noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a talent contest (= to find the best performer )
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She's singing a song in the school talent contest.
exceptional talent/ability/skill
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He showed exceptional talent even as a youngster.
hidden talents
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He wants each pupil to have the chance to discover hidden talents .
prostituting...talent
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Friends from the theater criticized him for prostituting his talent in the movies.
talent scout
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artistic
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Club owner Sergei Lissovsky is well aware that most of his performers are lacking in artistic talent .
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In many ways, this was a good decision, mainly because I have no artistic talent .
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Birch showed considerable mechanical and artistic talent at an early age.
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His artistic talent combines with a wry humour - a man on a toilet is hidden in each of the intricate drawings.
considerable
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Lear was an artist of considerable talent .
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He is said to have a good classical education, and is a Gentleman of considerable literary talents .
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Himmler needed his brains and his considerable talents and that was enough.
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But this is to ignore his considerable talent to inspire the friendship and devotion of others.
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There is no evidence that his empire makes sense - beyond engaging his own considerable talents .
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Morrissey engaged the considerable managerial talents of Gail Colson, who also, significantly, manages Peter Gabriel.
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The show is a tribute as well as a memorial to a very considerable talent .
creative
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Manifestations Gifts Creative talents in arts, literature, the performing arts.
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But a visit to a local physician for a routine checkup sparked a new focus for her creative talents .
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Courses are designed to suit both boys and girls, and creative and aesthetic talents and are also encouraged.
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Meanwhile, the London-based ad firm was scrambling to rejuvenate the account, bringing in creative talent from their Southern California office.
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Voice over It's an inspiration for their creative talents .
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Agencies are always hungry for creative talent .
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Due to the low pay offered the likelihood was that anyone with creative talent would be attracted to a better-paid job elsewhere.
exceptional
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Leo, who is credited with encouraging all of this exceptional musical talent , used to run a showband in the Fifties.
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Said later that he s an exceptional talent and only bad luck stopped him scoring, and to keep plugging away.
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Secondly, there is no proof that exceptional talents are required for those positions which Davis and Moore consider important.
good
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It uses the best talents available to produce promotional materials to recruit new members.
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New owners in San Diego paid to bring in good talent , and the team record and attendance have improved dramatically.
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Companies that offer opportunities for self-improvement therefore benefit by attracting and retaining the best talent .
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I think I have a good talent and I just keep working on it.
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It was an enterprising project on a small budget; making the best of local talent .
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It is an environment where corporations will seek out the best talent anyplace in the world.
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Again, because of the confidentiality and the need to attract the best possible talent , executive search firms are often called in.
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Some have pointed out with justice that the Max Planck Institutes have bled away the best research talent from the universities.
great
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A great talent here, and a veritable rubber man.
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There is great talent at other offensive positions, too.
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Either that, or like amateur actors of no great talent taking part in some grotty costume play.
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In Great Groups, talent comes alive.
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Their great talents could not be less alike, and it is indeed fascinating to compare these remarkably differing virtues.
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He had squandered his great gifts of talent , intellect, and personal magnetism.
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When he went, Kenny had lost a friend and a player of great talent and status at the same time.
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She tried to teach him how to play the piano, but he had no great talent for it.
local
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The Wyvern production has drawn heavily on local talent .
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Opening will be a top roster of local talent , along with Chicago-based pianist / vocalist Judy Roberts.
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It was obviously far more interesting to spend his time chatting up the local talent .
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This reliance on local initiative and talent has also accelerated the involvement of small entrepreneurs.
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It recognised local talent from the whole region.
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Both festivals depend more on outside musicians than local talent .
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He had a list of all the local acting talent .
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Sometimes outside consultants were used in the workshops, a refreshing blend of local and imported talents and experiences.
musical
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Now, she gave him an unmatched musical talent too.
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Leo, who is credited with encouraging all of this exceptional musical talent , used to run a showband in the Fifties.
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But it was at school that Brian's musical talents flourished.
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Those with musical talent had band or singing practice.
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Early musical talent won June a scholarship at Stephen's College, Missouri.
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After all, musical talent is often considered highly linked to mathematical ability, except when discussing black performers.
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To raise the money, we sold an organ bought a year before to encourage any musical talent hidden in our offspring.
natural
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It was apparent from that day that he had a natural talent that was waiting to be developed.
