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ghost English

Meaning ghost meaning

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ghost

A ghost is the spirit or soul of a man. A ghost is the soul of a dead person that shows up after death. The house was haunted by the ghost of the little boy who used to live here. ref Date 2012 Publication information New York : Grand Central Pub.,Edition: 1st ed. Title You came back :a novel Author Coake, Christopher./ref A ghost is any faint thing that looks like a shadow. A ghost is a ghostwriter.

ghost

(= specter, spectre) a mental representation of some haunting experience he looked like he had seen a ghost it aroused specters from his past move like a ghost The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard (= ghostwrite) write for someone else How many books have you ghostwritten so far? the visible disembodied soul of a dead person (= ghostwriter) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else (= touch) a suggestion of some quality there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone he detected a ghost of a smile on her face (= haunt) haunt like a ghost; pursue Fear of illness haunts her

Synonyms ghost synonyms

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Topics ghost topics

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  • What words refer to person after they die?

Conjugation ghost conjugation

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ghost · verb

Examples ghost examples

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Simple sentences

The ghost vanished suddenly.
The children sat around the campfire and listened to Tom tell ghost stories.
Tell us a ghost story!
What would you do if you saw a ghost?
The ghost story was terrifying.
John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.
Satan's ghost awakes.
I had hoped to get another 50,000 miles out of my car, but it gave up the ghost on the expressway and it would cost too much to fix it.
I actually saw a ghost.
They were scared at the sight of the ghost.
She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
She looked as though she had seen a ghost.
She was amazed at the sight of the ghost.
When I saw the ghost, I was so frightened that my hair stood on end.
Before long, the ghost disappeared into a thick fog.
Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.
Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.
When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.
Jody looks as if she had seen a ghost.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
She felt as if she had seen a ghost.
She looks as if she had seen a ghost.
She was surprised when she saw the ghost.

Movie subtitles

Crazy ghost.
Are you a ghost or a human?!
Hey, storage yard ghost. Guard those sauces and pastes well.
The taste of the sauces depends on how the storage yard ghost works, you know?
That means she is not a ghost.
Hey, Verandah Ghost!
Well Ghost!
Hey, Storage Yard (Ghost)!
T-t-that. is that a ghost or a person?
She's not a ghost, but a gumiho!
Whether she's a ghost or a gumiho, he's totally possessed, possessed!
What, dating a ghost?
If looks could kill, I'd be the ghost right now.
Oh, my gosh, you have changed my life, Dr. Dream Ghost Akopian.
It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!
The attendant of Box Five will not laugh when you ask about the opera ghost!
That was the Opera ghost!
What is it? You're as pale as a ghost.
Professor, vampires only exist in ghost stories.
What are you doing here sneaking around like a ghost? - I hate my wife.
Why David, you come upon me like a reproachful ghost!
It's more than man can stand to be at sea forever in a ghost ship.
We don't stand a ghost of a chance against them.
Maybe a ghost.
That guy's a ghost. He slipped right through my fingers.
Susan, imagine giving a dinner party with your husband stalking. like Hamlet's ghost all through the meal.
Come and see a ghost from the past!
I'm no ghost, I'm me.
I was so surprised, too, that I thought I was seeing a ghost.
Seriously, we can't talk without the mention of a ghost.
Are you a ghost or a human?
Doesn't this house have a Verandah Ghost?
It's strange.. People seem to be living here though.. Hey, Storage Yard (Ghost)!
Dr. Dream Ghost Akopian.
Now she's a ghost, boo.
Well, I'm glad to see you get rid of that ghost.

News and current affairs

When NATO leaders meet for their summit in Riga at the end of this month, there will be a ghost at the feast: Afghanistan's opium.
Until the surviving bomber was found, Boston was reduced to a ghost town.
Not to help us, of course - at least not to help the city that contains armies of feral dogs, making it appear at times like a ghost town in a Sergio Leone cowboy movie.
Hunting after his own ghost - an obvious sign of inner unhappiness - Hidalgo searched for a place where dreams, reality, sainthood, love, and justice coexist.
But another ghost haunts the continent: economic ignorance about Latin America in the capitals of the West.
So far, that feeling remains a ghost.
By invoking Hitler's ghost too often, we trivialize the enormity of what he actually did.
Murdered when France and Germany refused to abide by its rules, the Stability Pact's ghost is haunting Europe, particularly the postcommunist countries that join the European Union in May.
WOLLERAU, SWITZERLAND - Scientific fraud, plagiarism, and ghost writing are increasingly being reported in the news media, creating the impression that misconduct has become a widespread and omnipresent evil in scientific research.
As could be expected, Che applied Soviet policies to the Cubans: agriculture was destroyed and ghost factories dotted the landscape.
Stalin's ghost is no substitute for a real live leader; he will never leap out of his portraits, no matter how often they are waved.
After all, who wants to build offices, stores, and shopping centers in the empty ghost towns that litter the American West?
The ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt haunts Barack Obama's United States.
The pace of urbanization should dispel Western doubts stemming from concerns over so-called ghost cities and chronic over-investment.
With rural-to-urban migration averaging 15 to 20 million people per year, today's so-called ghost cities quickly become tomorrow's thriving metropolitan areas.
As a result, some once-booming Chinese coastal areas now look like ghost towns, as tens of thousands of laid-off workers have packed their bags and returned to the countryside.
So the ghost of Augusto Pinochet lingers.
Chernobyl is a ghost town -- a contaminated, deserted place where time stands still.

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