change.
  • He lived most of his life on Manhattan Island, and built his first fortune on the fur trade.
  • In 1986, Harriman died, leaving her a substantial part of a fortune estimated at $ 100 million.
  • The drama continued throughout the evening as the contest got under way, with fortunes changing with every throw of the darts.
  • The extraordinary piece of good fortune that I had been given was the opportunity to fight it my way.
  • Then, a year later, his fortunes changed.
  • Unfortunately, he turned out to be a waster and dissipated his fortune before dying young.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [uncountable] when good or bad things happen to people by chance: · The game involves an element of luck as well as skill.
noun [uncountable] the way that some things happen without being planned or caused by people: · I met her by chance on a plane to Tokyo.· Like all top athletes, he leaves nothing to chance, and trains harder than anybody.
noun [uncountable] luck and the effect it has on your life: · I had the good fortune to work with some great people.· The tour was dogged by ill fortune (=it had a lot of bad luck) from the start.· Fortune has shone on the team so far this season (=they have been lucky).
noun [uncountable] a power that some people believe controls what happens to people and which cannot be changed or stopped: · Fate dealt him a cruel blow with the death of his wife at the age of 32.· It must have been fate that brought them together, and fate that tore them apart.· We can’t just leave it to fate.
noun [uncountable] a power which some people believe controls what happens in our lives and protects us: · Do you believe in divine providence (=God’s power to make things happen)?· Her life was mapped out for her by providence.
noun [countable usually singular] informal something good that happens because of luck: · Their second goal was a fluke.· They won by a fluke.
what will happen to somebody/something
what will happen to someone or something: · He knew that his future was in films.· Shareholders will meet to decide the company’s future.
someone or something’s future – used especially when you are worried that something bad could happen: · The fate of the hostages remains uncertain.· The show’s fate lies in the hands of TV bosses.
what will happen to someone in their life, especially something important: · Sartre believed that everyone is in charge of their own destiny.· He thinks that it is his destiny to lead the country.
what will happen, especially concerning business, the economy, or the weather: · The economic outlook looks good.· Here is the weather outlook for tomorrow.
the idea or possibility that something will happen: · the awful prospect of another terrorist attack· Prospects for a peace settlement don’t look too good.
what will happen to a person, organization etc in the future – used especially when talking about whether or not they will be successful: · Fans are hoping for a change in the club’s fortunes.· Two years ago, my financial fortunes took a turn for the better (=they improved).· In 1680 he decided that his fortune lay in the theatre.
Longman Language Activatorto earn a lot of money
also make a bomb British to earn a very large amount of money: · The person who invented Post-It notes must have made a fortune.make a fortune (by) doing something: · Roger makes a fortune buying and selling real estate.make your fortune (=become rich): · Jules made his fortune in the liquor business.
to be paid a lot of money by the person or company you work for, or a lot of money from your own business: · Milos earns good money as a foreman.· Dan is making good money now, but for years we really struggled.
earning a lot of money: · Most engineers are very well-paid.· Dr. Singh is one of the most highly-paid surgeons in Britain.
informal to earn a lot of money quickly: · Athletes rake it in these days.somebody must be raking it in: · What a car! Jasper must be raking it in.
to be paid more money for your work than you should be paid: · In my opinion, lawyers are overpaid and underworked.
extremely expensive
especially spoken, informal if something costs a fortune , it is very expensive: · What a beautiful car - it must have cost a fortune.cost somebody a fortune: · We had to eat out every night - it ended up costing us a fortune.cost a fortune to do something: · It'll cost a fortune to get that old car of his repaired.cost an absolute fortune: · The hotel was great, but it cost an absolute fortune.
British informal to be very expensive: · I can't imagine how she affords to send her kids to that school - it must cost a bomb.· Good shoes needn't cost the earth.cost somebody a bomb/the earth: · The divorce cost me a bomb.
a price or cost that is astronomical is extremely high: · The painting was sold for an astronomical price.· Tuition at private universities has become astronomical.
spoken to be very expensive: · That carpet must have cost an arm and a leg.cost somebody an arm and a leg: · Getting good health insurance these days costs an arm and a leg.
something that happens to you
something that happens to you or something that you do, especially something unusual or important that you remember and learn from: · After she retired, Hannah wrote a book about her experiences as a war reporter.have an experience: · I'm glad I had this experience but I wouldn't want to do it again.good/great/bad/awful experience: · Living alone has been a good experience for her.experience of: · Tonight on Channel 4, young people will be discussing their experiences of racism.the experience of doing something: · Simulators are very realistic, but they don't compare to the actual experience of flying an airplane.
