adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
magical/special/miraculous powers
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Diamonds were once thought to have magical powers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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It is not, as some people still believe, an almost magical power possessed by just a few.
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But his athletic prowess dovetailed with his particular experiences, and his body, for him, acquired almost magical power.
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But the effect was almost magical .
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No-one knows which ingredients are responsible for these almost magical properties.
■ NOUN
effect
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I enunciated carefully, hoping that Barney Lewis's admonition about clear speaking would now have some magical effect .
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Every time it chimes, the clock creates a different magical effect .
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Each mask is made of a different substance, and each produces a different magical effect when worn.
moment
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The most magical moments encompass both.
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But the best, most magical moment was when I made risotto with the pressure cooker.
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It was a pretty magical moment .
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She cried aloud in joyous elation, her body still on fire, holding on to the magical moment as long as she could.
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Congratulations to Mrs Turrell from Aberdeen, for capturing on camera a truly magical moment .
place
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Ellis Island was, for forty years after it closed, a magical place .
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She had to get away from this magical place , and away from his close proximity, to think clearly.
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In properly regulated households they are invisible, as though the house were a magical place , ministered to by disembodied presences.
power
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It says the cat has magical powers , and that is an end to it.
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The CHOOsid saw himself as the servant of his REbe, to whom magical powers were often attributed.
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She possessed great magical powers and later was very much connected with Hathor.
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Either way, the removed organs became objects of magical power .
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It is not, as some people still believe, an almost magical power possessed by just a few.
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But his athletic prowess dovetailed with his particular experiences, and his body, for him, acquired almost magical power .
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On finding Tamara gone he went to his father, who dwelt in the heart of Dartmoor and also possessed magical powers .
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The elves: Tiny beings with implied magical powers and fantastic shoemaking skills.
property
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Throughout the Far East, the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties .
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Herbs have historically been used in medicine to the extent that many are reported to have magical properties .
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Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances.
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Later we find many other magical properties that these complex numbers possess, properties that we had no inkling about at first.
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The failure of tomatoes, apples and figs to cross is not some magical property but comes from descent with modification.
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No-one knows which ingredients are responsible for these almost magical properties .
quality
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Hope has a magical quality that instantly ensnares.
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There was a magical quality to Boshigol.
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Assisi Best known as the birthplace of St Francis, the ancient city of Assisi has a wonderful magical quality .
realism
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The artist portrayed images of daily life in his native town of Ocotlan with vivid colors, surrealism and magical realism .
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The novel is from the genre of magical realism .
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It seems the filmmakers are aiming for a dose of magical realism , dried-out, reconstituted and completely misunderstood.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Candles have a magical quality that transforms a room.
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Some people think garlic has magical powers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apanage deftly drew the bottle away from the empty net and inserted a magical cork into its neck.
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But his athletic prowess dovetailed with his particular experiences, and his body, for him, acquired almost magical power.
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By contrast, the magical Eve grows out of Adam, and not the natural processes of the physical world.
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Ellis Island was, for forty years after it closed, a magical place.
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It was a magical evening of pure nostalgia enjoyed by an audience from nine to 90 years of age.
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Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances.
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What was the special child, the magical child, after all, but the first girl?