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stranger
A stranger is someone you don't know.
- A stranger walked into the bar. Nobody had ever seen him before.
a complete stranger
a total stranger
a perfect stranger
(all these are ways to emphasize that you don't know
the person at all)
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- The traveller was a stranger to the customs of the local people.
- The politician was no stranger to corruption.
(= have/not have experience)
- Hello stranger!
(= I haven't seen you for ages)
A stranger is someone you don't know, but they
could be someone who lives near you.
A foreigner is someone from a different country,
but they could be your best friend.
Which of the following sentences is good advice for children?
- You shouldn't talk to strangers.
- You shouldn't talk to foreigners
- foreigner
- alien
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