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circumstances
noun
A person's financial situation (good or bad)
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noun
A person's financial situation (good or bad)
“He found himself in straitened circumstances”
noun
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
“Whatever my fortune may be”
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He found himself in straitened circumstances
Whatever my fortune may be
Deserved a better fate
Has a happy lot
The luck of the Irish
A victim of circumstances
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