Fortune-teller

Definition

fortune /'fↄ:tʃu:n / n ၁။ [U] အခြင့္အလမ္း။ ကံ။ By a stroke of fortune he got a small part in a television play. ❍ I had the good fortune to be chosen for a trip abroad. ❍ Fortune smiled on him (ie He had good luck). ၂။ [C usu pl ] ကံ။ ၾကမၼာ။ အေျခအေန။ the changing fortunes of the film industry ❍ Britain's improving economic fortunes ❍ a turning point in his fortunes ❍ the fortunes of war. ၃။ [C] ေရွးျဖစ္။ အလားအလာ။ She tells your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand. ၄။ [C usu sing ] ေငြအေျမာက္အျမား။ She inherited a huge fortune. ❍ He made a fortune buying and selling property. ❍ ( infml ) That ring is worth/ must have cost a (small) fortune. ❏ fortune cookie n ( US ) ေဟာစာတမ္းပါသည့္ တ႐ုတ္မုန္႔။ ❏ fortune-teller n ေဗဒင္ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမ။

Examples

1. Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle.
2. [make/amass a fortune] : He had made a fortune from mining.
3. [make your fortune] : Henry Ford made his fortune with the Model T.
4. [cost a fortune] : Flats in this area cost a fortune.
5. [spend/pay a fortune] : They must have spent a fortune on flowers alone.
6. The first step towards fame and fortune
7. Young people who come to the city to seek their fortune
8. A career that illustrates the changing fortunes of the Labour Party
9. The new board will work to restore the company’s fortunes.
10. It was his good fortune to take over the company at exactly the right time.
11. [have the good fortune to do something] : I had the good fortune to know the manager of the company.
12. [a change of fortune] : His friends were delighted with his change of fortune.