ill fortune
collocation in Englishmeaningsofillandfortune
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ill
adjective
uk/ɪl/us/ɪl/
not feeling well, or suffering from ...
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fortune
noun
uk/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofillandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofill fortune
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Moreover, the outcast colonial generally deserves hisillfortunebecause he is a reprobate.
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By the 1930s, the belief that pre-initiation pregnancies bodedillfortunefor clan, chief and community was highly contested, but it was far from extinct.
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We cannot equalize talents, endow people with will, or undo theillfortuneof those not favored by the natural lottery.
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In the namazu-e, this catfish is neither ferocious nor sublime, but an animal who re-distributes good andillfortune.
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It was to help people who, through ill luck orillfortune, have fallen on evil days.
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Even during economic booms small businesses have foundered from bad management, chronic debts, poor products or services orillfortune.
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The implication of the word "accident" is that it is the result ofillfortuneand cannot be avoided.
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Indeed, on the day when he suffered his stroke, hisillfortunewas announced on national television, such was his status at the time.
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Many of us may have had the good fortune in one sense, and theillfortunein another, to have owned some bonds on which there was a partial default.
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This philosophy of social policy means providing appropriate help for those who, for one reason or another, cannot cope with life because of inadequacy orillfortune, poverty or sickness.
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It is not fair, because the system depends on whether one has the good orillfortuneof having had a council of a particular complexion in the past.
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Illfortuneis said to follow a production.
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