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{
"term": "lucky",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having good luck",
"sensetop": "lucky to do somethinglucky (that)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "His friend was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive.",
"contextForm": "lucky to do something"
},
{
"text": "She was lucky enough to be chosen for the team."
},
{
"text": "You were lucky (that) you spotted the danger in time.",
"contextForm": "lucky (that)"
},
{
"text": "In terms of my career I **feel** incredibly **lucky**."
},
{
"text": "You can **think yourself lucky** you didn't get mugged."
},
{
"text": "She **counted herself lucky** that she still had a job."
},
{
"text": "Mark is **one of the lucky ones**—he at least has somewhere to sleep."
},
{
"text": "the lucky winners"
},
{
"text": "He was among the lucky ones who escaped with only minor injuries."
},
{
"text": "That was just plain lucky."
},
{
"text": "We've been pretty lucky so far."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "get", "strike"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "being the result of good luck",
"sensetop": "lucky for somebody that…lucky for somebodylucky (that)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was lucky for us that we were able to go.",
"contextForm": "lucky for somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "Lucky for her, a police car was passing.",
"contextForm": "lucky for somebody"
},
{
"text": "It is lucky (that) neither was killed in the accident.",
"contextForm": "lucky (that)"
},
{
"text": "That was the luckiest escape of my life."
},
{
"text": "a lucky guess"
},
{
"text": "A lucky find on the edge of the Cotswolds is helping archaeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain."
},
{
"text": "I had a lucky break when I left school getting a job on local radio."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "get", "strike"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "bringing good luck",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a lucky charm"
},
{
"text": "The team thinks of me as their lucky mascot."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have good luck",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She hopes that some day she'll get lucky and win the jackpot."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to meet somebody new and have sex with them",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mike's hoping to get lucky tonight."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you think somebody is lucky to have something, be able to do something, etc.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I'm off to Paris.’ ‘Lucky you!’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have good luck",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We certainly struck it lucky with the weather."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to feel very grateful and lucky about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Just thank your lucky stars you weren’t in the house at the time."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third time",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to tell somebody that something that they are expecting probably will not happen",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I was hoping to get a ticket for Saturday.’ ‘You'll be lucky.’"
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to tell somebody that they will probably not get what they are hoping for, and may not deserve it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlʌki/",
"audio": "lu/lucky/lucky__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlʌki/",
"audio": "lu/lucky/lucky__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}