strange combination

collocation in English

meaningsofstrangeandcombination

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strange
adjective
uk
/streɪndʒ/us
/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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combination
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the mixture you get when two or more things ...
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(Definition ofstrangeandcombinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The picture is astrangecombinationof imperial and progressive elements.
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It is astrangecombinationof sponsorship and advertising.
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That appears to be a verystrangecombination.
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Here we have astrangecombinationof true temperance and false colours.
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This causes astrangecombinationof warp flesh and machine.
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It then went to the other place where it was sabotaged by astrangecombinationincluding hang-gliders and horseriders.
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His music often surprises by its extravagant ideas,strangecombinationof the instruments or incredibly long duration.
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They seem to be astrangecombinationof innocence and flippancy, garnished round with a smattering of reformist zeal, without any adequate thought whatever having been devoted to the matter.
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Roquentin is the classic existentialist hero whose attempts to pierce the veil of perception lead him to astrangecombinationof disgust and wonder.
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Thestrangecombinationof a creature produces the solid substance silica and builds himself in with the by-product, then sleeps for an unknown length of time.
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