a knack for
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- Mom always had a knack for finding lost stuff.
- a knack for finding
- a knack for getting
- a knack for doing the right thing
And they said throughout his career, William Nordhaus has displayed A knack for asking large questions and addressing them with simple but creative insights.
- And they said throughout his career, William Nordhaus has displayed A knack for asking large questions and addressing them with simple but creative insights.
- But they had such a knack for looking like the Angel when the teacher or the adults came out that they would be smiling sweetly.
- I think being friendly, being extroverted, perhaps having a knack for telling jokes and not being shy is innate.
- You have a knack for prompting people to ask themselves questions that are very uncomfortable.
- I, I do consider myself to be a creative guy with a knack for coming up with entertaining plans.
- Podcast host with a knack for helping people blow up limiting beliefs and mindsets.
- I think some people like really have a knack for interiors, styling, styling themselves.
- But Rousseau, he really has a, a knack for ticking people off.
- I I have a knack for attracting a lot of Lucy Van Pelt in my life.
- New York City, where she's meeting all these these folks, she finds that she has a knack for meeting wealthy, wealthy people, prominent writers.
- And that I had a knack for creating a system of how to make that work and convey that to other film makers.
Examples
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The Japanese have a knack for making people talk.
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Dirk was a Dutch artist with a knack for painting pictures that sold easily.
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And, and I just had a knack for putting together the band.
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But he truly loves teaching and truly has a knack for having the people who are learning something get something out of it.
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I found out I have a knack for it.
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Yes, I do seem to have a knack for it.
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You have a knack for saving my life.
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I got a knack for these kinds of things.
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Podcast host with a knack for helping people blow up limiting beliefs and mindsets.
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She has a knack for solving difficult problems quickly.
Synonyms
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1.2
An ability someone has naturally to do something well
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1.8
A natural ability to do something well, like music or languages
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3.9
A natural or learned ability to do something well
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4.2
A natural talent for learning or doing something well
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2.9
An ability someone is born with to do something well
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3.4
A talent someone is born with that they do not learn
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6.1
A natural ability to do something well
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'knack' already denotes a skill or ability and the preposition 'for' simply links that ability to the domain (e.g., 'a knack for making friends'). The article 'a' is functionally irrelevant, and the composition follows a common and cross-linguistic pattern (NOUN + for) so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase a knack for comes from an old word knack meaning a quick, clever trick or small move. Imagine someone who always finds that quick, clever way to do a thing — that's why we say they have 'a natural ability' for it.