little luck
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflittleandluck
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little
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.əl/us/ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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luck
noun[U]
uk/lʌk/us/lʌk/
the force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts ...
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(Definition oflittleandluckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the contrary, the factory often provided steady work, a stable wage and a world in which with alittleluckone could ascend.
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Alittleluckor some extra effort should be enough.
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Improvisation and alittleluckon the part of the armed forces have probably got this country out of many a scrape.
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By alittleluck, or unfortunately—that is what it adds up to—one of their names was drawn.
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With alittleluckin the last quarter we ought to get very near to 300,000.
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If we are sensible, and with alittleluck, there is no reason why they should not come down a lot more.
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The up side is that, with alittleluck, one has watched some very stylish batting going on before.
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This country has hadlittleluck.
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The contention that, but for alittleluck, such people would be inside is not fully supported by the facts.
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None of this will be easy, but we believe that with alittleluckit may be possible.
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I think they create a situation and background in which, with alittleluck, the whole of this unnecessary dispute can be resolved.
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I am told that bankers always welcome small accounts in the belief that, with alittleluck, they may grow into big ones.
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With alittleluckthey may help that area.
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There are 26 districts, so that with alittleluckwe might get 26 families a year housed out of the total that we are getting constantly applying to us.
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The idea was that, with alittleluck, they could spend enough to go slightly over, and put in a bid for a bit more for next year.
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In one respect we shall have alittlelucknext year, because the biggest output from the schools, namely, the bulge generation, will begin to emerge from the schools.
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With alittleluckthe fast approaching patrol would not even notice the small dropship ejecting from the jumpship.
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She has hadlittleluckin love and has had all of her children with different fathers-all of which are ex's.
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The explanation for this dramatic success lies in error analysis, and alittleluck.
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With alittleluck, the rarer species of bird may be seen on the reedy shores, that breed on both islands.
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