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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
overseas and abroad
0 01 i 01 b 00 Overseas 02 b 00 : to or in a foreign country, especially those separated from your country by the sea or ocean 02 br
01 b 00 Abroad 02 b 00 : in or to a foreign country 02 i 02 br
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00 (from Oxford advanced learners dictionary) 02 br
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00 But when I'm talking about a country that is divided from another by the sea, would be wrong to refer to it as abroad?? Are this two adverbs interchangeable?? 02 br
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01 b 00 Abroad 02 b 00 : in or to a foreign country 02 i 02 br
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00 (from Oxford advanced learners dictionary) 02 br
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00 But when I'm talking about a country that is divided from another by the sea, would be wrong to refer to it as abroad?? Are this two adverbs interchangeable?? 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 Use 'abroad' for going to any country outside your own. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 Use 'abroad' for going to any country outside your own.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Use 'abroad' for going to any country outside your own. If the trip involves crossing an ocean, you can use either 'abroad' or 'overseas'. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 Use 'abroad' for going to any country outside your own. If the trip involves crossing an ocean, you can use either 'abroad' or 'overseas'. 02 br
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0 Clive, 02 br
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00 I'm wondering about actually usage, though. 02 br
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00 As one North American to another, if someone said "I've just returned from a trip abroad," would you be surprised to hear that means he merely viewed Niagra Falls from the other side? I would. I would have been thinking France or Greece or China or something. 0-
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00 I'm wondering about actually usage, though. 02 br
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00 As one North American to another, if someone said "I've just returned from a trip abroad," would you be surprised to hear that means he merely viewed Niagra Falls from the other side? I would. I would have been thinking France or Greece or China or something. 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Yes, much depends on the specific case and context. But how about if someone has been working in Canada for 3 years and says ''I've been working abroad for several years." Would that sound acceptable? 02 br
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00 I think 'a 01 font 00 broad 02 font 00 ' really derives from the idea of being away from yo
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00 Yes, much depends on the specific case and context. But how about if someone has been working in Canada for 3 years and says ''I've been working abroad for several years." Would that sound acceptable? 02 br
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00 I think 'a 01 font 00 broad 02 font 00 ' really derives from the idea of being away from yo
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01 cite 10 Clive 12 cite 10 On Canadian radio, I heard someone from South Carolina being interviewed. He said to the Canadian interviewer, 'I don't know what you people overseas do in this kind of situation, but here in the States we . . '. 15 0 12 br10 On behalf of my countrymen, I'm embarr
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