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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
مشارکت کننده: سرکار خانم فاطمه سرخیل ID: 3156
english
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noun spook: We thought we saw a ghost.
Simple Definitions
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noun VERB + GHOST see You look as if you've seen a ghost! | believe in I don't believe in ghosts. | exorcise, lay to rest A priest was called in to exorcise the ghost. GHOST + VERB appear, haunt sth, walk dark, cold nights when ghosts walk GHOST + NOUN story PREP. ~ of The ghost of a hanged poacher is said to haunt the manor house. PHRASES as pale/white as a ghost He looked as pale as a ghost as he climbed out of the wrecked car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: • His ghost is believed to haunt the house. spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost: • evil spirits • the spirit world apparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time: • He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church. poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around: • The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes. spook informal a ghost: • I’m not scared of spooks. phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person: • They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water. spectre British English , specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one: • She had looked like a spectre. • The following night, the spectre appeared again.
Longman-Thesaurus
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In addition to the idiom beginning with GHOST, Also see CHINAMAN'S (GHOST OF A) CHANCE; GIVE UP THE GHOST.
American Heritage Idioms