STRANGE


Meaning of STRANGE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , smell , sound , taste

▪ consider sth , find sth , regard sth as ( esp. BrE ), think sth

His actions were regarded as very ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ incredibly

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

He's nice, but a little ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Their accent was ~ to her ears.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and wonderful ( esp. AmE )

He told all sorts of ~ and wonderful stories.

Strange is used with these nouns: ↑ angle , ↑ appearance , ↑ assortment , ↑ beast , ↑ behaviour , ↑ being , ↑ belief , ↑ blend , ↑ business , ↑ clothes , ↑ coincidence , ↑ collection , ↑ combination , ↑ compulsion , ↑ concept , ↑ conversation , ↑ country , ↑ creature , ↑ custom , ↑ disappearance , ↑ dream , ↑ emotion , ↑ encounter , ↑ excitement , ↑ expression , ↑ face , ↑ fascination , ↑ fashion , ↑ feeling , ↑ fellow , ↑ gleam , ↑ habit , ↑ idea , ↑ incident , ↑ kind , ↑ land , ↑ language , ↑ logic , ↑ look , ↑ lump , ↑ man , ↑ mix , ↑ mixture , ↑ mood , ↑ noise , ↑ obsession , ↑ occurrence , ↑ odour , ↑ paradox , ↑ people , ↑ phenomenon , ↑ place , ↑ quirk , ↑ remark , ↑ request , ↑ ritual , ↑ scene , ↑ sensation , ↑ sense of humour , ↑ shadow , ↑ shape , ↑ sight , ↑ situation , ↑ smell , ↑ sort , ↑ sound , ↑ story , ↑ surroundings , ↑ tale , ↑ taste , ↑ thing , ↑ thought , ↑ tongue , ↑ turn , ↑ twist , ↑ urge , ↑ vision , ↑ way , ↑ world

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .