Forme compuse:
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| as luck would have it adv | idiom (fortunately) | din fericire loc.adv. |
| | | în mod favorabil loc.adv. |
| | As luck would have it, the bus was late too, so I managed to catch it after all. |
| bad luck n | (misfortune) | ghinion, nenoroc s.n. |
| | | neșansă s.f. |
| | We suffered a lot of bad luck with the weather. |
| Bad luck! interj | (commiserations) | Nasol! interj. |
| | | Păcat! interj. |
| | I heard you failed your driving test. Bad luck! |
| beginner's luck n | (success despite inexperience) | norocul începătorului s.n. |
| | Joe attributed his success to beginner's luck. |
| good luck n | (good fortune) | noroc s.n. |
| | It was such good luck that I ran into him yesterday. |
| | This item brings me good luck. |
| good luck charm n | (trinket worn for good fortune) | talisman s.n. |
| | | amuletă s.f. |
| | Many people carry a rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover for a good luck charm. |
| hard luck n | (misfortune) | ghinion s.n. |
| | | nenoroc s.n. |
| | | neșansă s.f. |
| hard-luck adj | (relating to unfavorable conditions) (eveniment) | nefericit, trist adj. |
| | (poveste, istorisire) | tragic adj. |
| | | lacrimogen adj. |
| | Tired of all the hard-luck updates her friend kept posting on social media, Tania unfriended him. |
| hard-luck story n | (account of [sb]'s misfortune) | poveste tragică s.f. |
| | | istorisirea unui necaz s.f. |
| | The man told us a hard-luck story, before asking us for money. |
| have all the luck v expr | informal (be lucky) | a avea o discuție serioasă cu |
| | You won the lottery? Some people have all the luck. |
| ill luck n | (bad luck, misfortune) | ghinion s.n. |
| | David lost his lottery ticket. What ill luck! |
| in luck adj | (lucky, fortunate) | norocos adj. |
| | You're in luck: there's just one ticket left for the concert. |
| the luck of the draw n | (chance) | șansă, providență s.f. |
| | | noroc s.n. |
| | There's no way of guaranteeing you'll win the lottery - it's just the luck of the draw. |
pot luck,
potluck n | informal, figurative, uncountable (whatever is available) | pleașcă s.f. |
| | | ce se nimerește expr. |
| | Sometimes you can choose, but usually it's pot luck. |
| pot luck n | US (meal: guests bring food) | adunare unde oaspeții vin cu mâncare de acasă s.f. |
| | I'll cook up some ratatouille to bring along to the pot luck. |
pot luck supper,
potluck dinner,
potluck party n | US (meal: guests bring food) | masă pentru care fiecare gătește ceva s.f. |
| | Joe brought grilled hotdogs to the potluck party, and I brought dessert. |
| rotten luck n | informal (misfortune) | ghinion s.n. |
| | The lack of snow for the Winter Olympics was rotten luck. |
| | What rotten luck! - she broke her leg just days before her big dance recital. |
| stroke of luck n | (fortunate occurrence) | noroc s.n. |
| | By a stroke of luck, I found a parking space on the crowded street. |
| | It was a stroke of luck that brought us together. |
take pot luck,
take potluck v expr | (accept what is available) | a lua ce găsești expr.vb. |
| | | a se mulțumi cu ce a mai rămas expr.vb. |
| | When you book a last-minute holiday, you often take pot luck with the hotel. |
| tough luck n | informal (misfortune) | nasol! |
| | | am îmbulinat-o! |
| | Albert's had tough luck all his life. |
| tough luck interj | informal (that's unfortunate) | nasol! |
| | | am îmbulinat-o! |
| | Tough luck you can't find your car keys! |