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Foreigners and Locals

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abandon
verb (used with
to leave completely and finally
alienate
verb (used with
to make indifferent, turn away
asylum
noun
refuge granted to a foreign person by a sovereign state
dispatch
verb (used with
to send off with speed
exotic
adjective
foreign origin, strikingly unusual
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expatriate
verb (used with
to banish a person from his or her native country
genealogy
noun
a record of the ancestry of a person, family or group
import
verb (used with
to bring in merchandise or workers from a foreign country for use, sale or processing
indigenous
adjective
characteristic of a particular region or country
meander
verb (used with
to proceed taking an indirect course
nostalgia
noun
a wistful desire to return to a former time in one's life
proximity
noun
nearness in place, time, order, occurrence or relation
renegade
noun
person who deserts a cause for another

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