a situation in which exciting and dangerous things happen to you: · My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war.· As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure.
the experiences that happen to you over many years, and how happy or successful you are, especially when this is told in a story, film etc: somebody's fortunes/the fortunes of somebody: · It's a documentary about the fortunes of a group of musicians during the 1920s.· After he left London, his fortunes improved.changing fortunes: · The movie traces the changing fortunes of a poor family in Southern Australia.
a lucky person
if you are lucky , good things happen to you and things go well for you, because you have good luck and not because of hard work, careful planning etc: · Isn't she lucky - she can eat what she wants and she never gets fat.· There are monkeys and zebra, and if you're lucky you might see a lion.lucky to do something: · I'm lucky to live in a nice house and be married to such a nice man.lucky (that): · Arthur left the front door unlocked - we're lucky that nothing was stolen.lucky with: · Apart from the sprained ankle, I've been very lucky with injuries (=I haven't had many).think/count yourself lucky (=used to say that someone should consider themselves lucky): · He should count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the whole fiasco.
lucky, especially when you are luckier than other people. Fortunate is more formal than lucky: · David managed to escape, but the others were not so fortunate.fortunate to do something: · I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are extremely motivated.
British informal use this about someone who is lucky to be able to do something, when you are jealous because you would like to do it: · That jammy devil Steve has got out of the washing up again.
to be lucky, especially because you get the thing that you wanted although you did not really expect to get it: · You're in luck, there are still a few tickets left.· If you like Californian wine you could be in luck - we are giving away 100 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon.
you say some people have all the luck when you are talking about someone who is always very lucky, especially when you are jealous of their good luck: · It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
to be lucky all the time, so that although you are often in dangerous situations, it seems that nothing can harm you: · By his own admission he had led a charmed life. He had survived a train crash when he was seventeen.
British you say it's all right for some when you think someone else is lucky because they are enjoying themselves, having an easy life etc and you are jealous of them: · You're going to Hawaii? It's all right for some!· It's all right for some. I've got to stay in and work this evening.
to be lucky because you have the chance to do something you wanted to do or something that most other people do not have the chance to do: · I went along to the audition with everyone else, and was lucky enough to get the part.· In 1957 I had the good fortune to be invited on a lecture tour of Switzerland.
to be successful or get into a good situation as a result of good luck, especially after you have been experiencing difficulty: · Nathan had a series of jobs where he wasn't happy, but this time he's really fallen on his feet.· Don't worry about Nina -- she always falls on her feet.
to be lucky because you are in a particular place when something good is offered or becomes available: · "You did well to get that contract.'' "Not really, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.''· Being a successful news photographer is all about being in the right place at the right time.
American informal an expression meaning to be very lucky on a particular occasion: · I didn't have any idea what I was doing, but I lucked out and wound up with a good job.
a large amount of money
a large amount of money: · The painting was sold for £20,000 in 1926, which was a lot of money in those days.spend/pay/make a lot of money: · I don't want to spend a lot of money on holiday.· I'd pay her a lot of money to organize my life for me.· Do you make a lot of money doing this?cost a lot of money (=to be expensive): · That hi-fi looks as though it cost a lot of money.· It'll cost a lot of money to have the roof fixed.be worth a lot of money: · These will be worth a lot of money in 50 years' time or so.have a lot of money: · They don't have a lot of money, but they live comfortably.be a lot of money for something (=used to emphasize how expensive something is): · Two hundred and fifty dollars is a lot of money just for a new carpet. a whole lot of money American spoken (=used to emphasize how large an amount is): · They wanted to charge me a whole lot of money just to change my car insurance.
informal a lot of money: · I thought you were going to tell me you'd won a fortune!cost (somebody) a fortune: · The lighting effects alone must have cost a fortune.· It costs an absolute fortune to park in town these days, you know.· You're costing me a fortune in coffee!make/spend/pay a fortune: · I paid a fortune for this car, and I've had nothing but trouble with it.· Walter made a fortune with his first book.be worth a fortune: · That house must be worth a fortune!a small fortune (=used to emphasize that the amount of money was surprising or unexpected): · She earned a small fortune selling antique furniture, and retired when she was 45.
