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The film is about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to prove himself capable by helping a young girl named Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, an aspiring actor, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
WISH definition: 1. used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about a state or situation that…. Learn more.
A wish is a desire or strong feeling that you want to have something or do something. She was sincere and genuine in her wish to make amends for the past. Clearly she had no wish for conversation.
We use wish with a that-clause when we regret or are sorry that things are not different. We imagine a different past or present: I just wish that everything could be as it used to be. In informal situations, we usually omit that: I wish I had his mobile phone number; we could tell him the good news.
WISH definition: 1. to want a situation that is different from the one that exists: 2. to want to do something: 3…. Learn more.
Definition of wish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When Anabel Greening (Mara Wilson) makes a wish for her father, Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), to be cast in a coveted role in a Broadway musical, Murray (Martin Short), a well-meaning but blundering male 'fairy godmother,' accidentally turns Oliver into a statue instead.
