See lucky star on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the ancient idea that stars affect human lives.",
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"word": "count one's lucky stars"
},
{
"word": "under a lucky star"
},
{
"word": "thank one's lucky stars"
}
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{
"ref": "1903, E. Nesbit, The Man with the Boots:",
"text": "The young man's lucky star shone full on him, and dazzled him to a seeming indiscretion.",
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},
{
"ref": "1889, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face With the Mexicans:",
"text": "If exiled, he went without remonstrance, confident that his lucky star would again lead him to the front, and with fertile brain every ready to plan a revolution or arrange a coup d'état.",
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"Something that appears to give a person luck"
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) Something that appears to give a person luck"
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"word": "onnentähti"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bonne étoile"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"word": "coś, co przynosić szczęście"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buena estrella"
}
]
}
],
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"word": "lucky star"
}
{
"derived": [
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"word": "count one's lucky stars"
},
{
"word": "under a lucky star"
},
{
"word": "thank one's lucky stars"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the ancient idea that stars affect human lives.",
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"form": "lucky stars",
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"ref": "1903, E. Nesbit, The Man with the Boots:",
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"ref": "1889, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face With the Mexicans:",
"text": "If exiled, he went without remonstrance, confident that his lucky star would again lead him to the front, and with fertile brain every ready to plan a revolution or arrange a coup d'état.",
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],
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"Something that appears to give a person luck"
],
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"luck",
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"(idiomatic) Something that appears to give a person luck"
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"word": "onnentähti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bonne étoile"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"word": "coś, co przynosić szczęście"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buena estrella"
}
],
"word": "lucky star"
}
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