…success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions…
…chance personified as a controlling power in human affairs…
…used to express sympathy or commiserations…
…expressing the hope that something will happen in the way described…
…a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is available will prove to be good or acceptable…
…good luck supposedly experienced by a beginner at a particular activity…
…used to indicate one’s support for someone’s actions despite the difficulties or risks they pose…
…used to express disappointment that something has not happened or is unlikely to happen…
…let favourable events take their course without taking undue risks…
…do something that involves risk or luck, hoping to succeed…
…take a risk on the assumption that one will continue to be successful or in favour…
…undertake something although it may be dangerous or unsuccessful…
…a fortunate occurrence that could not have been predicted or expected…
…an account of one’s problems intended to gain someone else’s sympathy or help…
…used to indicate the fortuitousness of a situation…
…the outcome of chance rather than something one can control…
…be amazed by how lucky one is on a particular occasion…
