ill luck

Propitiation was insurance against immediate ill luck rather than investment in future bliss.
La propitiation était une assurance contre la malchance immédiate plutôt qu’un investissement pour une félicité future.
Yes, other men have ill luck, too.
- Si fait. D'autres hommes ont eu du malheur.
It was not merely out of curiosity that the ancients sought to know the future; they wanted to dodge ill luck.
Ce n’était pas simplement par curiosité que les anciens cherchaient à connaitre l’avenir ; ils voulaient esquiver la malchance.
The discomfort of enforced adaptation to a changing environment was regarded as ill luck, the displeasure of the spirit ghosts.
La gêne de l’adaptation forcée à un environnement changeant fut considérée comme une malchance, un mécontentement des esprits fantômes.
Depending on the configuration of points in the windows an indication ranging from ill luck to good fortune can be predicted.
Selon la configuration des points dans les fenêtres, on pouvait prédire la bonne ou la mauvaise fortune.
A supernatural standard of living was about to appear, for, if the spirit ghost in anger visits ill luck and in pleasure good fortune, then must human conduct be regulated accordingly.
Un critère de vie surnaturel était sur le point d’émerger. En effet, si l’esprit fantôme apporte la malchance dans sa colère et la bonne fortune dans son contentement, il faut que la conduite humaine soit réglée en conséquence.
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