farewell letter

collocation in English

meaningsoffarewellandletter

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farewell
noun[C]
uk
/ˌfeəˈwel/us
/ˌferˈwel/
an occasion when someone ...
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letter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlet.ər/us
/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent ...
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(Definition offarewellandletterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also describes one grand passion and how he asked his eldest son to place his beloved'sfarewellletteron his funeral pyre.
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They were also told, as was the fact on his story, that this was afarewellletter.
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In the press conference, after he discussed the game, he read out loud afarewellletterthat he had prepared beforehand.
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He had no family besides his wife, whom he wrote afarewellletterfor the night before his death.
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The comic was reprinted the day after that, but only had thefarewellletter.
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Jess decides to quit high school, packs her suits and ties in two pillowcases and writes afarewellletterto her parents.
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He left farewell letters to his family and to the king.
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Farewell letters left by the believers stated that they believed they were leaving to escape the hypocrisies and oppression of this world.
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The aircraft did not crash immediately, allowing passengers time to write such farewell letters.
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Certain that he was about to die, he began writing farewell letters to his friends.
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Farewell letters were left by members, stating that they believed their deaths would be an escape from the hypocrisies and oppression of this world.
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He was so convinced he was going to die, he even wrote farewell letters to his friends.
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A diary he kept during his period of captivity and some personal effects and farewell letters (copies of which transcribed below), were returned anonymously to his wife.
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