Sentence examples of "bad luck" in English
Some superstitious people in America believe that if a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck.
Certaines personnes superstitieuses en Amérique, croient que si un chat noir croise votre chemin, vous aurez de la malchance.
Some people believe that black cats bring bad luck.
Certaines personnes pensent que les chats noirs portent malheur.
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
Les grands hommes sont presque toujours de mauvais hommes, même lorsqu'ils exercent une influence et non une autorité.
As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.
Par chance, un bateau à vapeur passait par ici et ils ont pu être sauvés.
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