trained eye

collocation in English

meaningsoftrainedandeye

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trained
adjective
uk
/treɪnd/
us
/treɪnd/
having been prepared for a particular job or activity, by learning skills, getting ...
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eye
noun[C]
uk
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us
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one of the two organs in your face that are used ...
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(Definition oftrainedandeyefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrained eye

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The places where flakes have been knapped from its surface are clear (to thetrainedeye).
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Closely-related species can look identical even to thetrainedeye.
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Though appearing in identical format from the same publisher, and with similarly lurid dustjacket illustrations, atrainedeyecan identify differences of genus even in advance of reading the texts.
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Implicit in this question is the assumption that drawings are capable of representing the 'complete' building, from which all spatial relationships can be recovered by thetrainedeye.
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The signs and the children may be difficult to identify with certainty, even by thetrainedeye.
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In fact, the term "need" is the better term and it takes thetrainedeyeto detect this.
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It dines not need thetrainedeyeto notice the obvious cracks in structure and ceilings, but whose role is it to compensate for such devaluation of property?
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Such extraneous objects have characteristics that allow atrainedeyeto distinguish them.
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This is another valuable service as a good counterfeit can be hard to detect even by atrainedeye.
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These indicated to thetrainedeyethat the wearers were full-time soldiers.
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But they are easily spotted by thetrainedeye, because the modern copies were softer and rounder.
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If you do nt have atrainedeye, then be careful with harvesting and eating the beans.
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However, certain physical characteristics separate the two, and can be easy to identify to thetrainedeye.
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Like oil, these lockers look crude, but to thetrainedeye, they're as good as gold.
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Atrainedeyeis necessary to distinguish the two species.
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These tiny structures can be perceived by atrainedeye, but only as far as the image quality allows.
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They are most commonly found in skateparks and a skiing/snowboarding terrain park, although thetrainedeyeof an extreme sports fan can find them in modern day architecture.
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