One of Nina Simone's most popular songs was "I Put a Spell On You."

VOA: special.2009.10.04

Conquest and exile were events that normally would spell the end of a particular ethnic national group, particularly in antiquity.

一般情况下，一个种族群体的结局,不外乎就是征服其他民族或被其他民族征服，然后被流放，特别是在古代。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The soldier becomes, in fantasy here, the spectator, as the war turns around and comes back, reversed by a kind of evil charm or spell, coming home.

在想象中这名士兵成为了旁观者，在战争转回再次回来的时候，被一种邪恶的咒语推翻，再次回来。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The farmers call it flying the seeds. In a dry spell, saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico can seep into Louisiana's aquifers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

That's why I spent a couple of minutes trying to spell it out.

否则我也不会花这些时间去阐述它

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You just need to express in ASCII character, one at a time, and these brave souls are simply going to spell something out for us to hammer home this point of binary.

你们只需要每人代表一个ASCII码，这些勇敢的小伙子们就是想,清楚的让大家理解二进制原理。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

..I have kept hidden in the instep arch Of an old cedar at the waterside A broken drinking goblet like the Grail Under a spell so the wrong ones can't find it, So can't get saved as Saint Mark says they mustn't.

我还保存着一只坏了的高脚酒杯,埋在水边的一棵老树底下,像受了符咒的圣杯,使坏人找不到，如圣马可所说：他们因此不能得救。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选