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magic
Noun
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Magic has to do with making things happen in ways that are not physical, and might be called supernatural.
The fairy god mother used magic to turn mice into horses.
The Order of the Golden Dawn claimed to practice Christian magic.
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A kind of entertainment that uses tricks to make it look like impossible things have happened.
He pulled rabbit out of a hat at the magic show, then he cut someone in half and put them back together alive. (He didn't do these things, but made it look like he did; the speaker knows that.)
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Anything wonderful, beautiful, or very special.
Love is the greatest magic of all.
Imagination is part of the magic of childhood.
roundabout
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adjective
(= circuitous)
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
a roundabout paragraph
hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
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adjective
(= devious, circuitous)
deviating from a straight course
a scenic but devious route
a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
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noun
(= rotary)
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
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noun
(= carousel)
a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement