Collocations for "strange"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "strange" in context.
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strange
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- is strange to [think, consider, have, say, see]
- it is strange that you [don't, won't, didn't]
- [seems, looks, smells] strange (to me)
- strange and [wonderful, beautiful, unusual, mysterious]
- strange but true
- is something strange about him
- strange things can happen when
- stranger things have happened
- and the strange thing is
- it was the strangest thing
- strange behavior
- strange new [land, place, city, school]
- what a strange [day, man, story]!
- why are you acting (so) strange?
- what a strange world (we live in)
- that is a strange problem
- in a strange way, (I think)
'strange' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
as
- being
- bizarre
- brand
- but
- coincidence
- compel
- couple
- dream
- dresser
- fate
- feeling
- give
- glow
- happening
- look
- name
- noise
- note
- object
- one
- passion
- people
- phenomenon
- pit
- rebound
- relationship
- seem
- skip
- sound
- spot
- title
- tradition
- view
- wary
- world