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He would like that, the two of us with the same natural talent .
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Hoomey, Nutty would have said, had no natural talent .
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The trick for families who want to make fitness a priority and yet lack natural talent may be twofold, experts say.
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To achieve that status, a player needs - besides a natural talent - a burning inner ambition.
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He had said that Joe possessed a natural talent for political news and should seek opportunities in that direction.
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He has such a natural raw talent it would be a waste to keep him hanging on.
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But he forgot his natural talents such as hunting and speaking to other whales.
new
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The lack of strong leadership in the independent sector reflected the absence of any new producer talent .
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We only visit the best eleven or twelve law schools to look for new talent .
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Like all booking agents, they have to be very hot on new talent .
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Word of mouth can draw new talent to a Great Group, as it did at Black Mountain.
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For the next three months, the museum's running a competition to find new cartooning talent .
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In one of our last conversations he made this observation: Most of the new managers have talent .
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Two other sources are becoming more productive of new talent . one is lawyers and the other is accountants.
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John Major should have more chance to recruit new talent to his Cabinet after the turbulence of 1992.
raw
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As a result, agents are becoming even more cagey about developing raw talent .
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Now he has channelled that aggression and raw talent to produce a golden combination of motivation and power.
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He has such a natural raw talent it would be a waste to keep him hanging on.
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It's a raw talent but she knows how to use it and she's unafraid.
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She was not a great trainer, but her raw talent was undeniable.
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But although graft is indispensable, it is no replacement for raw talent .
real
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Zach was the only one who showed any real talent and he was more of a performer than an actor.
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He was good at law, but his real talent was making up new laws.
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Or better still, make a real talent show instead.
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But it takes real talent to nurture them.
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Stop plastering Vic all over your music paper and make way for some real talent .
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But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself.
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The transformation has been incredible, with a real flow of talent coming through.
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Fitzgerald came into the job with a playing track record which suggested he had a real talent for leadership.
special
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The Equity rules demand the use of actors unless a special skill or talent is required.
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Do they have special talents that contribute to team productivity?
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And all that in one week, it must have been one of Madame's special amateur talent weeks I suppose.
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Meanwhile Cyrus is trying to think of a special talent , but it is still hopeless.
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He knew them all, but somehow his special talents always failed to impress those who really mattered.
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This team is powerful, everybody has special talents .
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She has a very special talent and her work is completely fresh.
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It was a special talent to be a good panelist.
young
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A manager who's able to get the best use out of the young talent still at the Oval.
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Dayton is a young Gentleman of talents , with an ambition to exert them.
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The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital.
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But for up-and-coming teams, the ones with young talent who live in or near lottery-land, Barkley is useless.
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There is no reason why Edinburgh should not develop its own range of street furniture designed by some of our young talents .
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They feel the need to inject young and hungry talent into the bank's deliberations at the highest level.
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Now that it is a more viable way of getting the best possible house, young design talent could quickly transform domestic building.
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The reality, they argue, is that the clubs incorporate young talent into their academies.
■ NOUN
contest
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Finally, don't assume winning a talent contest is a passport to success.
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The talent contest had taken place in a marquee.
scout
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A talent scout heard him sing - actually it was at that performance at the Hall.
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With Simmons handling business matters, Rubin acted as talent scout -- and what talent he found!
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It was during one of these that he was spotted by a talent scout and signed up by Warner Brothers.
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As a bandleader, songwriter, and talent scout , Otis was a real force in the Los Angeles scene.
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We check this information with our talent scouts .
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Krause has always fancied himself a keen talent scout first.
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We need these people to be our filters and talent scouts , going out to gigs and finding new bands.
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Wilson's reputation as a talent scout ensured that she was not out in the cold for long.
show
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They had already recorded a performance for a television talent show , but died a few days before it was broadcast.
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The first act in the talent show is the Great Gregorini, a magician.
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To register for the talent show , call 792-0219.
■ VERB
bring
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Organization can pool abilities, share loads, bring in local talents and interest, identity sources.
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For your part, you will bring your undoubted talent as well as your customers to the business.
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New owners in San Diego paid to bring in good talent , and the team record and attendance have improved dramatically.
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A £500,000 deal was eventually agreed to bring his scoring talents to the North-East.
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Tonight he brings his talent back to town as part of the Make a Date With a Poet series.
