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| Subject | Russian | English |
| fig. | благодаря счастливому случаю | serendipity knocked on the door (The family recently hit hard times. Reluctantly, they decided it was time to sell their 130-year-old Queen Anne Revival mansion. Redevelopment seemed inevitable. Then serendipity knocked on the door. A local entrepreneur bought the heritage building and turned it into an upscale boutique hotel which has since attracted guests from as far as South Korea, New Zealand and Chile. ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | получить что-либо благодаря счастливому случаю | get something by a lucky hit |
| gen. | получить что-либо благодаря счастливому случаю | get by a lucky hit |
| gen. | экспериментальная технология, которая может стать успешной не иначе как благодаря счастливому случаю | an experimental technology that may succeed only by chance (bigmaxus) |