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WEBEnglish-American. Mar 8, 2012. #4. A magician does magic. we only use "do magic" when we are talking about magic tricks and illusions. A chef makes magic in the kitchen. A soccer player makes magic on the field. A musician makes magic on the stage. "making magic" is …
Make the magic happen - WordReference Forums
WEBJan 27, 2011 · He simply answers: "My employees made the magic happen". 1. Mes employés ont plus d'un tour dans leur sac. 2. Mes employés ont fait des miracles. 3. Mes employés ont libéré le charme. Make something happen means "provoquer" (un événement) or "matérialiser". Je trouve que ce sens se perd dans les trois solutions.
abracadabra (magic word) - WordReference Forums
WEBTagalog. Apr 13, 2013. #12. There are no common magic words in Tagalog, the abracadabra became common as a result of magic shows in TV and movies. The word of wish in Tagalog are a.) Nawa and 2.) Papangyarihin the third one after the wish statement of others is "Loobin". O.
Mage, magician, wizard, sorcerer | WordReference Forums
WEBAug 18, 2010 · Mage - Mostly fantasy-worlds term (can be used also in scifi genre, such as techno-mage), can be taken for people who learn magic, magic lore and all other knowledge (as such herbalism, languages, alchemy, ..) in real world can be taken for scientists. Magic they do mostly comes from knowledge, not innate powers.
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WEBJul 11, 2014 · "I like the definition of magic," Phumile said. "It is to make the impossible to be possible." Is this a grammatically sound sentence? I think the most common way to say it would be "make the impossible possible", but then I know that some verbs allow both patterns without any shift in meaning - "They considered the term (to be) racist".
Faire une potion magique - WordReference Forums
WEBMar 4, 2008 · Une potion magique c'est quelque chose du domaine du surnaturel, du fantastique. Je crois que ça ne se mange pas. C'est quelque chose de magique mais je ne sais pas exactement ce que c'est. C'est quelque chose qui n'existe pas dans la réalité. Cela existe seulement dans l'imaginaire, dans les livres et dans les films de science-fiction.
Magic Vs. Magical - WordReference Forums
WEBApr 21, 2007 · A magic car is a car that either appears from nowhere due to magic, or it is useful to someone trying to perform magic. A magical car is a car that makes you feel as if something very special is happening or about to happen. I think this difference would hold true for most examples where you can use the word magic or magical.
Arabic سحر "magic" siHr etymology? | WordReference Forums
WEBMay 16, 2016 · inquisitiveness1 said: That being said, is it not possible that Arabic siḥr is instead related to Hebrew שָׁ֫חַר šaḥar in the sense of "to charm" - i.e. the Arabic root s-ḥ-r for "magic" is inherited from a Proto-Semitic s1-ḥ-r (aka. š-ḥ-r) root, and that maybe this root in Arabic underwent a similar development that the š ...
Blowing a hobo for magic beans. | WordReference Forums
WEBJan 21, 2013 · Pacific Northwest, USA. English. Jan 21, 2013. #4. I've never heard that before, but it makes sense in a sick way. He's telling his ex that she's both stupid (only a gullible fool would believe in "magic beans") and a cheap and desperate whore (she blows a hobo for said beans). The idea in Spanish is " Además de mensa/imbécil, eres puta ".
Passive of "make" - WordReference Forums
WEBDec 29, 2008. #6. Tigers: this is what we teachers call the "false passive". If you take a active sentence with an indirect object (eg. They offered Mary a better job), you can make it passive by using that indirect object as the new subject: Mary was offered a better job. It´s "false", as Transatlantic points out, because Mary wasn´t ...