Collocations dictionary

MYSTERY

mystery: translation

noun
ADJECTIVE
big,great

How the disease started is one of medicine's great mysteries.

little,minor,small

one of life's little mysteries

complete,total

She was a totalmysteryto him despite their long association.

whole

He had found the clue to unlock the wholemystery

certain

Her blue eyes had a certainmystery.

genuine,real
central

the centralmysteryof the story

deep,profound

a place of deepmysteryand enchantment

enduring,eternal,long-standing
ancient
dark
intriguing
impenetrable,unfathomable
insoluble(esp.BrE),unsolvable(esp.AmE)
unexplained,unsolved
divine,religious,sacred
scientific
detective,murder

He is the author of several murder mysteries.

VERB + MYSTERY
be,present (sb with),remain

How these insects actually communicate presents something of amystery.

have,hold

It was easy to believe that the house held some greatmystery.

be cloaked in,be shrouded in

The whole incident was shrouded inmystery.

deepen

The silence has deepened themysterysurrounding his work.

lose

Air travel has lost much of itsmystery.

retain
clear up,crack,discover,explain,figure out,piece together,resolve,solve,uncover,unlock,unravel,unveil

The police are close to solving themysteryof the missing murder weapon.

shed light on,throw light on

The witness could shed no light on themysteryof the deceased's identity.

explore,fathom,grapple with,penetrate,probe,understand

Her poetry attempts to penetrate the darkmysteryof death.

contemplate,ponder,ponder on

She pondered themysteryof the disappearing thief.

MYSTERY + VERB
remain

Mystery remains over who will star in the film.

deepen

Themysterydeepened when the police's only suspect was found murdered.

unfold,unravel
involve sb/sth
surround sth

themysterysurrounding her resignation

MYSTERY + NOUN
man,woman

Their suspect was amysteryman: a quiet, happily married man with no enemies.

caller(esp.BrE),guest
shopper
benefactor(esp.BrE)
bidder,buyer(bothesp.BrE)
prize(BrE)
tour(BrE)
bug,disease,illness,virus(allesp.BrE)
novel,story,thriller
PREPOSITION
mysteryabout

There's a bit of amysteryabout this child.

mysteryas to

It remains amysteryas to where he was buried.

mysteryto

My sister is a completemysteryto me.

PHRASES
an air ofmystery,an aura ofmystery

Wearing dark glasses gives him an air ofmystery.

something of amystery
take themysteryout of sth

Modern weather forecasts try to take themysteryout of meteorology.


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  9. mysteryмистерия...Англо-русский научно-технический словарь
  10. mysteryтайна...Англо-русский онлайн словарь
  11. mysteryтайна...Англо-русский онлайн словарь
  12. mysteryn тайна...Англо-русский словарь Лингвистика-98
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  16. mysteryмистерия...Англо-русский технический словарь
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