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Luck Means Phrase Eslpod Business Minutes Fortunate Lucky

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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