ему повезло

he got lucky

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he got lucky Literally, “luck happened to him.” Ему means “to him,” and повезло is the impersonal past-tense form used to say that someone was lucky. Example 4 uses повез, a different form meaning “he took/drove someone.”
RU: Ему повезло с погодой на отдыхе.
EN: He got lucky with the weather on his vacation.

Ему повезло найти работу.

He was lucky to find a job.

Значит, все же, ему повезло больше.

So, after all, he was luckier.

— Легенда о пианисте (1998)

Ему повезло и он выиграл гонку.

He was lucky and won the race.

Ему повезло.

He was lucky.

— Славные парни (1990)