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Meanings of fortunetelling in английском

The practice of predicting information about a person's future.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "fortune telling"
        Examples for "fortune telling"
        1
        Neither does I believe in the fortune telling or charms.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        2
        Tells how they live, how they supplement their relief payment by fortune telling, etc.
        The new yorker
        3
        Then he gets this fortune telling him that happiness is right next to him.
        In the hat: a novel of suspense
        4
        Many may be skeptical that feng shui or other fortune telling can bring in riches.
        Reuters
        5
        But Muslim scholars consider fortune telling to be blasphemy.
        Reuters
        Usage of fortunetelling in английском
        1
        Surely, while God was prohibiting fortunetelling and bestiality he could have mentioned something about misuses of fried-chicken slabs.
        Wired
        2
        Herbalists and hedge-doctors were lying low in Caemlyn right now; there was talk against anyone who did any kind of healing, or fortunetelling.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        3
        "Knowing that rather takes the glamour out of fortunetelling-makesit the simplest, most obvious thing imaginable."
        The Sirens of Titan
        4
        "Local statutes against fortunetelling," burst out Judge Robinson.
        Greener Than You Think
        5
        "She didn't like my fortunetelling," said Rumfoord.
        The Sirens of Titan
        Frequent collocations
        Fortunetelling through the time