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碰巧，幸好Weranout ofpetrolon the wayhome, but asluckwould have it, we were very near agarage.我们在回家的路上汽油用光了，幸好当时离加油站不远。
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- fortuitousness
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- non-purposive
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething
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It is an example of the way in which,asluckwouldhaveit, common sense has prevailed over absurd legislation.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, he chose the quietest day for about a year.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, this is a timely debate for the offshore oil and gas industry.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, they ran the car into some railings, with the result that it was damaged and the papers spread about.
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However,asluckwouldhaveit, six out of seven of my strongest supporters cannot be here tonight because of prior social or business commitments.
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This year,asluckwouldhaveit, the weather was inclement throughout the whole country.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, there were two barristers.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, most of those millions went to the four main left-wing newspapers.
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Today,asluckwouldhaveit, she has the opportunity to put that right.
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The dog warden,asluckwouldhaveit, was present and observed this dreadful crime.
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Asluckwouldhaveit, the rag tag team had a sudden spurt of victories and soon the cricket-crazy nation declares her a goddess.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Asluckwouldhaveit, the assistant turnkey had transferred the keys to the prison to another employee shortly before the outbreak.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Asluckwouldhaveit, the crook lands right into a police car waiting below at street level.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Butasluckwouldhaveit, he was stood up at the altar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While they were eating, the cook appeared and sat down with his dinner,asluckwouldhaveit, at the next table.
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- underworked
- underworld
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- Underwriters Laboratories
- underwriters-laboratories
- underwriting
- underwriting loss
- underwriting-loss
- underwriting power
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- underwriting syndicate
- underwriting-syndicate
- underwritten
- underwrote
- under your belt
- under your breath