complete mystery

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteandmystery

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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mystery
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪs.tɚ.i/
something strange or not known that has not yet been explained ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandmysteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The neurophysiological bases that commit the bulk of humanity to the supernatural remain acompletemystery.
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The identity of this writer remained for a time acompletemystery.
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There is a shortage of facts: we have no information on the economic impact, which still remains acompletemystery.
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What has happened is acompletemysteryto them.
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They are mean-minded and violent individuals, and it is acompletemysteryto me how counselling the commission of an offence will apply to them.
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It is a matter of choice but this whole matter is acompletemysteryto the giver.
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That has always been acompletemysteryto me.
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This is still acompletemystery, and it is something we shall have to learn about as time goes on.
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It is acompletemysterywhy he chooses not to do so.
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It is acompletemysteryto me, and nobody has ever given me an answer.
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That concept is acompletemysteryto those of our constituents who are, for example, waiting for hip operations.
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For my part that attitude is acompletemystery.
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It is acompletemysteryto me and to thousands of people outside.
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Great stretches of it remain acompletemysteryto me.
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What is happening to all the money is acompletemystery.
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The matter is acompletemysteryto me.
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The methods of manufacturing the simplest products are acompletemysteryto far too many people in this country.
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At all events, it is acompletemysteryto me why the landlord should have to pay compensation.
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How that could be done without the university heavily and clandestinely subsidising the associaions is acompletemystery.
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