strange phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrangeandphenomenon
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strange
adjective
uk/streɪndʒ/us/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofstrangeandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Astrangephenomenonhas arisen that was not foreseen by the seventeenth century benefactor.
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Singularity appearance at an internal point of the region or, physically speaking, a viscous collapse of vorticity, seems itself to be an unusual andstrangephenomenon.
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I accept the importance of understanding thestrangephenomenonwhich is involved here, to the answer to which we have not yet been led.
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But it is astrangephenomenonthat this will be true not of all 81 representatives but of all but five of the 81.
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Such a relationship is a singularlystrangephenomenonwith which to move into the 21st century.
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That is astrangephenomenon—someone who says that he believes in the poll tax and will fight for it.
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Can he explain thisstrangephenomenonand what can be done to prevent it from continuing?
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That is to me a verystrangephenomenon.
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Criminologists sometimes do studies and write learned articles on astrangephenomenonthat they encounter in their work.
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We have astrangephenomenonin the country now.
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So we were regarded as somewhat of astrangephenomenon.
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That was my first introduction to thestrangephenomenonfrom which we seem to suffer in this country: age discrimination.
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It is astrangephenomenonin this country that last year an unemployed couple was paid £47·85 benefit a week to live on.
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Waiting lists are astrangephenomenon.
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Unpopularity is astrangephenomenon.
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I find that astrangephenomenon.
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That is not astrangephenomenon.
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Thisstrangephenomenonmight be described as a reverse look-ahead.
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Some have claimed that photographs taken there show ectoplasmic mist and otherstrangephenomenonassociated with psychic photography.
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One day the boy saw astrangephenomenonin the jungle lake where he went with his cattle.
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