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1 VOCABULARY

LUCK AND CHOICE

A Write the correct word or phrase next to each definition.

be fortunate be in the right place at the right time chance encounter

coincidence deliberate decision determination
fate life-changing experience lucky break
(not) believe my luck path wind up

1 a quality that makes someone continue to do something even if it is difficult:

2 to be lucky:
3 receiving good fortune due to timing and location:
4 to consider carefully before deciding:
5 a casual, unexpected meeting:
6 a fortunate event that leads to success:
7 the direction a person takes, or way of doing something to reach a goal:
8 to have an effect that is very strong and has enormous consequences:
9 a power that some people believe controls events:
10 to come to be in a particular situation, particularly a bad one:
11 a situation in which two very similar things happen at the same time but there is no reason
for it:
12 be surprised that something good happened by chance and not by your own actions:

B Complete the sentences with words or phrases from exercise A.

1 Jennifer felt that people couldn’t control , but they could control how they responded to it.
2 I’m to have such good friends who can help me when I’m in trouble.
3 The criminal got a when the police lost all the evidence of the crime.
4 It was pure that Laura and her husband, Jeff, shared the same birthday.
5 If Tony doesn’t do his homework, he will failing the course.
6 A at a bus stop brought Tim back in touch with his old friend, Jeremy.
7 Her to practice every day, no matter the weather, helped her win the race.
8 Studying abroad was a for Heather. She came back home with a totally new outlook on life.

C Circle the word or phrase that best matches each scenario.

1 Bill was standing on a street corner when a famous director asked him to audition for his next movie.
a be in the right place at the right time b wind up c deliberate
2 Allison fell asleep on the subway and when she woke up, she was in Coney Island!
a chance encounter b fate c wind up
3 Sandy dreamed of becoming a lawyer, so she studied every night – sometimes as much as four or five hours.
a coincidence b determination c fate
4 Sheila hadn’t spoken to her friend Mari in years. She decided to write her a letter when suddenly the phone rang.
It was Mari!
a coincidence b chance encounter c wind up
5 Ted forgot to study for his chemistry exam and felt totally unprepared – but then it turned out that the teacher
was absent that day.
a lucky break b coincidence c be in the right place at the right time
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