Foreigner meaning in English
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Definition
a foreigner: a person who comes from a different country
Examples
- "Brian : You mean foreigners, Jean?"
- "Anyway, it is harder and harder to obtain a green card in America, and many people have very strong feelings of... animosity towards us foreigners."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks!
Jean says "strangers" to mean people from another country. This is incorrect! Find the correct term: "Jean-Marie le Stylo thinks that should return to their "own" country".
The next term describes a legal permanent resident of a country or place: "I am a British . Wherever I go in the world, the Queen of England will protect me".
This verb shares a similar meaning with "to be curious", or to "consider" something:
I am whether I should resign from my job and become a clown. What do you think?
Finally, find the term which means "subject", "theme", or "matter":
Immigration is a very interesting : I could talk about it for hours!
Jean says "strangers" to mean people from another country. This is incorrect! Find the correct term: "Jean-Marie le Stylo thinks that should return to their "own" country".
The next term describes a legal permanent resident of a country or place: "I am a British . Wherever I go in the world, the Queen of England will protect me".
This verb shares a similar meaning with "to be curious", or to "consider" something:
I am whether I should resign from my job and become a clown. What do you think?
Finally, find the term which means "subject", "theme", or "matter":
Immigration is a very interesting : I could talk about it for hours!
Fill in the blanks!
Jean says "strangers" to mean people from another country. This is incorrect! Find the correct term: "Jean-Marie le Stylo thinks that foreigners 1 should return to their "own" country".
The next term describes a legal permanent resident of a country or place: "I am a British citizen 2. Wherever I go in the world, the Queen of England will protect me".
This verb shares a similar meaning with "to be curious", or to "consider" something:
I am wondering 3 whether I should resign from my job and become a clown. What do you think?
Finally, find the term which means "subject", "theme", or "matter":
Immigration is a very interesting topic 4: I could talk about it for hours!
Jean says "strangers" to mean people from another country. This is incorrect! Find the correct term: "Jean-Marie le Stylo thinks that foreigners 1 should return to their "own" country".
The next term describes a legal permanent resident of a country or place: "I am a British citizen 2. Wherever I go in the world, the Queen of England will protect me".
This verb shares a similar meaning with "to be curious", or to "consider" something:
I am wondering 3 whether I should resign from my job and become a clown. What do you think?
Finally, find the term which means "subject", "theme", or "matter":
Immigration is a very interesting topic 4: I could talk about it for hours!
1 foreigners: "Foreigners" is the correct answer. A "foreigner" comes from "a different or foreign country". Here's another example: "I am a foreigner in this country. Please could you speak more slowly, as English is a foreign language for me". This word can be difficult to pronounce, so you might like to listen to the end of the dialogue again, when Brian corrects Jean!
2 citizen: "Citizen" is the term we were looking for here. A "citizen" of a country is a legal permanent resident there, and has certain rights. They probably also hold a passport issued by this country.
3 wondering: "Wondering" is the correct term here. We can say "I am wondering what to have for lunch", if we are thinking about something, or considering it. Another example: "I wonder if Susie will ever go on a date with Philip".
4 topic: "Topic" is the term used in the dialogue which refers to a "subject". Brian says "Immigration is the topic du jour", meaning that immigration is the subject of the day. Here's another example: "What topics are you revising for the biology exam? I'm doing anaerobic respiration and asexual reproduction".
Exercise 2
Brian says "As an immigrant myself, I struggled with a lot of red tape"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I with a lot of "...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I with a lot of "...
Brian says "As an immigrant myself, I struggled with a lot of red tape"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I battled 1 with a lot of bureaucracy 2"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I battled 1 with a lot of bureaucracy 2"...
1 battled: "Battled" is the right answer. To "struggle" is to "fight" or to "battle". Here's another example: "Willy struggled with the thief, and eventually knocked him to the floor". Brian is using "struggle" in a mental sense, rather than a physical one!
1 waited: This is not the best choice here. To term "to wait" means to "stay patiently while expecting something to happen". Example: "I waited for the bus for 50 minutes this morning, which is why I'm late for work".
1 made friends: This is not the best choice here. To "make friends with someone" is to become close to them. Example: "Charles has only been at school for a week, but he has already made lots of friends".
1 gave up: This is not the best choice here. To "give up (hope, smoking)" is to "stop (having hope, smoking)". Example: "I tried to answer this question for ten minutes, and then I gave up".
2 bureaucracy: The terms "red-tape" and "bureaucracy" share a similar meaning, and both refer to long and complicated administrative procedures. Often, governments like to use a lot of red-tape! Here's another example: "If you want to get reimbursed for visiting the doctor in France, you have to deal with a lot of red-tape".
2 foreigners: This is not the correct answer. "Foreigners" are people who come from another country, and have nothing to do with "red-tape".
2 racism: This is not the correct answer. "Racism" is a form of prejudice against people who have a different ethnic origin from you, and has nothing to do with "red-tape".
2 hard work: This is not the correct answer. "Hard work" is "labour" or "intensive effort", and has nothing to do with "red-tape".
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