strange place

collocation in English

meaningsofstrangeandplace

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strange
adjective
uk
/streɪndʒ/us
/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition ofstrangeandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstrange place

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But this is certainly astrangeplaceto heave the burden of proof.
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On to the memorial: what astrangeplace.
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They would not be strangers in astrangeplace.
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I find this a strange time and astrangeplacefor the proposal to be put forward.
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This is a ratherstrangeplace, is it not?
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It seems astrangeplaceto put it.
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Prison is astrangeplacein which to draw up a psychiatric report.
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This is astrangeplaceto work in, because no account is taken of our differing work loads.
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What astrangeplaceto look for help!
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Generally speaking, a policeman, especially to a stranger in astrangeplace, is a help and a friend.
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The forest, however, to those who know it well, is astrangeplace.
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For my part, it seems a verystrangeplaceto begin the process.
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It sometimes seems to be a daunting andstrangeplace.
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He was stuck at the station in astrangeplacewhere he knew nobody, and was unable to get to his destination.
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Take the question of the teacher evacuated along with the children, planked down in astrangeplace.
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It may well do, but the world is astrangeplaceand, as with all savings, when money is saved in one area, costs seem to crop up somewhere else.
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This veritably is astrangeplace.
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This is astrangeplace.
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The definition of such processes has been taken out of the articles and inserted into the (non-mandatory) recitals, which is astrangeplacefor such an important and controversial issue.
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It is astrangeplace.
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