He made a fortune in real estate.

他在房地产上发了财。

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He made a fortune on the stock market.

他在股票市场发了大财。

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He could have made a fortune as a lawyer.

他本可能当律师挣大钱。

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So, he was the director of the laboratory, and Cavendish made a fortune in the 1700s, and willed it to Cambridge.

而他是实验室的负责人，卡文迪许在18世纪留下一笔财富，捐给给剑桥。

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He made a fortune in 2007, buying Chinese, Indian and Gulf States stocks and non-U.S. currencies.

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Quietly, he staked a claim, made a fortune and lost it, before dying penniless.

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Eventually, Schlosstein left to co-found the investment firm Blackrock, where he made a fortune.

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