twist of fate

collocation in English

meaningsoftwistandfate

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twist
noun
uk
/twɪst/us
/twɪst/
an act of ...
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fate
noun
uk
/feɪt/us
/feɪt/
what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death ...
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(Definition oftwistandfatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftwist of fate

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Atwistoffatehas caused that.
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In a strangetwistoffatehe next worked as a cleaner and errand boy at the very same school he had been expelled from.
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The documentary focuses on three people who, through atwistoffate, missed the flight.
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In 1810, it was marked by atwistoffate.
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However, by atwistoffate, they eventually find themselves linked to each other in the most shocking way imaginable.
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They both come to the same island and after a strangetwistoffatebecome partners.
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But in an unprecedentedtwistoffatea woman enters his life.
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By a simpletwistoffate, the two are thrown together on an errand.
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Thanks to a happytwistoffate, the historical city centre with its medieval and renaissance architecture has been passed down to us.
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It explores facets of human relationships and emotions when the family finds itself caught in a suddentwistoffate.
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On rare occasions a curioustwistoffatecaused the story to end happily for the episode's protagonist.
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Anothertwistoffatecomes to a worse when fire breaks out in the hospital.
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But in a strangetwistoffatethe result proved to be irrelevant.
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Eventually, due to a suddentwistoffate, the immigrants are given a chance to realize their various dreams.
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In a strangetwistoffate, she is invited to become a director of the same reformatory where she herself was once held.
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The headwaiter that fired the boys in the opening scene is now employed by them and does not like this ironictwistoffate.
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Through a crueltwistoffatethe remaining men only seemed capable of producing more women.
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Through a strangetwistoffate, however, finding his granddaughter makes the grandfather so happy that he makes a complete recovery.
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Her dreams of becoming a government official are unattainable since she is a woman, but atwistoffategives her the chance of a lifetime.
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