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The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10B - No direction home for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

Look at some groups of words that are often confused. With a partner, try to explain the difference between the three words in each group.

Answer

  1. foreigner = a person who comes from a different country; stranger = a person that you don't know; outsider = a person who is not accepted as a member of society, group, etc.
  2. emigrant = a person who leaves their own country to go and live permanently in another country; immigrant = a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own; migrant = a person who moves from one country or region to another, especially in order to find work
  3. journey = act of travelling from one place to another; trip = a journey to a place and coming back again, especially a short one for pleasure or a particular purpose; voyage = a long journey, especially by sea or in space
  4. walk = move or go somewhere by putting one foot in front of the other; stroll = walk somewhere in a slow, relaxed way; wander = walk slowly around or to a place, often without any purpose or direction
  5. reclusive = living alone and avoiding other people; reserved = slow or unwilling to show feelings or express opinions; shy = nervous or embarrassed about meeting or speaking to other people
  6. achieve = attain a particular goal, status, or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time; succeed = have the result that was intended, achieve sth that you've been trying to do or get; reach = arrive at the place you have been travelling to, achieve a particular aim
  7. ground = the solid surface of the Earth; floor = the surface of a room that you walk on; soil = the top layer of earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow
  8. deplore = strongly disapprove of sth and criticize, especially in public; deny = say that sth is not true; decline = refuse politely to accept or do sth (also = become smaller / fewer / weaker)

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