WHAT DOES MYSTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of mystery in the English dictionary
The first definition of mystery in the dictionary is an unexplained or inexplicable event, phenomenon, etc. Other definition of mystery is a person or thing that arouses curiosity or suspense because of an unknown, obscure, or enigmatic quality. Mystery is also the state or quality of being obscure, inexplicable, or enigmatic.
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The term «mystery» is very widely used and occupies the
5.458 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «MYSTERY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
mystery.
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.
I like the unknown. I like mystery.
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great theater. Translating this ineffability into printable prose is a challenge that can never be fully met.
Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so it's constantly a mystery as to what you're going to be doing.
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.
I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.
You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.
Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYSTERY»
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mystery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mystery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.
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Japanese Tales of
Mystery & Imagination
Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edowaga RampoÆs best stories—bizarre and blood-curdling expeditions into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampo's ...
3
A Short Declaration of the
Mystery of Iniquity (1611/1612)
By the beginning of the twentieth century, only four known copies of the book survived. Now, thanks to the careful work of Richard Groves, Helwys's "The Mystery of Iniquity" is available in a reader-friendly edition.
Thomas Helwys, Richard Groves, 1998
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1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination.
5
Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery Book #1)
Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out.
6
Mathematics, Magic and
Mystery
Challenging mathematical puzzles and tricks that may be played with cards, common objects, special equipment, drawings, and pure numbers
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100 Most Popular Contemporary
Mystery Authors: Biographical ...
Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections.
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The Atlantis Gene: The Origin Mystery, Book 1: a Thriller
"70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We survived, but no one knows how. Until now. The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity may not survive this time"--Page [4] of cover.
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John Dee's Five Books of
Mystery: Original Sourcebook of ...
This new edition of his work is by far the most accessible and complete published to date.
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Mystery Knowledge and
Mystery Centres: Fourteen Lectures ...
At most it is able to offer hypothetical explanations of their purpose, and to speak of externals. In these far-reaching lectures, Rudolf Steiner gives a penetrating description of the ancient mystery schools.
Rudolf Steiner, Andrew Welburn, 1998
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYSTERY»
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mystery is used in the context of the following news items.
Body of mystery man decomposed in car with 1200 guns …
LOS ANGELES – The body of a mystery man was decomposing in his car in the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Southern California for ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
A Renaissance Murder Mystery
His death has become the subject of a Florentine murder mystery: a five-hundred-and-twenty-year-old cold case. Who killed Pico della ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
Missing prospecting couple Jennie and Raymond Kehlet. Picture …
... Kehlet was found. Picture: Twitter/Rebecca Johns, Nine News Perth Source: Twitter. Originally published as New search into Kehlet mystery. «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
Local company believes it solved Amelia Earhart mystery
A Florida-based explorer started looking into the mystery in the early 80s. Now, fast-forward to when he met the brother of an Aerospace ... «WKYC-TV, Jul 15»
Child's bones found in SA remain a mystery
The identity of a child whose remains were dumped in a suitcase in the South Australian bush is still unknown, despite police receiving 200 ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
Milwaukee Author Pens A Different Kind of Mystery Novel
When it comes to mystery novels, most books center around a murder and then solve the 'whodunit.' For local author Elizabeth Ridley's ... «WUWM, Jul 15»
Sudden toddler death in Victoria hotel remains mystery
Victoria Mosque-goers say they called police, disturbed by a frantic "praying" woman, the day before her toddler was found dead in a downtown ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
Mystery still surrounds sports therapist's death
Mystery still surrounds the death of a sports therapist more than a month after she was found dead in her Kirkcaldy flat. Police are investigating ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
Mystery ship discovered at the bottom of Nova Scotia waters
Sitting on the bottom of Pictou Harbour is a 276-foot ship that no one seems to know anything about. The discovery was made June 22 by ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
Kady O'Malley: The mystery of the (possibly) disappearing PMO …
The corridors of power around the Prime Minister's Office may have just gotten a whole lot less crowded — and the prospect of an early election ... «National Post, Jul 15»
