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leave out |
to not include |
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I was often left out of games when I was a child because people
didn't like me. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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isolated |
to be separated from others |
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I felt isolated in Taiwan because I couldn't speak
Mandarin. |
adjective |
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fit in |
to be accepted by others |
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I don't really fit in with Japanese businessmen. I have no
watch, and my shoes are pretty cheap. |
Intransitive phrasal verb |
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adjust to |
to change in order to work or do better in a new situation |
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I adjusted to working noon to nine every day. |
verb + preposition + object |
verb + preposition + object |
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inevitable |
to be bound to happen |
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It was inevitable that was going to happen. |
adjective |
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unfamiliar with |
to not know something |
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I am unfamiliar with the proper method of cooking sole. |
adjective + preposition + object |
adjective + preposition + object |
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one's surroundings |
where one lives or resides |
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I live in a suburb of Osaka, so my surroundings are pretty
quiet. |
noun (always plural) |
noun (always plural) |
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transition |
a change |
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I had to go through lots of different transitions. |
noun (countable) |
noun (countable) |
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reverse culture shock |
when you get culture shock from going back home |
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I experienced reverse culture shock when I went back to the US
last Christmas. My brother has so much stuff in his house! |
noun (phrase) |
noun (phrase) |
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lifestyle |
the way a person lives |
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Eating vegetables is a big part of my lifestyle. |
noun (countable) |
noun (countable) |
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belief |
a strongly held opinion about something |
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Lots of people have different beliefs. |
noun (countable) |
noun (countable) |
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mind-set |
a particular way of thinking |
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My brother has a different mindset than me. He would never be
able to live in Japan and be happy. |
noun (countable) |
noun (countable) |
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value |
importance or interest of a particular kind |
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What are some of your values? |
noun (countable) |
noun (countable) |
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bound to |
to be very likely to happen |
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I am bound to marry a Japanese woman if I stay here long
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adjective + infinitive |
adjective + infinitive |
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to differ from |
to be different from |
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America differs from Australia in a few areas. |
verb (phrase) + object |
verb (phrase) + object |
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second nature to |
to be normal to someone |
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Speaking slowly and clearly is second nature to me, as my
father was nearly deaf. |
adjective (phrase) |
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make fun of |
to tease someone |
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I don't like it when people make fun of me. |
verb (phrase) + object |
verb (phrase) + object |
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give someone a hard time |
to make someone's life difficult |
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My friends made fun of me when I couldn't speak the language
correctly. |
verb (phrase) |
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anxiety |
the idea of being afraid or nervous especially about what may
happen |
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Sometimes I suffer from anxiety. |
noun (uncountable) |
noun (uncountable) |
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anxious |
the feeling of being afraid or nervous especially about what
may happen |
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I am anxious about the health effects of the pollution blowing
over from China. |
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long for |
to really want something |
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Sometimes, I long for food that you can only find in America,
such as Whoopy Pie or Funnel Cake. |
verb + preposition + object |
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homesick |
to miss one's home and family |
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I don't usually get homesick when I travel. |
adjective |
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loneliness |
the idea of being sad from being apart from other people |
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Loneliness can affect anybody, even people living in large
cities. |
noun (uncountable) |
noun (uncountable) |
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lonely |
the feeling of being sad from being apart from other
people |
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I was really lonely when I travelled by myself |
adjective |
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develop a simplistic view |
to think everyone or everything is the same |
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"I have developed a simplistic view of foreigners living in
Japan; in my mind, there are only a few personality types that can describe
them all." |
verb (phrase) |
verb (phrase) |
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