tell (someone's) fortune

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tell (someone's) fortune

To (profess to) anticipate and inform someone about certain outcomes or events in his or her near or distant future. This old lady in the apartment next to mine offered to tell my fortune for ten bucks. I never go in for stuff like that, but I'll admit that I'm a bit curious.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eason	[isən]
Kathleen	kath-LEEN	Irish, English
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Jerneja	-	Slovene
Tsetsiliya	tsye-TSEE-lee-yah	Russian
Tore (2)	-	Italian