Spooky spu:ki [adj] inkokmas a place that is spooky feels strange and makes you feel that there might be ghosts there: Let 's get out of here. This place is really spooky. I What с spooky castle! It would be a great place to make a film.
Q when someone has mental powers that seem impossible
psychic
psychic 'smkik [adj] someone who is psychic or has psychic powers has the ability ro know. see. or do things that most people believe are impossible, for example to know what is happening in another place without being told: She uses her psychic abiiities to help the police find people who are missing. ( psychic healing
psychic phenomena (=things such as communicating with dead people, or knowing things without using your usual senses)
psychic 'saikik [n C] someone who has psychic powers: As a psychic, she could
STRANGE THINGS AND EVENTS
sense when evil things had happened in a place.
telepathic tel^pasBik-* [adjl someone who is telepathic has the ability to know what someone else is thinking or feeling without being told, even if the other person is a long way away-. The twins are telepathic, and each one always knows what the other is feeling.
telepathy t.VlepaHi.. [n U] the ability to know what someone else is thinking without them telling you: It was like some kind of telepathy, the way they finished each other's sentences.
В when someone knows what will happen in the
future
clairvoyant к 1сзгvopnt/ [n CJ someone
who has the ability to know what will happen in the future: A clairvoyant predicted that'something terrible would happen to the President.
clairvoyance /kleor,vji,ms/[л U] the ability to know what will happen in the future
fortune teller
fortune teller ТэПрп tel?r [n C] some one who tells people what will happen to them in the future and is paid for doing this: / went to see a fortune teller, and she told me that! would have three children.
see into the future si: into Oo tju:t;.ir
someone who can see into the future
has the ability to know what will happen before it happens.- If I could only see into the future and know how this would all end.
predict pri'dikt/ (и T] to correctly say what will happen in the future: Nostradamus predicted many of the key events of the 20th century. prediction [n C] something that you say will happen in the future
premonition /ргетэ'шрп, ,prii-/[n С] a strange feeling that you know about something that is going to happen in the future, especially something bad: The night
before we sailed. I had a terrible premo nition of danger ahead
when someone tries to talk to the spirits of dead people
medium '"mi idiom [n CI someone who claims that they can hear messages from the spirits of dead people
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Seance 'seiams, -ons||-ams, [л CI a meeting where someone tries to help people to talk to the spirits of dead people: Helen was a medium, and once a month she held a seance in her house.
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strict person
Strict /strikt/ [adj] someone who is strict makes clear rules and expects people always to obey them: a strict teacher + with I think Jill's parents are too strict with her.
+ about The manager is very strict about people getting to work on time, strictly [adu] They brought their children up very strictly.
firm /fa:rm/ [adj] if you are firm with someone, you tell them that they must accept your decision because you are not going to change it: The principal was polite but firm - her answer was 'no'. + with You'll just have to be firm with him and tell him he can't have any more money.
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/irmly [adv] "No," she said firmly, "you can't go." I Bill was firmly opposed to any change in the plans.
tough /tаГ/ [ad/1 very strict, and determined that your orders will be obeyed - use this especially when you think that someone is right to be strict + on Ray was a baseball coach, and known for being tough on his players.
get tough with sb (=start being very strict
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with them) The police have been told to get tough with drunken teenagers in the town centre.
Tough is more informal than strict or
strict rule/law
Strict /strikt/ [adj usually before nounl a strict rule or law is very clear and must always be obeyed: There are strict rules about the use of dangerous chemicals. 1 He had strict instructions to return the key to me. strictly [adv] Smoking is strictly forbidden in this area.
harsh /ha:rJ [ad/1 a harsh law or system
of government has severe punishments - use this especially about something that you think is unfair and too strict: The laws concerning alcohol are very harsh. 1 a harsh military regime harshly [adu- Young offenders were treated very harshly.
tough /1лf/ (adj) tough laws or rules are very strict and do not allow much freedom: The federal government is introducing tough new rules to control immigration. I The athletes had to undergo a tough training programme.
Tough is more informal than strict or harsh
not strict
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lenient "limiant; [adjl not strict in the way that you punish people or control their behaviour: The younger teachers generally had a more lenient attitude towards the students' behaviour. + with The judge was criticized for being too lenient with young offenders. leniently [adv] He asked the police to deal leniently with the boys. leniency [n U1 when someone is not strict: This report shows that wealthy
people are treated with more leniency when they break the law.
easy-going ,i:zi "gaoig[adj] someone who is easy-going does not care about being strict, and is usually calm and relaxed: Our parents are pretty easygoing, and they don't mind if we stay out late.