French English Dictionary

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l'étranger in English:

1. overseas overseas


On Friday evenings, a group of us with spouses working overseas meet at Chuck's Bar and Grill.
They buy these goods cheaply overseas and then mark them up to resell at home.
overseas market
Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese.
Recent overseas transfers show that productivity improvements in Japanese manufacturing industry have almost reached their limit.
Overseas subsidiaries are putting out top-of the-line products.
It was decided that the manager, as the company's representative, would go overseas on business trips once a week.
No overseas adoptions yet? What kind of celebrity are you, anyway? Go sit at the kid's table with Kathy Griffin and Gary Busey!
The overseas dimension of European policy is not limited to establishing agreements or overseas aid.
The company's overseas trade has grown quite considerably over the last few yers, due to the improved quality of its manufactured goods.
Overseas is defined as being across an ocean. If you are from the United States and you go on a trip to Europe, this is an example of a time when you go on a trip overseas.
My last overseas business trip was a nightmare from start to finish.
if you live overseas, you live in a foreign country. If you travel overseas, you travel to a foreign country. Usually, the country is a long way away and you have to cross the sea to get there.
A lot of devices that we use are made overseas in countries like China.
Would you please put me in touch with the General Manager of Overseas Sales of AB Software Ltd?

English word "l'étranger"(overseas) occurs in sets:

Dossier 5 leçon 2

2. stranger


I'm a stranger here.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
A stranger asked the girl whether her father was at home or at his office.
There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
I asked him to come with me, for I was a stranger in that part of the city.
Just before the wedding, the drunken father shouted at the groom: "I won't hand out my daughter to some stranger!"
My therapist told me to go to a bar and strike up a conversation with a complete stranger.
If a stranger on the street slapped me in the face, I'd kill him without warning.
You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
So. Having had all that done to him it would be stranger if he wasn't enraged.
A stranger tapped me on the shoulder from behind. He must have mistaken me for someone else.
I had an interesting talk with a stranger on the train to London.
Like other novelists, Walter Streeter was used to getting communications from strangers
He was a complete stranger to me. (On był dla mnie kompletnie obcy.) She doesn't let her children talk to strangers. (Ona nie pozwala swoim dzieciom rozmawiać z nieznajomymi.)
My friend is a great guy but he is so shy. You can't imagine how difficult it is for him to start a conversation with a stranger.

English word "l'étranger"(stranger) occurs in sets:

Family and relations - La famille et les relations