chance upon

1. (idiomatic)To find (someone or something) by chance.

   натолкну́тьсяnatolknútʹsja

   find unexpectedly

1. Who knows what would have become of me if I hadn't chanced upon Tom that crisp spring morning.

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2. A person of noble character neither trembles in the face of calamities nor elates when blessings are chanced upon.

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3. Chancing upon an unusually beautiful woman one table away, Julian began to visibly shake.

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4. Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met, Upon agreement from us to his liking, Will undertake to woo curst Katharine.

   ruВот джентльмен, которого я случайно встретил и который согласился ухаживать за отвратительной Катариной.

   deHier ist ein Herr, den ich zufällig getroffen habe und der sich bereit erklärt, der abscheulichen Catarina den Hof zu machen.

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