extraordinary skill

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandskill

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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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 ofextraordinaryandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The dictator himself would ride the waves of change withextraordinaryskill.
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He hadextraordinaryskillin vivisection and so was able to lay bare the neural pathways that switched on or off even such a deeply hidden organ as the pancreas.
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There have been in the past people who for some reason or other have developed anextraordinaryskillin promoting affairs of this kind.
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It is perfectly true that she has managed her currency withextraordinaryskill.
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It allowed me to see, hear and experience theextraordinaryskilland professionalism that is required.
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They are dumping their goods withextraordinaryskill.
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Apart from their courage, prison officers show quiteextraordinaryskillin managing prisoners in those appalling conditions.
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They have taken up the work with immense enthusiasm, and have developed quiteextraordinaryskill.
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Our monetary policy since that time has been carried out withextraordinaryskill.
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It is a slender story but is recounted withextraordinaryskillin telling a story through pictures, which is what cinema is about.
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It is written withextraordinaryskill, and whoever wrote it deserves the warmest congratulations of his masters.
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What we know—and there is no secret about it—is that people were not aware of the extraordinary deviousness and equallyextraordinaryskillin concealment.
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It is perhaps difficult for a landsman to realise theextraordinaryskillwhich is required to navigate with accuracy through gales and cloud over the vast spaces of the sea.
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Then he went on a large tour that granted him great fame for hisextraordinaryskillon the violin.
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Othon becomes a mercenary ofextraordinaryskilland power.
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Neoclassical gilt-bronze is often entirely chiseled and chased withextraordinaryskilland delicacy to create finely varied surfaces.
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Despite numerous personal feats ofextraordinaryskilland cunning, he belittles his achievements by numerous rationalizations, remembering only his fears.
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