IDIOMS
Macabre – used to describe something that is very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence.
Sentence – These drawings of the dead are moving rather than macabre.
Magic – the use of special powers to make things happen that would usually be impossible, such as in stories for children.
Sentence – The wicked old woman charmed the princess with magic words.
Magic Wand – a small stick used by people who perform tricks for entertainment.
Sentence – He waved his magic wand and a rabbit appeared.
Make-Believe – believing or imagining things that appear to be attractive or exciting, but are not real.
Sentence – But he did fly, in his imagination, on make-believe journeys to far-off realms.
Make-Up – coloured substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance.
Sentence – Her face was bepainted with excessive make-up.
Mask – a covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it.
Sentence – She whipped the mask off her face.
Masquerade – behaviour that is intended to prevent the truth about something unpleasant or not wanted from becoming known.
Sentence – I was tired of the masquerade myself – it had gone too far without me meaning it.
Mausoleum – a building in which the bodies of dead people are buried
Sentence – After touring the mausoleum, the peasant returns and again asks where he can find Mao alive.
Midnight – twelve o’clock in the middle of the night.
Sentence – Church bells pealed at the stroke of midnight.
Mist – thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water.
Sentence – Mist was rising, and trees and shrubs began to disappear in a milk-white haze.
Monster – any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange.
Sentence – The monster, which is reputed to live in the deep dark water of a Scottish loch.
Moonlit – able to be seen because of the light of the moon.
Sentence – She peered out into the moonlit garden and felt a wave of desperation sweep over her.
Morbid – too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death.
Sentence –He walked quickly, his head full of morbid thoughts.
Mummy – a dead body that is prevented from decaying by being treated with special substances before being wrapped in cloth.
Sentence – He scared me by telling the story of a mummy.
Mysterious – strange, not known, or not understood.
Sentence – There’s something mysterious going on.
Night – the part of every 24-hour period when it is dark because there is very little light from the sun.
Sentence – A scream broke the silence of the night.
Nightmare – a very upsetting or frightening dream.
Sentence – She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare.
Ninja – a Japanese fighter, especially in the past, who moves and acts without being seen and usually carries a short sword.
Sentence – The ninja will get mad and run to the edge.
Ogre – a large frightening character in children’s stories who eats children.
Sentence – The ogre demanded the annual sacrifice of a young village lass to satisfy his blood lust.
Otherworldly – more closely connected to spiritual things than to the ordinary things of life.
Sentence – In this otherworldly space of time, the surprise could be complete.
Petrify – to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak.
Sentence – I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I’ve ever seen came bounding up to me.
Phantasm – something that is seen or imagined but is not real.
Sentence – Like dream, like phantasm, it is a labyrinth what is occult one by one, make me to find the one way…
