| Front | knack |
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| Back | knack /næk/ noun informal 1[singular] a natural skill or ability → talent knack for doing something Some people seem to have a knack for making money. knack of doing something Thomson’s knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team. 2have a knack of doing something British English to have a tendency to do something: He has a knack of saying the wrong thing. COLLOCATIONS verbs have a knack He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him. get the knack Once you've got the knack, you'll never forget how to do it. lose the knack He proved that he hadn't lost the knack for scoring goals. adjectives an uncanny knack (=an ability that seems surprising or strange) She has an uncanny knack for knowing what you're really thinking. an unhappy knack (=a knack that you would not want) He had the unhappy knack of making enemies. |
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