uncanny ability

collocation in English

meaningsofuncannyandability

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uncanny
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈkæn.i/us
/ʌnˈkæn.i/
strange or mysterious, often in a way that is ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofuncannyandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He strikes a chord with modern readers, who often marvel at hisuncannyabilityto speak directly to them.
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Still, he shows here once again hisuncannyabilityin sifting through documentary material with an eye for the revealing episode and the telltale behaviour.
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Anecdotal evidence suggests that effective teachers have anuncannyabilityto match repertoire to their students' ability and personality, thus motivating them to learn and to improve.
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Feldman considers anuncannyabilityto discern the pulse of state politics.
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How, then, can we explain theuncannyabilityof human beings to unthinkingly adapt to local circumstance in ways that seem so consistent with the predictions of evolutionary psychology?
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Adams has anuncannyabilityto layer up exciting rhythmic polyphony, through pulsating repetitions of simple harmonies in some unusual groupings of strings, brass and woodwind.
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Alarm grew among the locals as the creature seemed to have anuncannyabilityto evade the traps set for it.
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She can float through walls and has anuncannyabilityto hear everyone's gossip.
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Sometimes that dependability is reflected in hisuncannyabilityto make the wrong choices for the right reasons, which usually involve his brother.
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He has theuncannyabilityto tell where the victim of his cases died, and how they died based on their blood's smell and taste.
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He also has theuncannyabilityto freestyle for long stretches of time.
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He showed theuncannyabilityof shutting down opponents, while gathering plenty of possession and setting up play further up the ground.
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He became famous for his allegedlyuncannyabilityto track down old and very rare wines, and for arranging extravagant wine tastings featuring these wines.
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They also seem to have anuncannyabilityto remember fans, sometime by name, who only attend a show every 2 or 3 years.
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Another record, she has theuncannyabilityto remember 6000 customer account numbers.
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He has anuncannyabilityto estimate distances and plot trajectories with amazing accuracy.
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He has anuncannyabilityto get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves.
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He also spoke about hisuncannyabilityto score goals with his head for a player of his size.
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Furthermore, he understood what people like and enjoy living with and had anuncannyabilityto turn that knowledge into comfortable, elegant designs.
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He is very observant and has anuncannyabilityto read people.
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