Collocations for "skill"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skill" in context.
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skill
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- lacks (basic) [social, people] skills
- lacks the [technical, leadership, problem-solving] skills needed to
- [reading, writing, listening, speaking, comprehension] skills
- [improve, develop, perfect] your [reading] skills
- [football, soccer, ball, sports, shooting] skills
- takes a [great deal, lot] of skill (to)
- [acquire, learn, practice] new skills
- show off your skill (at)
- she showed great skill in [handling, managing] the situation
- the [dancers, actors, acrobats] performed with skill
- the [job, role, construction, assembly] requires great skill
- it takes a [lot, great deal] of skill to [be, do, make, get]
- the skill of [glassblowing, cabinet making, programming]
- slang: has mad skills
- skill [sets, levels, tests]
'skill' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advanced
- amazed
- arguably
- asset
- bound
- class
- combination
- compose
- considerable
- dazzling
- deed
- developed
- enhancement
- equal
- extraordinary
- fault
- force
- game
- gentle
- impressive
- intermediate
- jealous
- judge
- lack
- low
- lower
- marvel
- master
- mechanical
- mismatch
- moderate
- neat
- ooze
- patent
- prize
- redundancy
- remarkable
- show
- single
- stamina
- stunt
- subset
- supposed
- touch
- unbelievable
- utter
- vast