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Grammar detail: だけあって

だけあって  precisely because ~; as one might expect
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だけあって
means
precisely because ~; just as one would expect from the fact that ~
さすが
いだい
偉大
がくしゃ
学者
だけあって
かれ
その
ようい
容易
こた
えた

Like the great scholar that he was, he answered the question easily.
だけあって is very similar to - both expressions indicate a relationship between the first clause and the second. However, だけあって is typically only used with a positive outcome (ie, the result you would hope for), where だけに can be used with either a positive or a negative outcome.
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Kanji used in this grammar

イ   えら illustrious, famous   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ガク   まな to learn   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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ヨウ    contents   
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イ   エキ   やさしい easy   
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トウ   こた an answer   こたえる to answer   
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