beginner’s luck
noun
unusual success that you have when you start doing something new
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adverb
used for emphasizing that something good has happened, especially because of good luck
noun
an influence that seems to make things, especially good things, happen to people for no particular reason
verb
if something such as luck or heaven smiles on you, you are successful, or you have good luck
adjective
adverb
adverb
something that happens by chance and that helps you to achieve something
used for saying that you were or were not lucky in some way
able to get or do something that you wanted that did not seem likely
used for saying that something happened because of luck and not because of someone’s skill or intelligence
a day when something good happens to someone
used for saying that people have limited control over what life brings them
used for saying that the third time you try something you will be successful when the first two times you were not successful
used for talking about a time when you will have good luck
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