I.
noun
1 period of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ lengthy ( esp. BrE ), long , prolonged
▪ brief , short
▪ five-minute , ten-day , etc. ( esp. BrE )
▪ good
▪ bad
▪
He's going through a bit of a bad ~ at the moment.
▪ quiet
▪ barren , lean (both esp. BrE )
▪
Viera ended his barren ~ with a goal against Parma.
▪ cold , dry , hot , mild , sunny ( esp. BrE ), warm , wet
▪ dizzy , fainting
▪
The children began having dizzy ~s from hunger.
VERB + SPELL
▪ go through , have
PREPOSITION
▪ during a … ~
▪
She managed to write a letter during a quiet ~ at work.
▪ ~ as ( esp. BrE )
▪
He had a brief ~ as ambassador to Turkey.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of … weather ( esp. BrE )
▪
a ~ of sunny weather
2 magical effect
ADJECTIVE
▪ magic , magical
▪ powerful
▪ hypnotic
▪
the hypnotic ~ of the cicadas singing in the trees
VERB + SPELL
▪ be under , come under , fall under
▪ cast , perform , put , weave
▪
The witch cast a ~ on them.
▪
This place had woven its ~ over them.
▪ break , remove
▪
She uttered the magic word, and the ~ was broken.
SPELL + NOUN
▪ book
PREPOSITION
▪ under a/the ~
▪
Sleeping Beauty was under a ~ when the prince found her.
▪ under sb's ~
▪
The audience was completely under his ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ correctly , right
▪ wrongly
▪ backwards/backward
▪
‘Nevaeh’ is ‘heaven’ ~ed backwards/backward.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
The article ~ed ‘survey’ as ‘servay’.
▪ with
▪
Is ‘necessary’ ~ed with one ‘s’, or two?
PHRASAL VERB
spell sth out
ADVERB
▪ clearly
▪ explicitly , fully , in detail
▪ exactly , precisely
▪
She ~ed out precisely what she wanted.
VERB + SPELL OUT
▪ have to , need to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
Do I really have to ~ it out for you?
▪ to
▪
His speech ~ed out a clear message to the car industry.
Spell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ beginning , ↑ disaster , ↑ doom , ↑ end , ↑ name , ↑ ruin , ↑ trouble , ↑ word