a complete stranger

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• stranger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, perfect, total ▪ mysterious ▪ beautiful, dark, handsome ▪ She said that I would m …   Collocations dictionary

• stranger */*/ — UK [ˈstreɪndʒə(r)] / US [ˈstreɪndʒər] noun [countable] Word forms stranger : singular stranger plural strangers 1) someone who you do not know The poster warns children not to talk to strangers. a complete/perfect/total stranger (= used for… …   English dictionary

• stranger — strang|er [ streındʒər ] noun count ** 1. ) someone that you do not know: The poster warns children not to talk to strangers. a complete/perfect/total stranger (=used for emphasizing that you do not know the person at all): I didn t want to share …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stranger — [[t]stre͟ɪnʤə(r)[/t]] strangers 1) N COUNT A stranger is someone you have never met before. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult... Sometimes I feel like I m living with a stranger. 2) N PLURAL If two people are strangers,… …   English dictionary

• complete — com|plete1 W1S2 [kəmˈpli:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: complet, from Latin, past participle of complere to fill up , from com ( COM ) + plere to fill ] 1.) [usually before noun] used to emphasize that a quality or situation is as …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• complete — com•plete [[t]kəmˈplit[/t]] adj. v. plet•ed, plet•ing 1) having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of golf clubs[/ex] 2) finished; ended; concluded: a complete orbit[/ex] 3) having all the required or… …   From formal English to slang

• stranger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. newcomer, foreigner, alien, outsider. See extrinsic. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foreigner, outsider, alien, newcomer, outlander, unknown person, out of towner, migrant, visitor, guest, immigrant,… …   English dictionary for students

• stranger*/ — [ˈstreɪndʒə] noun [C] 1) someone who you do not know I didn t want to share a room with a complete stranger.[/ex] 2) someone who does not know a place well • be no stranger to sth to have a lot of experience of something[/ex] Davis is no stranger …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• complete — adj. & v. adj. 1 having all its parts; entire (the set is complete). 2 finished (my task is complete). 3 of the maximum extent or degree (a complete surprise; a complete stranger). 4 (also compleat after Walton s Compleat Angler) joc.… …   Useful english dictionary

• stranger — n. 1 a person who does not know or is not known in a particular place or company. 2 (often foll. by to) a person one does not know (was a complete stranger to me). 3 (foll. by to) a person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, etc.)… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stranger Than Paradise — Données clés Réalisation Jim Jarmusch Scénario Jim Jarmusch Acteurs principaux John Lurie Eszter Balint Richard Edson Sortie 1985 Durée …   Wikipédia en Français