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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
skill
/skɪl/
noun1 of 2
ability to do something well
- “He's still unknown, but his skills are the real deal.”Tatoeba
- “My cooking skills are not as good as my mother's.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Great, excellent.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)