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mystery

/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ sustantivo A2

En español: misterio, arcano

  1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. (countable, uncountable) · The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
  2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature. (countable, uncountable) · That man is a mystery.
  3. An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A mystery play. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid). (countable, uncountable)
  6. A sacrament. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. (countable, uncountable) · the Eleusinian mysteries· the Mysteries of Mithras
  8. A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. (countable, uncountable) · The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.

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Rachel was getting fairly dizzy with this unusual mystery about quiet, unmysterious Green Gables.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 5 · C1
Anne thought it was truly delightful to go skimming through all this mystery and loveliness with your bosom friend who had been so long estranged.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1
She found me reading a book one day called, The Lurid Mystery of the Haunted Hall.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 247 · C1
It was silly to be writing about love and murder and elopements and mysteries.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 265 · C1

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