Dictionary entry
Fortune-teller
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
(n) ဗေဒင်ဆရာ
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
- Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle.
- [make/amass a fortune] : He had made a fortune from mining.
- [make your fortune] : Henry Ford made his fortune with the Model T.
- [cost a fortune] : Flats in this area cost a fortune.
- [spend/pay a fortune] : They must have spent a fortune on flowers alone.
- The first step towards fame and fortune
- Young people who come to the city to seek their fortune
- A career that illustrates the changing fortunes of the Labour Party
- The new board will work to restore the company’s fortunes.
- It was his good fortune to take over the company at exactly the right time.
- [have the good fortune to do something] : I had the good fortune to know the manager of the company.
- [a change of fortune] : His friends were delighted with his change of fortune.