faraway places

collocation in English

meaningsoffarawayandplace

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faraway
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌfɑː.rəˈweɪ/us
/ˌfɑːr.əˈweɪ/
literary
a long ...
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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition offarawayandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Maroka is besieged both by internal conflict and armored invaders from afarawayplacewho are slowly turning the land into their monarch's colony.
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One day the father of the girl found out their relationship and took her away to afarawayplace.
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These are faraway places they know little about.
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The titles of the thirteen essays may induce the reader to think that these essays are mere ethnographic descriptions of tribal minorities living in faraway places.
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Governments usually find it necessary to present interventions in faraway places as brief surgical operations.
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We opposed their policies of constructing massive, faceless public housing schemes in faraway places miles from familiar surroundings and from family and friends.
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However, a closer look at labour practices shows that these cruel forms o f exploitation are not only found in faraway places.
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When the crisis comes, men go off to fight wars in faraway places and suffer death from war and illness.
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They must be physically strong to carry their riders to faraway places just as they did in the past.
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People from faraway places come to the market, a day or two in advance to secure a vantage spot to exhibit their cattle.
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Hands, maybe not even friendly hands, will carry us off to faraway places of exile.
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Some inhabitants had ed and were now staying in faraway places.
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He has a happy life, but he is also a restless dreamer, spending his time reading of famous explorers in faraway places.
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The majority of the students at the institute are day scholars, while a small percentage who come from faraway places stay at nearby lodges.
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A basic taxi service is available on hire for commuting to near and faraway places.
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Its extreme magnificent essence of nature thrive people from faraway places.
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As the years pass, the writer's story spreads around the world and letters of support from faraway places begin to arrive.
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Photographs have increased our access to knowledge and experiences of history and faraway places, but the images may replace direct experience and limit reality.
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His enjoyable books and other writings, presenting customs, traditions and culture of far-flung peoples and faraway places were key in raising wide public interest in ethnography, ethnology and history.
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She retained remarkable energy and youthfulness into her last years, directing plays in her seventies and eighties, relishing travel in faraway places, and gardening organically at home.
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