afortunado
lucky ; fortunate ; privileged.
However, graduates from the 'lucky' establishment, will be unable to use their knowledge when they start working in libraries lacking computing technology.
But to the person fortunate enough to possess the sacred fire of the art, his work is its own reward, and he blesses the men, living and dead, who kindled the spark within him.
Public libraries were often in a privileged position to access such information and present it in a form acceptable to the public.
considerarse afortunado
consider + Reflexivo + lucky
count + Reflexivo + lucky
think + Reflexivo + lucky
Steinhagen considered herself lucky because she had a clear notion of what her host country expected of her and encountered few surprises.
Yet Mills & Boon editors admit that if they can find three or four really good new writers a year they count themselves lucky.
Cheryl will no doubt be thinking herself lucky that she hasn't got a custodial sentence.
darse por afortunado
count + Reflexivo + lucky
think + Reflexivo + lucky
consider + Reflexivo + lucky
Yet Mills & Boon editors admit that if they can find three or four really good new writers a year they count themselves lucky.
Cheryl will no doubt be thinking herself lucky that she hasn't got a custodial sentence.
Steinhagen considered herself lucky because she had a clear notion of what her host country expected of her and encountered few surprises.
poco afortunado
unhappy
ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA]
In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
The writer lends support to the argument that the adjective brown in Elizabethan and Jacobean English to mean 'ill-favoured' or 'ugly'.
ser afortunado
be lucky
strike + lucky
'We were lucky you happened to be sitting in your dean's office when I called about the position, and that you could come over for an interview right away'.
It's a bit like a lottery - sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.
tener un escape afortunado
have + a lucky escape
A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.
