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Stranger Complete Noun ˈstreɪndʒə(R ˈstreɪndʒər Sitting Desk Total
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stranger |
WordType |
(noun) |
Phonetic |
/ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/ /ˈstreɪndʒər/ |
Example |
- there was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.
- they got on well together although they were total strangers.
- why should a perfect (= complete) stranger ever help me out?
- we've told our daughter not to speak to strangers.
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stranger(noun)/ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/ /ˈstreɪndʒər/- a person that you do not know
- There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.
- They got on well together although they were total strangers.
- Why should a perfect (= complete) stranger ever help me out?
- We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers.
- She remained a stranger to me.
Extra Examples- He was a complete stranger to me.
- His years abroad had made him almost a stranger with his family.
- She said that I would meet a mysterious stranger.
- He was tired of being accosted by strangers in the street.
- a person who is in a place that they have not been in before
- Sorry, I don't know where the bank is. I'm a stranger here myself.
- He must have been a stranger to the town.
Extra Examples- You're a stranger here, aren't you?
- She was a stranger to the place.
- to be familiar/not familiar with something because you have/have not experienced it many times before
- He is no stranger to controversy.
Word Origin- late Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangier, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.
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