I would cast a spell to put me in the mindset to find a better job".
"The things that spell San Francisco to me are disappearing fast," Gavin Elster, the troubled businessman, complains to Scottie Ferguson, in "Vertigo".
Mr. Cowie's menus often feature sugary nightclub drinks that spell hangover to me, despite their festive intentions.
Physiotherapist and personal trainer Kim Saha, who runs her own high intensity fitness training classes, doesn't understand the dark element either: "Darkness does not spell exercise to me," she said.
"Meeting Sophie's mother graphically spelled out to me that when a human life is lost in such brutal circumstances, there is a tear in the fabric of human life," says Gibbons. "When violence is ubiquitous in film and on TV and we routinely see tens, hundreds of people mown down in computer game-style, it is easy to become desensitised.
The phrase also has implications for treatment, suggesting that the patient would be automatically referred for further investigations or opinion; " that spells referral to me".
"This spell to Collingwood is reminding me of an innnings of Atherton's," says Paul Frame, "not Jo'burg but that evening at Trent Bridge when it was clear that here lay the match, whoever won that contest would clinch the game.
But still, the pricing here seems to be somewhat on the high side and doesn't exactly spell impulse buy to me.
As much as this spells crowd-pleaser to me, I would have considered this something for a niche crowd.
One high-ranking European official recently spelled it out to me this way: "The Europeans feel awkward because they think the US bombing policy is necessary, but insufficient.
That spelled better health to me.