British informal a very large amount of money: cost (somebody) a bomb: · It was lovely and I wanted it -- the only problem was, it cost a bomb.make/earn etc a bomb: · He's been earning a bomb repairing computers at home for people.· You won't make a bomb, but it's worth doing.be worth a bomb: · The house is worth a bomb at today's prices.
informal a large amount of money, especially money that is earned or paid in business: · He's hoping there's big money in this new business.· I'm making big money these days.· The investors are talking big money. At least $100,000.
someone with special powers to predict
someone who tells people what will happen to them in the future and is paid for doing this: · I went to see a fortune teller, and she told me that I would meet the man of my dreams and have three children.
someone who has the ability to know what will happen in the future: · A clairvoyant predicted that something terrible would happen to the President.
spoken someone who is psychic is able to know what will happen in the future - used especially when saying that you cannot know what will happen, or when you are surprised that someone knew that something would happen: · How was I supposed to know she'd react like that? I'm not psychic!· How did you know I'd be here? You must be psychic!
worth a lot of money
worth a lot of money and expensive to buy or replace: · Don't lose this ring -- it's very valuable.· Besides her studio apartment, she also owns a valuable estate in Italy.· Rogers had purchased a valuable Hebrew manuscript from a dealer in Jerusalem.
something that is of great value is worth a lot of money, especially a personal possession such as a work of art or a piece of jewellery: · He has a few medals of great value.· The burglars stole the television and video, but nothing of great value.
informal if something is worth a lot, you can get a lot of money if you sell it: · You should look after those old dolls - one day they could be worth a lot.
if something is worth a fortune it is worth a very large amount of money: · He was very poor when he died, but now his paintings are worth a fortune.
: precious metal/stone a valuable metal such as gold or a jewel such as a diamond: · The robe was encrusted with precious metals and stones.
worth so much money that it is impossible to calculate the price - use this about objects that are old and rare such as paintings, furniture, or jewellery: · The house was full of priceless antiques.· a priceless oil painting
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(also amass a fortune formal) (=gain a lot of money)· His family amassed a fortune during that period.
(=become rich)· She made her fortune in the cosmetics industry.
· He hopes to earn a fortune from his latest invention.
(=lose a lot of money)· He lost a fortune in an unwise business deal.
(=be very expensive)· It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi.
· You don’t have to spend a fortune giving your family healthy meals.
(=pay a lot of money)· We had to pay a fortune in rent.
(=gain a lot of money after someone dies)· He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle.
(=arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die)· He left his wife a modest fortune.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fortune
· Timothy was the heir to a vast fortune.
· His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.
(=a very large amount of money)· He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
· She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million.
· She is believed to have a £25 million fortune.
phrases
informal:· The building itself is worth a fortune.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 He amassed a fortune after the war.
(=have a very high price)· If you use a lawyer, it will cost you a fortune.
(=earn an extremely large amount of money)· Footballers at the top clubs earn a fortune these days.
(=being rich and famous)· He came to London to seek fame and fortune.
 He presents himself as the man to revive the party’s flagging fortunes.
 He’s made a fortune (=earned a lot of money) selling computers on the Internet.
 It really was an extraordinary piece of luck.
 Some Internet firms have suffered a painful reversal of fortune (=they were successful but now they are not).
 It must have cost him a small fortune.
 This art collection is worth a fortune (=worth a very large amount of money).
 The man who founded the company must be worth a fortune.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He had inherited it as an agreeable but mildly onerous responsibility, together with her considerable fortune.· Soon, John Piper had amassed a considerable fortune.· Perhaps the grand master of dysfunction was the late Francis Bacon, who made a considerable fortune out of it.· She died last year, leaving him a considerable fortune.· He died in Shepperton, where his nephew William Russell was then rector, 21 March 1836, leaving a considerable fortune.· He knew that if he and Catherine had no sons, Isabella would inherit the considerable Linton fortune.· Within the group as a whole and within individual families, there were considerable fluctuations in fortune.
· Many farmers have adjusted to changing economic and social fortunes by taking a second job rather than leave their farms altogether.· For one thing, the economic fortunes of companies change.· Finally, perhaps there will be a welcome end to the wild gyrations in our economic fortunes.· If current predictions of a recovery in the economic fortunes of the world come through, we shall be lucky.· Initially the city responded well to the change of ruler, and its economic fortunes improved.· The years 1921-2 did in fact cover one of the worst periods in the economic fortunes of the Smolensk guberniia.· There are a number of articles which analyse this important aspect of explaining a region's economic fortunes.
