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Migrate Lot Doctors America Earn Money Emigrate People

Idx 1801
Keyword migrate
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence A lot of new doctors migrate to America where they can earn more money.
Correct Sentence A lot of new doctors emigrate to America where they can earn more money.
Cloze Error Sentence A lot of new doctors [[migrate]] to America where they can earn more money.
Cloze Sentence A lot of new doctors [[emigrate]] to America where they can earn more money.
Cloze Answer emigrate
Choices emigrate | migrate
Explanation

migrate = (of birds, animals and people) travel from one place to spend a length of time in another, especially to find food, water, warmer weather, etc: 'How do birds know when to migrate and how do they find their way back home?'

emigrate = (of people) leave your own country and make your home in another one: 'There were no jobs back home so we decided to emigrate.'

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