stranger

  • 11stranger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, perfect, total ▪ mysterious ▪ beautiful, dark, handsome ▪ She said that I would m …

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  • 12Stranger — The Stranger Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …

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  • 13stranger — strang|er [ˈstreındʒə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: estrangier, from estrange; STRANGE1] 1.) someone that you do not know ▪ Children must not talk to strangers. perfect/complete/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do… …

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  • 14stranger — [[t]stre͟ɪnʤə(r)[/t]] strangers 1) N COUNT A stranger is someone you have never met before. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult... Sometimes I feel like I m living with a stranger. 2) N PLURAL If two people are strangers,… …

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  • 15stranger */*/ — UK [ˈstreɪndʒə(r)] / US [ˈstreɪndʒər] noun [countable] Word forms stranger : singular stranger plural strangers 1) someone who you do not know The poster warns children not to talk to strangers. a complete/perfect/total stranger (= used for… …

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  • 16stranger —    In rural areas, both in Britain and the USA, this term was formerly the normal way of addressing a person who was a stranger to the district and whose name was unknown. Examples of such usage occur in Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge,… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 17stranger — n. 1) a complete, perfect, total, utter stranger 2) a stranger to (she s no stranger to us) * * * [ streɪndʒə] perfect total utter stranger a complete a stranger to (she s no stranger to us) …

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  • 18stranger — noun (C) 1 someone whom you do not know: Children must not talk to strangers. | perfect/complete/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know them): A perfect stranger waved to me in the street this morning. 2 be no stranger to sth to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19stranger — strangerlike, adj. /strayn jeuhr/, n. 1. a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: He is a perfect stranger to me. 2. a newcomer in a place or locality: a stranger in town. 3. an outsider: They want no strangers in on the club… …

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  • 20stranger — strang|er [ streındʒər ] noun count ** 1. ) someone that you do not know: The poster warns children not to talk to strangers. a complete/perfect/total stranger (=used for emphasizing that you do not know the person at all): I didn t want to share …

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