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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): spelling, speller, spell, misspell
Xem thêm: enchantment, trance, go, tour, turn, while, piece, patch, magic spell, magical spell, charm, spell out, import, write
spell noun
1 period of time
ADJ. lengthy, long, prolonged | brief, short | 5-minute, 10-day, etc. | good | bad He's going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment. | quiet | barren, lean Viera ended his barren spell with a goal against Parma. | cold, dry, hot, mild, sunny, warm, wet
VERB + SPELL go through, have
PREP. during a … ~ She managed to write a letter during a quiet spell at work. | ~ as He had a brief spell as ambassador to Turkey.
PHRASES a spell of … weather a spell of sunny weather | a spell of unemployment
2 magical effect
ADJ. magic, magical | powerful | hypnotic the hypnotic spell of the crickets singing in the garden
VERB + SPELL be/come/fall under | cast, put, weave The witch cast a spell on/over them. | break, remove She uttered the magic word, and the spell was broken.
PREP. under a/the ~ Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her. | under sb's ~ The audience was completely under his spell.
n.
it's my go
a spell of work
he was here for a little while
I need to rest for a piece
a spell of good weather
a patch of bad weather
he whispered a spell as he moved his hands
inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese
v.
How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer
I'm afraid this spells trouble!
He spelled the word wrong in this letter
She spelled her husband at the wheel
the workers spell every four hours