marvellous thing

collocation in English

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marvellous
adjective
uk
/ˈmɑː.vəl.əs/us
/ˈmɑːr.vəl.əs/
extremely ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofmarvellousandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was amarvellousthing, we made our own scene, and realized the need to take music out of the classroom into practical experience.
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Themarvellousthingabout the academy is that it will be building on sure foundations.
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It is amarvellousthingthat every single driver speaks for all other drivers.
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The fact that it exists is in itself a mostmarvellousthing.
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It is amarvellousthingto get one of them to speak.
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That would be amarvellousthingto add to the water, would it not?
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Themarvellousthingabout them is that they all sound like 18th-century warships.
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It was amarvellousthing, and it did clean the air.
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It has built a theatre—imagine a theatre in the provinces—which is amarvellousthing.
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Themarvellousthingabout this debate is that it is a matter of judgment.
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The old-fashioned, excellent capitalist system of the early 19th century did amarvellousthingfor mankind.
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I think that digging is amarvellousthingfor everybody.
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It was amarvellousthing; everybody was delighted.
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It is amarvellousthingfor the old people.
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It is flourishing and that is amarvellousthing.
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Amarvellousthingwill be destroyed by trying to achieve the impossible.
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Themarvellousthingabout housing benefit is that it is directed at individuals' needs.
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That will help to keep farmers in their tenanted farms, which is amarvellousthing.
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It is amarvellousthing, but we must not get it out of proportion.
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If people do intend to use them, it is the mostmarvellousthingin the world.
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