verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
solve/unravel a mystery (= find out what happened )
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The children were given the clues and had to try to solve the mystery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
mystery
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When scientists attempt to unravel the mysteries of the past they always run up against a brick wall.
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A prepared statement failed to unravel the mystery .
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It excited her and she promised herself that one day she would unravel the mystery .
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For many years Frederick Delouche felt a particular need to unravel such mysteries .
■ VERB
begin
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Even to list these begins to unravel some of the complications in this everyday concept.
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But then things began to unravel .
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The case began unravelling when the intelligence ministry said renegade agents were responsible.
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When California's economy started to slow down, the loans began to unravel .
try
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Here are the issues put starkly, before we try to unravel them.
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When Philip tries to unravel truth from fiction, the task proves too much for him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After three years, their partnership began to unravel .
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Can scientists unravel the complex interactions of chemicals within foods?
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Scientists have not yet unraveled every detail of how genes work.
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We are only just beginning to unravel the mysteries of the human brain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each circle strengthens the others, until the whole is hard to unravel .
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Evidence for the importance of both is emerging, and unravelling their relative importance presents experimentalists with a major challenge.
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I do not claim to be able to unravel the complexities of atonement.
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Pop that unravels its own workings, undoes itself.
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Sadly, this will unravel some of the goodwill of recent weeks.
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To counter the danger of the former, Lacan would have us unravel the me entirely.
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We can also unravel those texts as individual answers to the problem of effective human agency.