· I did not immediately recognise this invitation as good fortune.· A first daughter, with some good fortune, could be endured.· So back we got into the car and ultimately by some good fortune we arrived at the Consulate.· They seemed to envy our good fortune in being the first to leave.· But he also had the good fortune to take over National just as the industry began to experience an unprecedented four-year boom.· It has been Labour's good fortune to inherit this benign state of affairs.· Simon did well after that but made a pretence of simple good luck to anyone who questioned his apparent good fortune.
· Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before.· By great good fortune they were all asleep when Perseus found them.· Her great good fortune has been an electoral system that has given her power on a minority vote.· Paul & Manitoba railroad and great fortunes for all.· My great good fortune was that I met Marian.· I heard fewer stories about the great fortunes lost in the Depression than I would have expected.· Very quickly the greatest fortune tended to be dissipated among innumerable descendants.· These represented a tidy sum, not a great fortune but enough for her to be comfortably off.
· In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham.· He made a large personal fortune, partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.· I inherited a large fortune, a strong healthy body and an excellent mind.· But large fortunes were made this way.· Mr Jaggers himself told you you would have a large fortune, didn't he?· Men like Samuel Gidion made the City's largest fortunes from dealing in government loans.· The legend that he amassed a large fortune in gold and jewels is certainly false.
· Among the demands was the call for the imposition of a super-tax on personal fortunes and company profits.· High-tech advocates say that would force them to settle frivolous suits out of court rather than risk their personal fortunes.· Now though, his personal fortune is threatened.· Of such events are personal and national fortunes made.· By contrast, industry and commerce were concerned with profit and the amassing of personal fortune.· He made a large personal fortune, partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.· A wealthy woman in her own right, her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37m.· The success of Mr Kasyanov's policies and his own personal fortunes are seen to be closely linked.
· There will be many a swing in both conventional wisdom and political fortunes between now and November.· For decades rigid party hierarchy determined political fortunes.· It changed, and still changes, as political fortunes and circumstances change.· Zyuganov, successful in forcing Yeltsin into a runoff, has seen his political fortunes slip recently.
· Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune - and it never ends.· If you are not following them closely you can cost yourself a small fortune and never know it....· He was an agreeable man with a small private fortune and a look of poverty.· A small fortune will await the man who can reach the upper deck.· Between them, the three main political parties spent a small fortune on this election.· Chances are that such a trip would cost a small fortune, because it does not include a Saturday stay.· Old man Riddle was cracked on religion and the old lady's father made a small fortune out of rabbit skins.· He was making a small fortune with his spectacular ballets which toured the whole year round.
· Many of them built up vast fortunes under my father's regime, illegal fortunes, I hasten to add.· Spring's vast fortune comprised upwards of 40 percent of the combined assets of the Babergh clothiers.· Both men amassed vast fortunes, which they then used to create new political movements as vehicles for their own ambitions.· He had thought Lehmann had died intestate that his vast fortune had gone back to the Seven.
NOUN
· The jovial anchorman on the local news reaches into the pocket of his blazer and extracts a fortune cookie.· In plates around the room were fortune cookies, srnall Buddhas and smouldering joss sticks.
· As a keen amateur astronomer I take a dim view of being mistaken for a fortune teller!· They grabbed the blind fortune teller and flung him brutally against the wall of a josh-house.· Nora asks, staring into her teacup like a fortune teller. ` Well, it's leading here, eventually.· It came from the fortune teller.· I shrank back while the fortune teller tottered towards the main street.
VERB
· On arrival in the New World, Tawell's wife found that her husband had amassed an immense fortune.· How did you amass such a fortune?· Soon, John Piper had amassed a considerable fortune.· He was a career civil servant who had allegedly amassed a fortune.· His father, of Gipton, Leeds, said his son had amassed a fortune.· I was beyond fury at this little creature, who had spoiled my chances at amassing a fortune of pink clay.· Before the end of the Interregnum he had amassed a modest fortune and had begun styling himself gentleman.· Before he was jailed in 1995 for six years for indecent assault, Allen amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune.
· The right numbers are believed to influence the fortunes of their owners.· Jody is having a hard time believing her good fortune.· She could not believe her good fortune when it happened.· It could not believe its fortune.· He could scarcely believe his good fortune.
· A stream of scientific papers began to bring fame but not fortune.· It may be that the use of imperial motifs was thought to bring good fortune.· The Moon also brings good fortune.· I hope it will bring you good fortune.