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Meanwhile, the London-based ad firm was scrambling to rejuvenate the account, bringing in creative talent from their Southern California office.
develop
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Students dreaded being assigned to these small towns where there were few opportunities to develop their talents or lead an interesting life.
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Some of their work, he felt, was terrific, and they should be able to display and develop their talent .
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But he must belatedly develop three crucial talents .
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Employee Development Programs help employees develop their talents and capacities through training sessions, workshops, and the like.
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But if you want to develop your talents further, get involved in a group effort.
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Like most of her friends, she had an aristocratic indifference to the develop ment of talent .
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Education promotes not only economic growth but social justice too, and allows people to develop their talents to the full.
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All you can do is develop the talents people have.
discover
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There promises to be something for everyone and you never know - you may discover a hidden talent !
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When Cortez discovered her linguistic talents , he depended upon her for translations and advice.
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Our aim is more to discover writing talent in a science student than scientific aptitude in a budding journalist.
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All girls and boys, from every background, must be able to discover their talents and fulfil their potential.
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It was not hard to discover contemporary instances of talent struggling against a lack of education.
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Written and directed by newcomer David Beaird, this is your chance to discover an emerging talent .
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With the intensification of international traffic, it is possible to discover new talent in any part of the world.
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He discovers he has a talent for predicting the future, but ironically this privilege only increases his sense of the present.
display
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He played himself all the time, using his characters to display his many theatrical talents .
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Some of their work, he felt, was terrific, and they should be able to display and develop their talent .
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The subject is open to both girls and boys - many of whom you will see displaying their talents today.
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A State Department spokesman, also displaying a talent for diplomacy, declined to characterize the appointment as a promotion.
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The twelve cameos, each written to display the talents of individual instrumentalists, made an enchanting effect.
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The Beecher household displayed something of the talent avail-able and the human damage to family members that accompanied the strivings.
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Although the faster material was thrillingly honed, it was the ballads that most effectively displayed Portuondo's talents .
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By betraying their plot Victor Amadeus displayed a precocious talent for duplicity and a cool sense of his own interests.
nurture
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Jabelman was privately educated, and had nurtured his talent as a painter at art school.
spot
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And they were not fools: they could spot talent .
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It was during one of these that he was spotted by a talent scout and signed up by Warner Brothers.
use
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Many of you who do use your talents and prosper in the business may fall victim to its pressures.
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All too often research and staff turnover testify to a failure to use the talents of people already employed in the enterprise.
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If you can use your talents not to stay poor you should.
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It uses the best talents available to produce promotional materials to recruit new members.
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Presenters with ratings problems might attempt to use their talents in politics.
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Obstacles which prevent young people from using their talents at home must be swept out of the way, he said.
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No doubt, before that you used the cruder talents of Jem and Eric.
waste
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Elizabeth: No, I don't, and I get very cross when people say that he wasted his talent .
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We wasted a source of talent and got Soviet-trained bureaucrats who had no idea what to do.
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Just because he went to Hollywood and was paid a lot of money doesn't mean he was wasting his talent .
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But because he was so likable and seemed to be wasting so much talent , teachers and counselors tried to help.
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How he'd changed and refused to go on and now was wasting his talent .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
raw talent
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As a result, agents are becoming even more cagey about developing raw talent.
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But although graft is indispensable, it is no replacement for raw talent.
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He has such a natural raw talent it would be a waste to keep him hanging on.
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It's a raw talent but she knows how to use it and she's unafraid.
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Now he has channelled that aggression and raw talent to produce a golden combination of motivation and power.
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She was not a great trainer, but her raw talent was undeniable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As a singer, she's a great talent .
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I never knew you were so good at making speeches. Do you have any other hidden talents?
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John Lennon's talent as a songwriter was matched by McCartney's talent as a composer.
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Porter has a talent for making a difficult subject understandable and interesting.
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Teachers soon recognized and encouraged his talent for sculpture.
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The NBA is even searching grade schools for talent .
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Woods was chosen to play the cop because of his acting talent .
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You need talent and hard work to be a tennis player.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A great talent here, and a veritable rubber man.
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He owes everything to his talents....
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Local officials will speechify on Friday, followed by amateur talent performances.
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Others are noticing the impact of her talents.
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The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital.
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The former requires minimal talent , hard work and a lot of luck.
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Unfortunately, the talent level took a definite drop by the late-1980s.