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    marvellous


    1. “Doesn’t she look marvellous though? He’s worked wonders with her


    2. The soldier began to understand what a marvellous mobile phone this was, and he thoroughly understood why the old woman had wanted it back so urgently


    3. In this febrile atmosphere of ratings wars and popular novelty, an executive producer at a small independent production company came up with a marvellous new idea


    4. I’ve never seen her so confident … it was marvellous


    5. himself just how marvellous his saviour’s recovery had been


    6. came up with a marvellous new idea


    7. That would be marvellous – I’m starving!’


    8. marvellous solution?’ said the Investigator as they stood


    9. The sober and frugal debtors of private persons, on the contrary, would be more likely to employ the money borrowed in sober undertakings which were proportioned to their capitals, and which, though they might have less of the grand and the marvellous, would have more of the solid and the profitable ; which would repay with a large profit whatever had been laid out upon them, and which would thus afford a fund capable of maintaining a much greater quantity of labour than that which had been employed about them


    10. His collection? Clearly, in the Professor’s little fantasy world, the simplest everyday objects could be misinterpreted as something marvellous and strange

    11. The few European travellers who had been there, had magnified the distance, perhaps through simplicity and ignorance ; what was really very great, appearing almost infinite to those who could not measure it; or, perhaps, in order to increase somewhat more the marvellous of their own adventures in visiting regions so immensely remote from Europe


    12. The account which Bernier gives of some works of this kind in Indostan, falls very short of what had been reported of them by other travellers, more disposed to the marvellous than he was


    13. “Could I have some water please I am spitting bloody feathers here?” The face withdrew but it was back shortly with a small glass of water which she helped me drink and a good job otherwise I would have choked myself but it tasted marvellous


    14. I lit a fag and then took a good dup of the beer it tasted marvellous Beth came into the kitchen and sat with me we talked about Rosie and Beth said


    15. “Hear, hear and I will tell you something else it tastes marvellous there is a real tang to it that really complements it


    16. I really thought that the future would be something to behold and full of marvellous things and inventions I mean just look how far the aeroplane had come


    17. this marvellous vision which is denied to others


    18. It is a marvellous sight to see and hear and the gunners soon learned to use airburst to great effect for killing terrorists and would deliberately fire into stones or trees to do so


    19. Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 13 O you seed of Israel his servant,


    20. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations

    21. That vigil had taken girlhood from her eyes, yet she kept her youth to a marvellous degree


    22. 9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:


    23. 21 Blessed be the Lord, for he has showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city


    24. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan


    25. 5 Remember his marvellous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;


    26. 15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvellous things


    27. streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets of it; 6 So says the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes


    28. 17 Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was to them for a cover by day and a


    29. 6 And he has given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works


    30. 17 The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that

    31. 2 The sun when it appears, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the Most High,


    32. Full of wonder, beauty and marvellous, has miraculous creations


    33. 48 In this also you are marvellous before the Most High: 49 In that you have humbled yourself,


    34. am I reckoned among those who are more excellent than I, That I have heard all these marvellous things from the Most High, And


    35. 11 For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvellous deeds


    36. 20 But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory, for when she saw her seven


    37. 1 The men took me on to the fifth Heaven and placed me, and there I saw many and countless soldiers, called Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their mouths perpetual, and their was no service on the fifth Heaven, and I said to the men who were with me: 2 therefore are these very withered and their faces melancholy, and their mouths silent; and therefore is there no service on this Heaven? 3 And they said to me: These are the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord of light, and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second Heaven, and three of them went down on to Earth from the Lord's throne, to the place Ermon, and broke through their vows on the shoulder of the hill Ermon and saw the daughters of men how good they are, and took for themselves wives, and befouled the Earth with their deeds, who in all times of their age made lawlessness and mixing, and giants are born and marvellous big men and great enmity


    38. 2 So in a moment of eternity I saw the Lord's face, but the Lord's face is ineffable, marvellous and very awful, and very, very aweful


    39. 1 The men took me on to the fifth Heaven and placed me and there I saw many and countless soldiers called Grigori of human appearance and their size was greater than that of great giants and their faces withered and the silence of their mouths perpetual and their was no service on the fifth Heaven and I said to the men who were with me: 2 therefore are these very withered and their faces melancholy and their mouths silent; and therefore is there no service on this Heaven? 3 And they said to me: These are the Grigori who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord of light and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second Heaven and three of them went down on to Earth from the Lord's throne to the place Ermon and broke through their vows on the shoulder of the hill Ermon and saw the daughters of men how good they are and took for themselves wives and befouled the Earth with their deeds who in all times of their age made lawlessness and mixing and giants are born and marvellous big men and great enmity


    40. 2 So in a moment of eternity I saw the Lord's face but the Lord's face is ineffable marvellous and very awful and very very aweful

    41. 48 In this also you are marvellous before the most High: 49 In that you have humbled yourself as it becomes you and has not judged yourself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous


    42. 9 For what am I among men Or why am I reckoned among those who are more excellent than I That I have heard all these marvellous things from the Most High And numberless promises from Him who created me? 10 Blessed be my mother among those who bear And praised among women be she who bore me


    43. 11 For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvellous deeds


    44. 12 For who does like to Your marvellous deeds O God Or who comprehend Your deep thought of life


    45. 18 After him also they brought the sixth who being ready to die said Be not deceived without cause for we suffer these things for ourselves having sinned against our God therefore marvellous things are done to us


    46. 20 But the mother was marvellous above all and worthy of honourable memory for when she saw her seven sons killed within the space of one day she bore it with a good courage because of the hope that she had in the Lord


    47. This was from the Lord it is marvellous in our eyes?'A


    48. 11 And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again; And when they heard that he was in the house many gathered so that it could not hold them even about the door; and he made known to them the word of God; And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law sitting come from all the villages of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them; And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic; And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him; And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people they went up to the roof and let him down with his bed from the roofing into the midst before Jesus; And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic My son your sins are forgiven you; And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts Why does this man blaspheme? Who is it that is able to forgive sins but God alone? 18 And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves and he said to them Why do you think this within your heart? Which is better that it should be said to the paralytic Your sins are forgiven you or that it should be said to him Arise and take your bed and walk? So that you may know that the Son of man is empowered on Earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic) I say to you Arise take your bed and go to your house; And he rose forthwith and took his bed and went out in the presence of all; And he went to his house praising God; And when those multitudes saw they feared; and amazement took possession of them and they praised God who had given such power to men; And they said We have seen marvellous things to-day of which we have never before seen the like


    49. In reply I said to her "This is magnificent and marvellous


    50. But seeing me altogether agitated and confused he began to speak to me in more gentle tones; and he said: "O feel senseless and doubting do you not perceive how great is the glory of God and how strong and marvellous in that He created the world for the sake of man and subjected all creation to him and gave him power to rule over everything under heaven? If then man is lord of the creatures of God and rules over all is he not able to be lord also of these commandments? For" says he "the man who has the Lord in his heart can also be lord of all and of everyone of these commandments














































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    Synonyms for "marvellous"

    improbable marvellous marvelous tall miraculous fantastic grand howling rattling terrific tremendous wonderful wondrous

    "marvellous" definitions

    extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers


    being or having the character of a miracle


    too improbable to admit of belief