Words / A2

LUK/lʌk/

Luck is success or failure by chance, not skill. Good luck! Bad luck. Lucky is the adjective: a lucky day. By luck / by chance. Skill is what you practise; luck is what you cannot control.

Meaning

Success or failure that happens by chance, not by skill.

Examples

• “Good luck in your exam!”
• “Good luck with the interview.”
• “He had the luck to find a seat.”

Good to know

good luck / bad luck. adjective: lucky. Not the same as skill.

Near in meaning

fortune

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