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The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers


stranger

noun: a person of one kind (see more)

Someone.

When someone else (e.g. Peter) sees this person's face, Peter can think like this about this person: I haven’t seen this person before. Because of this, I couldn’t say anything about this person. Now I can say some things about this person.

"They had been strangers up until the party."

"Sasha always found it difficult to talk to strangers. Even when they were shop attendents and it should be easy."

"Madison had been living in the apartment for three years, but her neighbours were still strangers to her."

addressing people whom one does not know well by first namefriendacquaintancecolleagues


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