"serendipitous" meaning in English

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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
          "word": "侥幸得到的"
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
          "word": "favorável"
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
          "word": "generoso"
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
          "word": "fortuito"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
      "word": "侥幸得到的"
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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      "sense": "by unexpected good fortune",
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