Skill, talent and ability

Pregunta 1

the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands

dexterity

aptness

accuracy

Pregunta 2

someone who has not had the opportunity to do a particular job, despite having the ability to do it

magic

métier

manqué

Pregunta 3

Risk management is an important ..... and risk aversion in playgrounds is unhelpful in the long term.

acumen

life skill

aptness

Pregunta 4

virtuosity

the quality of being extremely skilled at something

an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it

great skill in creating or performing something, such as in writing, music, sport, etc

Pregunta 5

If someone has an ear for music or languages, they are good at hearing, repeating, and understanding these sounds

visual literacy

virtuosity

have an ear for something

Pregunta 6

I don’t have the technical .... to repair a computer

know-how

facility

qualification

Pregunta 7

a measurement of the amount of information that can be sent between computers, through a phone line, etc

bent

adroitness

bandwidth

Pregunta 8

life skill

an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it

a skill that is useful or important in everyone's life

basic reading, writing, mathematics, and computer skills that a person needs in order to be able to live and work in society

Pregunta 9

repertory

magic tricks, especially ones performed in a very skilful way using the hands

all the music or plays, etc. that you can do or perform or that you know

the repeated performance of several plays one after the other by one company of actors

Pregunta 10

have a command of something

to know enough about something to able to use it effectively

skill at making things

practical knowledge and ability

Pregunta 11

have another/more than one string to your bow

to have more than one interest, skill, or resource that you can use if you need to

the physical or mental power or skill needed to do something

clever or surprising ways of doing things, especially with special machines

Pregunta 12

On the other hand, mathematicians often present unfinished work at conferences in order to ....... it for publication after the conference.

polish

gift

knack

Pregunta 13

One critic described the novel scathingly as "One critic described the novel scathingly as "......"

sub-literate

genius

talent

Pregunta 14

The reasons for such reduced developmental .... are unclear.

competence

competency

ability

Pregunta 15

In some cases the errors are small and might be deemed simply the result of a less-than-perfect arithmetic .....

prowess

acumen

wizardry

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