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A natural talent.

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  • Ever since he was small, he had a knack for finding four-leaf clovers.
  • He had a special knack for getting into trouble
  • There must be, of necessity, a certain "knack" in writing a story in collaboration, even when but two writers engage in the work.
  • One pretty knick-knack is a great treasure to them.
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  • This was the final winning word in the 1932 National Spelling Bee.
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