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ESLPod_0376_WE_0426 Asking About Business Hours In this podcast, the phrase "out of luck" means not lucky or not fortunate: "The man showed up to the post office to buy stamps five minutes after it had closed, so he was out of luck." The opposite, "in luck," means to be fortunate or to be lucky: "I know many of you haven't finished your homework, but you're in luck because I'm not going to have you hand it in until tomorrow." The phrase "to luck out" also means to be fortunate or to be lucky: "We lucked out because we arrived two minutes before the store closed." Finally, the phrase "as luck would have it" means by chance or by fate: "Our bus ran out of gas, but as luck would have it there was a gas station only two blocks away."

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ESLPod 376 out of Luck Business

Id	ESLPod_0376_WE_0426
Episode Id	ESLPod 376
Episode Title	Asking About Business Hours
Phrase	out of Luck
Text	In this podcast, the phrase "out of luck" means not lucky or not fortunate: "The man showed up to the post office to buy stamps five minutes after it had closed, so he was out of luck." The opposite, "in luck," means to be fortunate or to be lucky: "I know many of you haven't finished your homework, but you're in luck because I'm not going to have you hand it in until tomorrow." The phrase "to luck out" also means to be fortunate or to be lucky: "We lucked out because we arrived two minutes before the store closed." Finally, the phrase "as luck would have it" means by chance or by fate: "Our bus ran out of gas, but as luck would have it there was a gas station only two blocks away."
Topics	Business

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