fortune

fortune

Très grande somme d’argent.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : wealth, riches

Expressions courantes : a small fortune, make a fortune, cost a fortune, inherit a fortune

chance, fortune

Événements heureux qui arrivent par hasard à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : have the good fortune to do something (I had the good fortune to meet my favorite writer.)

Synonymes : luck, good luck

Contraires : misfortune

Expressions courantes : good fortune, have the fortune, a stroke of fortune

avenir

Ce qu’une personne prédit de ton avenir, souvent en lisant les cartes ou les lignes de ta main.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : prediction

Expressions courantes : tell someone’s fortune, read someone’s fortune, someone’s fortune

destin, sort

Ce qui arrive ou arrivera dans la vie d’une personne, surtout ses réussites et ses moments heureux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : fate, destiny

Expressions courantes : seek your fortune, someone’s fortune, change someone’s fortune

Fortune

La chance représentée comme une personne capable d’aider les gens ou de leur nuire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : fortune smiles, fortune favors, cruel fortune