to build up a fortune

  • 1build — vb Build, construct, erect, frame, raise, rear are comparable when they mean to form or fashion a structure or something comparable to a structure. Build strictly implies a fitting together of parts and materials to form something which may be… …

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  • 2fortune — noun 1 luck ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad, ill … OF FORTUNE ▪ piece, stroke ▪ By a stroke of good fortune, S …

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  • 3build — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ average, medium ▪ lean (esp. AmE), slender, slight, slim, small, thin ▪ …

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  • 4Fortune Green — infobox UK place country = England map type =Greater London region= London population= official name=Fortune Green london borough= Camden constituency westminster= Hampstead and Highgate post town= LONDON postcode district = NW2, NW6 postcode… …

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  • 5build up — phr verb Build up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anger, ↑backlog, ↑excitement, ↑gas, ↑heat, ↑momentum, ↑plaque, ↑pressure, ↑queue, ↑rage, ↑tension, ↑ …

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  • 6build — To construct something, literally, as erecting an office building, or, symbolically, as building a fortune or building respect …

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  • 7The Begum's Fortune — infobox Book | name = The Begum s Fortune title orig = Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum translator = unknown (1879), W. H. G. Kingston (1879), I. O. Evans (1958), Stanford L. Luce (2005) author = Jules Verne illustrator = Léon Benett cover… …

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  • 8Thomas Fortune Ryan — (1851 1928) was a U.S. tobacco and transport magnate. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia and Tennessee Thomas Fortune Ryan was born on 17 October, 1851 near… …

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  • 9Reversal of Fortune (2005 film) — Infobox Film name = Reversal of Fortune director = Wayne Powers producer = writer = Robert DeMaio starring = Ted Rodrigue music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 2005 (USA) runtime = 68 min. country = United States language =… …

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  • 10The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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