strange thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrangeandthing
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strange
adjective
uk/streɪndʒ/us/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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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 ofstrangeandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The onlystrangethingabout load is the way it is implemented.
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This is not to detract from their value but it is important to realize the differences as memory can be astrangething.
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That is astrangethingfor him to say.
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Thestrangethingis that compensation can be paid in certain circumstances to those contracting rheumatism.
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But there is this criticism; there is onestrangethingabout the scheme.
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Thestrangethingis that our country is to the key to world peace.
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On reflection, does he not think that that was a ratherstrangethingto say?
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It is astrangethingfor him to say.
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There is astrangethingabout people who start and own their businesses.
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Like the men, they give a reflection of thatstrangething, public opinion.
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It always seemed to me astrangethingthat.
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It seems astrangethingto make a political revolution for two such objects as those.
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I thought that astrangethingto say.
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Thestrangethingis that there was no discussion on this issue even in another place.
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It is astrangething, but that can happen.
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I noticed astrangethinghappening to me.
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It is astrangethingto say, but it is true.
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Thestrangethingabout that booklet was that it contained nothing about the farming community.
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Thestrangethingis this, that this dock is going to be insured.
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I should have thought that a verystrangethingto do.
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