· Many of them built up vast fortunes under my father's regime, illegal fortunes, I hasten to add.· They each cost $ 250,000 to build-a fortune here.· He lived most of his life on Manhattan Island, and built his first fortune on the fur trade.· But the man who built a fortune on borrowed funds continued to extend and over-extend.
· It costs a fortune to run and can not have many years left before scrapping, anyway.· Besides, it costs a fortune.· This would cost me a fortune.· Huntsman, Savile Row, London. Cost a goddamned fortune.· That hadn't cost a couple of pounds - it can cost a small fortune.· If you are not following them closely you can cost yourself a small fortune and never know it....· But, as Jill Abraham found out, it didn't cost a fortune to create this peaceful setting.· Of course, everything was done in a way that cost a fortune.
· His nightclub act earned him a fortune, much of which he spent on whisky, marijuana and cocaine.· Clubs are now businesses and their star players are earning small fortunes.· She earned a fortune, which she frittered away.
· How then is the reader of art criticism best advised to use criticism to follow the fortunes of artists?· Since then I have always followed the fortunes of Preston and am saddened to see them languishing in the lower divisions.
· My son Linton will inherit all the Linton fortune when Edgar dies.· Jacinto is anxious to share his newly inherited fortune with Mariano.· Six months later their two sons inherited their parents' fortune as sole beneficiaries.· I inherited a large fortune, a strong healthy body and an excellent mind.· She was expecting a baby, and we all hoped she would have a son, who would inherit the Linton fortune.· In 1838 he inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle, Robert Holford.· But it seems this other relation has inherited his whole fortune.· He knew that if he and Catherine had no sons, Isabella would inherit the considerable Linton fortune.
· Top name acts are losing a fortune from it.· One of the best lost fortune stories came from Ballard Mason, grandson of Shep, the shrewd Yankee trader.· Her banker father had lost his fortune in the 1930 stock exchange crash.· There is one more strain of lost fortune stories.· More often, their dealers will be all too clear-sighted in losing them small fortunes.· The charge proved to be a hoax, but growers lost a fortune as their produce rotted on the dock.· Debon, a woman who speaks of past lives and lost fortunes, was reluctant to talk after that first encounter.
· If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them.· And he had already made his fortune by taking forty million dollars out of the sale of the firm to Phillips Brothers.· Peter, who made his fortune in the family wallpaper business, was a generous, demonstrative and easy-going stepfather.· Chun Doo Hwan, another former leader, of making a fortune with money received from businesses.· Father was a mountaineer; he made his fortune from the ski resorts on a mountain Grandfather had bought cheaply in Colorado.· A few hours of your time can make the Fund a fortune so please phone Jane Milligan.· Eubank would fight every week if he could to make his fortune secure as soon as possible.· Members swap prices and guess who made or lost a fortune in the past year.
· Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes, thick, long and curling.· And in the SenFed there were people and governments willing to pay fortunes for the promise of near-perfect security.· Erlich took his raincoat off the back seat, the heavy Burberry that he had paid a fortune for in Rome.· What were they all doing there, paying a small fortune for their showy booths to catch the politicians' eyes?· And these are men who have paid a small fortune to meet some one!· You can pay a fortune for this, but just as good is Orabase cream, from any chemist.
· Is this the boy to restore Britain's fortunes?· By 1967 Nasser needed a dramatic victory to restore his sagging fortunes.· So there he was, in a merchant bank, desperately trying to restore the family fortunes.· He needed the championship to restore Lotus's fortunes.· You were a romantic figure, come to restore our fortunes.
· The railway revived the flagging fortunes of Brighton.· The 35-year-old Beane is faced with the daunting challenge of trying to revive the fortunes of a once-successful organization.· He had carteblanche as long as he revived our fortunes - luckily he knew I was the station's biggest asset.
· A succession of scandals finally persuaded his father that William must seek his fortune overseas.· When he reached the age of reason, I confidently sent him forth to seek his fortune.· Full also on the outgoing journeys with emigrants about to seek their fortune in London.· All come to New Bedford to seek fortune and adventure in the fishery.· The firm now believes it has virtually outgrown its market and is seeking to supplement its fortunes overseas.· A fatherless, penniless boy - possessed of great determination, faith, and courage - seeks his fortune.· But trade was slack so he made his way to London to seek his fortune.· Indeed, seeking fortune becomes a search for a wealthy bride or patron.
