in a foreign land

collocation in English

meaningsofin,foreignandland

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in
adjective
uk
/ɪn/us
/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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foreign
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒr.ən/us
/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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(Definition ofin,foreignandlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sojourners do not intend to stay in aforeignlandfor good.
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Furthermore, both men die apart from family and genuine friends, in aforeignland.
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An enclave is composed of an ethnic group living in aforeignland, typically in an urban setting.
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Many men find themselves posted to parts where they feel that they are in aforeignland, the language of which they do not understand.
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In addition, they are located like little islands in aforeignlandand in many cases are subject to the laws of that country.
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They made it to a safe haven in aforeignland.
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They were behaving as one proudly expects them to behave in public in aforeignland.
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They are exiles in aforeignlandfor the remainder of their lives.
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The identity card may be compared to a passport, which is issued to the citizen of this country when he travels in aforeignland.
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People in this country were not screaming about demands being made by faceless people in aforeignland.
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Their world is turned upside down, and they become strangers in aforeignland.
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But they will not be achieved among these people in aforeignland.
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Why should they want to stay there and fight and spend their blood and treasure in aforeignlandif they could come home?
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Their mentality is very largely the mentality of the soldier serving in aforeignland.
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To be in prison in aforeignlandobviously greatly increases the punitive element in the sentence passed on the prisoner.
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One of those persons may have to receive mental treatment in aforeignland.
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Conscription is when a man is forced to become a soldier, and also forced to leave the country and fight in aforeignland.
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