unfamiliar surroundings

collocation in English

meaningsofunfamiliarandsurroundings

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unfamiliar
adjective
uk
/ʌn.fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us
/ʌn.fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
not known ...
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surroundings
noun[plural]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/
the place where someone or something is and the things that are ...
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(Definition ofunfamiliarandsurroundingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some children are relatively fearless and quick to interact withunfamiliarsurroundingsand people; others find unfamiliar situations aversive and tend to withdraw.
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When 'confusion' does occur in these latter disorders it usually relates to systemic complications, drug toxicity, anaesthesia or the relative sensory deprivation of night-time orunfamiliarsurroundings.
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I have some sympathy with a man who finds himself in the dock for the first time, inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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Many of them need support whilst they get used to a life inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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They feel that they are becoming increasingly isolated, inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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It meant that some 70 more were suddenly uprooted at very short notice and dispersed to schools andunfamiliarsurroundingsall around the country.
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Some of them have been traumatised, having lost everything, and they have found themselves inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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A man inunfamiliarsurroundingsin a foreign country is not in the same position as he is in his own home.
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The effect will be that most patients who do not tolerate it will be aware of the problem before they travel, and will not experience difficulties inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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There is the destruction of the working group to which the worker has been accustomed, and the need to make a fresh start inunfamiliarsurroundings.
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They do not likeunfamiliarsurroundings.
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Secondly, with two sites, peaks in demand would result in some women being transferred at short notice tounfamiliarsurroundingswhen their "local" unit was already full.
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Inunfamiliarsurroundingsthe little piglet is scared.
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He often has seizures which induce a blackout, after which he awakens tounfamiliarsurroundingswith no knowledge of what he has done.
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There the children and staff quickly adapted themselves to theunfamiliarsurroundingsand thrived on the exercise and country air.
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