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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
abroad
/əˈbɹɔːd/
adverb1 of 2
in or to a foreign country
- “As far as I know, he has never been abroad.”Tatoeba
- “He's from abroad, as you can tell from his accent.”Tatoeba
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preposition2 of 2
Throughout, over.
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souvenirnounAn object you buy to remember a place you visited.
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globenounA round model of the Earth that shows the countries and seas.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)