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boon 1 |boon|
noun
1 [usually in singular] a thing that is helpful or beneficial: the navigation system will be a boon to both civilian and military users.
2 archaic a favor or request: may I have the inestimable boon of a few minutes' conversation?
ORIGIN
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favor’): from Old Norse bón .
fortune |ˈfôrCHən|
noun
1 chance or luck as an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs: some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate.
• luck, especially good luck: this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me.
• (fortunes) the success or failure of a person or enterprise over a period of time or in the course of a particular activity: he is credited with turning around the company's fortunes.
2 a large amount of money or assets: he eventually inherited a substantial fortune.
• (a fortune) informal a surprisingly high price or amount of money: I spent a fortune on drink and drugs.
PHRASES
fortune favors the brave
proverb a successful person is often one who is willing to take risks.
Boone Boone Boone!