the set of good orbadeventsthathappento you and have aneffectonyourlife:
[U]He had the good fortune to beawardedascholarship.
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If someonetellsyourfortune, thatpersontriestodiscoverwhat willhappento you in thefuture, forexamplebylookingat thelinesonyourhandsor by using aspecialset ofcards.
a change/decline/improvement in the fortunes of sth/sbTherapidimprovementin the fortunes of thepaperindustryshowsclearlyhowdifficultit is topredictthefutureat anytime.
Throughout its history, men left the town seeking their fortunes in the wilderness.
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They also had different fortunes in their search for patrons.
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After the mid-seventeenth century, the demographic fortunes of the two downland parishes differed somewhat.
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Their fortunes were in the hands of strangers and of circumstance.
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Unlike rice, therefore, workers' fortunes were tied more firmly to the international economy.
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The history of theories of electricity provides an example of the changing fortunes of rival research programmes.
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Do fluctuating economic fortunes also have negative effects on children?
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Sudden scandals, a downturn in the economy or policy failure can rapidly change a party's fortunes.
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On the whole, it is leaders who fear the future, not those who expect their fortunes to improve, who call early elections.
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In general, the fortunes and the conduct of royal persons and their ministers was fair game for gossip.
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In the early seventeenth century, however, the family's fortunes began to improve.
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His work is principally structured around the economic fortunes of agriculture, just as is the orthodox school's.
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There was no separation of state finances from the ebb and flow of private fortunes.
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The book is structured, in 'orthodox school ' style, around the fortunes of agriculture.
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With the exception of some posts in the judiciary, public office in the nineteenth century did not provide the occupants with notable fortunes.
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changing fortunes
Despite the changing fortunes of central political power, the 8th century represented the apogee of the reign, also a period of economic prosperity.
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considerable fortune
He amassed aconsiderablefortunefrom it—a dreadful thing to do.
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electoral fortune
Similarly, turnout at legislative elections is an important consideration in explaining and predicting the electoral fortunes of parties or candidates.
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