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People Distance Things Standing Bit Miles Rest Watching

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When people or things are a____, they are some distance from each other.When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us.
She saw Sheila standing some distance apart.
Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.
...regions that were too far apart to have any way of knowing about each other.
He was standing, feet apart.
word apart
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adverb
When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us.
She saw Sheila standing some distance apart.
Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.
...regions that were too far apart to have any way of knowing about each other.
He was standing, feet apart.
If two people or things move apart or are pulled apart, they move away from each other.
John and Isabelle moved apart, back into the sun.
He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
If two people are apart, they are no longer living together or spending time together, either permanently or just for a short time.
It was the first time Jane and I had been apart for more than a few days.
The law forbade spouses to live apart for any length of time.
If you take something apart, you separate it into the pieces that it is made of. If it comes or falls apart, its parts separate from each other.
When the clock stopped he took it apart to find out what was wrong.
Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.
If something such as an organization or relationship falls apart, or if something tears it apart, it can no longer continue because it has serious difficulties .
Any manager knows that his company will start falling apart if his attention wanders.
The couple's relationship fell apart.
If something sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from other people or things.
What really sets Mr Thaksin apart is that he comes from northern Thailand.
adjective
If people or groups are a long way apart on a particular topic or issue, they have completely different views and disagree about it.
It's a bit worrying that we are so far apart on this.
Their concept of a performance and our concept were miles apart.
cefr-level B1

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