lucky

chanceux

À qui il arrive de bonnes choses par hasard.

En anglais simple : Having good things happen to you by chance.

• You are lucky!
• We were lucky to catch the last bus.
• She felt lucky after finding her lost ring.

Comment l'utiliser : lucky to do something (We were lucky to find a seat.); lucky that… (It was lucky that nobody was hurt.)

Synonymes : fortunate

Contraires : unlucky

Expressions courantes : feel lucky, lucky person, lucky escape

porte-bonheur

Dont on pense qu’il favorise les événements heureux dus au hasard.

En anglais simple : Believed to make good things happen by chance.

• Seven is my lucky number.
• He wore his lucky shirt to the match.
• Do you carry a lucky charm?

Synonymes : fortunate, successful

Contraires : unlucky

Expressions courantes : lucky charm, lucky number, lucky shirt