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Inflections of 'mystery' (n): npl: mysteries

Collocations for "mystery"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mystery" in context.

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mystery

n

a [complete, total, magical, murder] mystery
[solve, understand, unravel] the mystery
her [decision, plan, whereabouts, intention] is a (total) mystery
his [decision] is a mystery to me
the identity of the [guest, speaker] was a mystery
her life was [full of, shrouded in] mystery
it's one of those mysteries of [life, nature]
it's a mystery as to [where, why, how, what]
the [place, town, city] has an air of mystery (around it)
the mystery surrounding the [star, senator, celebrity]
the mystery of the [missing funds, abducted child]
a mystery set in [New York, space, Victorian times]
a mystery by [Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock]

n as adj

a mystery [movie, book, murder, show, series, tour]
the mystery ingredient (in)

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'mystery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

air - ancient - awe - book - bottom - cloak - cloud - clue - dagger - enact - enlighten - explanation - figure - grim - ingredient - intriguing - juicy - light - look - murder - novel - real - remain - shroud - solve - surround - thriller - uncover - unravel - veil - wrapped

Forum discussions with the word(s) "mystery" in the title:

'Taken a violent dislike to me...' (from Hugh Lauries 'Mystery') - English Only forum
A good mystery never fails to capture the imagination. - English Only forum
a mystery absolute - English Only forum
a new mystery unfolding - English Only forum
a sense of suddenness or mystery or finality about (it) - English Only forum
A silent player is so far forth, a mystery - English Only forum
adds to/increases their mystery - English Only forum
an imposing mystery - English Only forum
an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery - English Only forum
an old age mystery - English Only forum
as well as by a mystery other - English Only forum
can you say 'it beats me' instead of 'it's a mystery to me'? - English Only forum
centuries worth of mystery - English Only forum
cold mystery - English Only forum
Compelling mystery - English Only forum
cozy mystery [cosy] - English Only forum
Cracking the final mystery - English Only forum
Defying analysis, the mystery of inner life may one day cease to trouble us. - English Only forum
descends into mystery - English Only forum
difference between "disclose/uncover/reveal/unveil the mystery" - English Only forum
equal in power and mystery... that UFO - English Only forum
<Following> the mystery of its inhabitants - English Only forum
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery - English Only forum
For me, the mystery shopping experience was a bust - English Only forum
Four orders of mystery - English Only forum
full of the mystery of eggs and half-open buds, half unsheathed flowers(by Lawrence) - English Only forum
How he manages it - this is a mystery - English Only forum
I don't hold no mystery - English Only forum
I want to know <a/ the> big unknown behind this mystery. - English Only forum
In the curiously illogical world of the gamehead, mystery and intrigue, the - English Only forum
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