survival skill

collocation in English

meaningsofsurvivalandskill

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survival
adjective
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vəl/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
continuing to exist or wanting to continue ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofsurvivalandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From the beginning of humanity it has been our most importantsurvivalskillto be able to stay away from or dodge danger.
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He was extremely frustrated on the show because the other participants had so little wildernesssurvivalskill.
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It expressed an importantsurvivalskillin making use of what materials were available.
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This move has totally destroyed our survival skills.
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Accordingly, behaviorally relevant defects are likely to be in systems that could at least be partially compensated for in relation to normal survival skills.
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What survival skills can be rehearsed without conceptual coordination?
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The hypothesis as applied to humans specifically is that dreaming rehearses threat perception and threat avoidance, particularly significant types of human ancestral survival skills. 16.
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Pupils were confident in the water, and had acquired technical competence in swimming strokes along with a range of survival skills.
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Should there not be a trained voluntary body of potential leaders to instruct in emergency on survival skills after attack?
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Those challenges have often been in the natural environment — trekking, mountaineering, orienteering and learning survival skills.
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His survival skills are an asset to the group, and he is often charged with leading the raids because of his rationality and levelheadedness.
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Hana learns an adequate amount of wilderness survival skills from her father during her childhood.
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This class focuses on range combat and status attacks, while relying on traps and survival skills.
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However, survival skills will no longer be the determining factor to bring the prize home.
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It features survival skills learned from some of the world's most hostile places.
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He had no survival skills prior to appearing on the show.
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His books delve into the habits of the jungle tribes, their survival skills, and their day-to-day lives.
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Lusth was perceived a threat due to his outstanding physical strength and survival skills and led his tribes to numerous immunities.
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