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────────────────────────────── luck out, 非常に幸運に恵まれる ────────────────────────────── If you luck out, you are fortunate or lucky in something. [American, Informal]
E-DICより。 "How did you get such an unbelievably good job?" "I lucked out." 「そんな信じられないくらいいい仕事に，どうやって就いたんだい？」 「たんなる巡り合わせだったんだよ」
────────────────────────────── get away with, …をまんまとやりおおせる、…を持ち逃げする ────────────────────────────── If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
ex) The criminals know how to play the systems and get away with it...
────────────────────────────── conjure up, …を思いつく ────────────────────────────── If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.
ex) When he closed his eyes, he could conjure up in exact colour almost every event of his life...
────────────────────────────── ingenious, 巧妙な ────────────────────────────── Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment.
ex) ... a truly ingenious invention ...
────────────────────────────── swindler, 詐欺師、ぺてん師 ────────────────────────────── If someone swindles a person or an organization, they deceive them in order to get something valuable from them, especially money.
ex) Swindlers have cheated investors out of L12 million.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Financial Scams (2) 12/13-14 2006"
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