terrible secret

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandsecret

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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secret
noun
uk
/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told ...
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(Definition ofterribleandsecretfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Eventually the player discovers aterriblesecret: the shadowy figure responsible for all this chaos is a dark twin.
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The story explores their very complicated on/off relationship due to her inability to commit because of aterriblesecret.
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Hoang describes the film as about the women in her family who unbeknownst to each other, share the sameterriblesecret.
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Ai is a girl who holds aterriblesecretwhich could destroy the current world.
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It is hinted that his heroics are a cover to hide aterriblesecret.
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Unbeknownst to the couple, the neighbor upstairs has aterriblesecret.
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However, the doctor running the retreat has aterriblesecret.
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However, he took it back after learning aterriblesecretbehind his inventions: they were stolen from children's dreams and replaced with nightmares.
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She looks terribly young and at first always relaxed and calm but hide aterriblesecret.
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Nore ignores the warning but strange things happen, and her curiosity leads to the discovery of aterriblesecret.
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Beebo is clearly welling up with aterriblesecretthat forced her to move east, and guilt that comes with leaving her father alone.
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He replies that he also knows theterriblesecretshe has used to control and destroy him all these years: that she never lost the eye.
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It is a story of inescapable family bonds, terrible secrets, and of miracles.
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It allows the wearer to hear thoughts and feelings of others; it can backfire if the ones the wearer is listening to have terrible secrets.
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Meanwhile, some terrible secrets had come to light.
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