hard-luck story in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hard-luck story in the English»French Dictionary

I.hard [Brit hɑːd, Am hɑrd] ADJ

2. hard:

3. hard (harsh, unpleasant):

hard luck or lines inf Brit or cheese inf Brit! (unsympathetic)
hard luck or lines inf Brit or cheese inf Brit! (unsympathetic)
it's a hard life (gen) hum, iron
passer un savon à qn inf

II.hard [Brit hɑːd, Am hɑrd] ADV

1. hard (strongly, energetically):

III.hard [Brit hɑːd, Am hɑrd]

See also heel, hard lens

I.heel [Brit hiːl, Am hil] N

1. luck (fortune):

+ subj bad or hard luck!

2. luck (good fortune):

story [Brit ˈstɔːri, Am ˈstɔri] N

8. story Am (floor):

See also two, storey

II.two [Brit tuː, Am tu] DET

III.two [Brit tuː, Am tu] PRON

storey Brit, story Am [Brit ˈstɔːri, Am ˈstɔri] N <pl storeys Brit stories Am>

hard-luck story in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hard-luck story in the English»French Dictionary

I.hard [hɑ:d, Am hɑ:rd] ADJ

II.hard [hɑ:d, Am hɑ:rd] ADV

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He's been a hard-luck story, but has won two in a row after benefitting from 18 runs in support.
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It's not the first hard-luck story that the club's had in this competition.
www.metronews.ca
His hard-luck story prompted hundreds of offers of help.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Each one represents a hard-luck story, and there's no reason to assume that the others are significantly different from the one we happen to be watching.
www.avclub.com
Every villager has a hard-luck story to tell.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I have a pretty hard-luck story.
www.usnews.com
Now that's a hard-luck story.
publications.mcgill.ca
They are prone to giving money to someone with a hard-luck story.
en.wikipedia.org
Determined, she proceeds to the third step, inventing a hard-luck story about her drunken father and four younger sisters whom she alone must support.
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