Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with mystery in American Collocation
mystery
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
not yet explained or not able to be explained
The issue of consciousness is considered by many to be the most important unsolved mystery of modern science.
great
They all shared a consuming desire to understand the deepest mysteries of life.
complete
The cause of this is still a complete mystery to me.
What really happened remains a total mystery.
little
It was obviously another of life’s little mysteries, that we would never explain.
interesting
Inspector Wallander has yet another intriguing mystery to solve in this new novel by Mankell.
explain a mystery
The novel is about the attempts of a young journalist to unravel the mystery of a young girl’s murder 25 years previously.
try to understand a mystery
Now science has given us the tools to understand the mystery of healing foods and nutrients.
be or remain a mystery
His early life is shrouded in mystery.
The mystery deepens when another intelligence officer is murdered in the same way.
Mystery still surrounds the causes of this disease.
Police are no closer to solving the mystery surrounding the young man’s death.