abracadabra
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a word that you use while performing a magic trick in order to make the trick work
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interjection
a word that you use while performing a magic trick in order to make the trick work
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extrasensory perception: the ability to know things that will happen in the future or what someone else is thinking
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the night of 31st October, when children dress as witches (=women with magic powers) and ghosts (=the spirits of dead people)
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bad luck, or a person, place, or thing that is thought to cause bad luck, perhaps by magic
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a type of magic from West Africa that uses objects that are believed to have special powers
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an imaginary line connecting two places or buildings, that some people believe has magic powers
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the mysterious power that some people believe can make impossible things happen if you do special actions or say special words called spells
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mysterious tricks that an entertainer called a magician performs, for example making things appear or disappear
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involving mysterious tricks performed by an entertainer called a magician, for example making things appear or disappear
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said by magicians just before they finish a magic trick, for telling the audience that they are going to be surprised
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someone who is psychic has a mysterious power that lets them know what other people are thinking, or what is going to happen to them
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knowledge that cannot be explained, for example about something that is happening in a different place
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a special ability to feel or see things without using the usual five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
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used about things that seem to come from a power such as magic and do not have a natural or scientific explanation
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a way of telling what will happen to someone in the future by using a special set of cards with pictures on them
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the ability of people to communicate directly with each other’s minds, without using words
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a religion whose followers believe in magic and witchcraft. Voodoo is popular in Haiti and other parts of the West Indies.
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything
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