· And he had been spending a fortune, perhaps as much as £300,000, on her.· Most cities spend a fortune on their fire departments-often 20 percent of their entire general fund.· We spend a fortune on the latest time-saving gadgets.· And that's one reason why I spent a middle-sized fortune in the most advanced form in Intelloid in the universe.· The estate already has spent a fortune litigating the matter.· Denis, 71, has spent a fortune on his quest since the 1940s.· Mr Levin has also spent a fortune in shareholder money to resolve the internal rivalries bedeviling his game plan for Time Warner.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune.
  • Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2.
  • Senior Tories who dismissed the tax guarantee as a hostage to fortune will feel vindicated by Mr Hague's backdown.
  • Coles came to the Yukon in the 1970s to seek his fortune.
  • A fatherless, penniless boy - possessed of great determination, faith, and courage - seeks his fortune.
  • A succession of scandals finally persuaded his father that William must seek his fortune overseas.
  • But trade was slack so he made his way to London to seek his fortune.
  • Full also on the outgoing journeys with emigrants about to seek their fortune in London.
  • The lesser ones probably opted to seek their fortune in the clothing trade.
  • When he reached the age of reason, I confidently sent him forth to seek his fortune.
  • Between them, the three main political parties spent a small fortune on this election.
  • Chances are that such a trip would cost a small fortune, because it does not include a Saturday stay.
  • He was making a small fortune with his spectacular ballets which toured the whole year round.
  • If you are not following them closely you can cost yourself a small fortune and never know it...
  • Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune - and it never ends.
  • Old man Riddle was cracked on religion and the old lady's father made a small fortune out of rabbit skins.
  • The last-minute outbidding by opportunist builders is costing ordinary buyers a small fortune in lost fees.
  • Twenty pounds was a small fortune to most cockneys.
  • That means you are a magical person. The gods smile on twins.
  • But by a remarkable stroke of fortune we were saved from falling into error.
  • But, in a strange stroke of luck, this fall occurred as Maximilian and his armies were approaching Ensisheim.
  • I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah's Witness called at the door earlier.
  • That, it turned out, was a stroke of luck.
  • The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.
  • Then I had a stroke of luck.
  • True enough, you married him, and what a happy stroke of fortune for the candidate.
  • And, as the wheel of fortune continues on its inexorable cycle, values are likely to start going up again soon.
  • Then the wheel of fortune turned.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounfortunemisfortuneunfortunateadjectivefortunate ≠ unfortunateadverbfortunately ≠ unfortunately
1money [countable] a very large amount of money:  He made a fortune selling property in Spain. My first painting sold for £25, a small fortune then for an art student. He died in poverty in 1947, but his art is worth a fortune. The carpet must have cost a fortune. It is quite easy to decorate your house without spending a fortune. Her personal fortune was estimated at £37 million.2chance [uncountable] chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life:  I had the good fortune to work with a brilliant head of department. Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation. I felt it was useless to struggle against fortune.3what happens to you [countable usually plural] the good or bad things that happen in life:  a downturn in the company’s fortunes This defeat marked a change in the team’s fortunes. The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war).► see thesaurus at future4tell somebody’s fortune to tell someone what will happen to them in the future by looking at their hands, using cards etc → soldier of fortune, → fame and fortune at fame, → a hostage to fortune at hostage(3), → seek your fortune at seek(4)COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a fortune (also amass a fortune formal) (=gain a lot of money)· His family amassed a fortune during that period.make your fortune (=become rich)· She made her fortune in the cosmetics industry.earn a fortune· He hopes to earn a fortune from his latest invention.lose a fortune (=lose a lot of money)· He lost a fortune in an unwise business deal.cost a fortune (=be very expensive)· It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi.spend a fortune· You don’t have to spend a fortune giving your family healthy meals.pay a fortune (=pay a lot of money)· We had to pay a fortune in rent.inherit a fortune (=gain a lot of money after someone dies)· He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle.leave somebody a fortune (=arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die)· He left his wife a modest fortune.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fortunea huge/vast/immense fortune· Timothy was the heir to a vast fortune.a large/substantial/considerable fortune· His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.a small fortune (=a very large amount of money)· He made a small fortune in the London property boom.a personal/private fortune· She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million.a £20 million/$40 million etc fortune· She is believed to have a £25 million fortune.phrasesbe worth a fortune informal:· The building itself is worth a fortune.
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