ADJ
- lengthy, long, prolonged
- brief, short
- 5-minute, 10-day, etc.
- good
- bad
- He's going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment
- quiet
- barren, lean
- Viera ended his barren spell with a goal against Parma
- cold, dry, hot, mild, sunny, warm, wet
PREP
- during a … ~
- She managed to write a letter during a quiet spell at work
- ~ as
- He had a brief spell as ambassador to Turkey
PHRASES
- a spell of … weather
- a spell of sunny weather
- a spell of unemployment
ADJ
- magic, magical
- powerful
- hypnotic
- the hypnotic spell of the crickets singing in the garden
VERB + SPELL
- be/come/fall under
- cast, put, weave
- The witch cast a spell on/over them
- break, remove
- She uttered the magic word, and the spell was broken
PREP
- under a/the ~
- Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her
- under sb's ~
- The audience was completely under his spell