mortal world

collocation in English

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mortal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɔː.təl/us
/ˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
(of living things, especially people) unable to continue living for ever; having ...
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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofmortalandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Her song of farewell to themortalworldcries out that her sentence is too hard and too cruel.
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Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty that must die, and set not your affections on thismortalworldof dust.
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He walked beautifully and perfectly, with long strides, and was obviously not of themortalworld.
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However, it is not until he eats his first human meal (a meal of pancakes) that he is forever bound to themortalworld.
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As the group searches for an escape route back to themortalworld, they encounter numerous souls adrift in the water.
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His test of virtue is to spend forty years in themortalworldwhile remaining free of human vice.
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The multo is the soul of a dead person that has returned to themortalworld.
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Unless they are carefully trained to resist daemonic possession, psykers can become living conduits by which daemons can enter themortalworldand wreak havoc.
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Grass, trees, fish, birds, beasts, and humans all had the power of speech, making themortalworldextremely loud.
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Vibhishana promises to release him if he swears to forgo any further invasion of themortalworld.
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This then rains down into themortalworldto infect those in it.
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They enter themortalworldthrough gaps to inflict terror on the humans to allow the river to flood over both worlds.
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His front in themortalworldis ownership of a jewelry store, but he alludes to having influence over the movie industry.
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In this form, she was able to communicate with her nima (niece) in themortalworld, keeping her true form disguised.
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Even after her husband was deceased, she continues to live in themortalworld, believing that it is better to be normal.
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The siblings have to keep their secret safe while living in themortalworld.
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All the while themortalworldcontinues on close to what we have always known, unaware of the invisible war that transpires around and within.
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Ancient architecture is characterized by this tension between the divine andmortalworld.
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If you will send us back without it, we will leave thismortalworld.
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Clairvoyance: an uncanny awareness of his circumstances that allows him to turn disadvantages into advantages, an understanding of divine interactions with themortalworld.
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