strange creature

collocation in English

meaningsofstrangeandcreature

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strange
adjective
uk
/streɪndʒ/us
/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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creature
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkriː.tʃər/us
/ˈkriː.tʃɚ/
any large or small living thing that can ...
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(Definition ofstrangeandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I suspect that, even in the fulness of time, it may not replace thatstrangecreatureof our times, the level playing field.
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I have spoken about thisstrangecreaturewith these chameleon-like propensities.
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The inventor is a funny person, astrangecreature, in that he is born an inventor; he is never anything else.
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Some have thought that we are creating some new,strangecreatureunder whose auspices just about everything will be ordained, designed and structured.
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Then we come to thisstrangecreature—the cover charge orcouvert.
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We want opting in with a clear notion of where we want thisstrangecreatureto go without exaggerating its dangers or its hopes.
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Man is astrangecreatureone of the nastiest animals on earth, which fouls its nest and destroys beauty.
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Sometimes, in the middle one inserts astrangecreaturewho holds the head lease.
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The shrimp, like all these crustaceans, is a verystrangecreature.
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And it is astrangecreature.
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As he explores the hotel, he sees astrangecreaturecrawl out from the floor and attempt to attack him.
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Astrangecreature, clinging to the wall, secretly observes their every move.
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The book begins with the sudden appearance of astrangecreaturein a turn-of-the-century manor house.
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Dio enters with astrangecreaturethat followed him home from the mountains.
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On the island, the prince saw astrangecreature, which he was told was a lion.
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She escapes and saves astrangecreaturefrom harm.
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Moomintroll himself is changed into astrangecreatureby the hat when he uses it to hide in during a game.
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Astrangecreatureis trying to prevent them from breaking the seals.
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One day, while collecting bottle tops near a beach, he discovers astrangecreature, that seems to be a combination of an industrial boiler, a crab, and an octopus.
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During this conflict, astrangecreaturecapable of absorbing magical energy, known as a balhiir, was accidentally released from a crystal where it had been contained.
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