fortune

Vermögen

Eine sehr große Menge Geld.

In einfachem Englisch: A very large amount of money.

• That car cost a fortune.
• She made her fortune selling furniture.
• He inherited a small fortune from his uncle.

Synonyme: wealth, riches

Häufige Wendungen: a small fortune, make a fortune, cost a fortune, inherit a fortune

Glück

Gute Dinge, die einem durch Zufall passieren.

In einfachem Englisch: Good things that happen to you by chance.

• We wished her good fortune.
• By good fortune, a doctor was nearby.
• They had the good fortune to find cheap tickets.

So benutzt man es: have the good fortune to do something (I had the good fortune to meet my favorite writer.)

Synonyme: luck, good luck

Gegenteile: misfortune

Häufige Wendungen: good fortune, have the fortune, a stroke of fortune

Zukunft

Was jemand über deine Zukunft vorhersagt, oft anhand von Karten oder den Linien deiner Hand.

In einfachem Englisch: What someone says will happen in your future, often by looking at cards or your hand.

• She offered to tell my fortune.
• He read her fortune from a pack of cards.
• Do you believe the fortune she told you?

Synonyme: prediction

Häufige Wendungen: tell someone’s fortune, read someone’s fortune, someone’s fortune

Schicksal

Was im Leben eines Menschen geschieht oder geschehen wird, besonders Erfolge und glückliche Ereignisse.

In einfachem Englisch: The things that happen or will happen in your life, especially successful or happy ones.

• He left home to seek his fortune.
• Their fortunes changed when the factory opened.
• No one knew what fortune awaited them abroad.

Synonyme: fate, destiny

Häufige Wendungen: seek your fortune, someone’s fortune, change someone’s fortune

Fortuna

Das Glück als Person vorgestellt, die Menschen helfen oder schaden kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Luck imagined as a person who can help or harm people.

• Fortune smiled on our little village.
• Fortune favors those who dare to try.
• Cruel fortune had taken everything from him.

Häufige Wendungen: fortune smiles, fortune favors, cruel fortune