Thursday, October 4, 2012

compatriot

(n.): a person from one's own country

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  1. The compatriot defended his own house valiantly.

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  2. The compatriot of the Great Britain, or the loyalists suffered a lot after the revolutionary war, because the Americans didn't like the British.

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  3. Tommy has always been a patriotic compatriot.

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  4. Rafael Nadal is going to compete with his compatriot from Span in the Wimbledon.

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  5. The compatriots fight with each other due to the beneficial of land.

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    1. Do you mean that they fight to benefit the land, or that they fight to gain land from each other?

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  6. He defeated his compatriot in the quarterfinals.

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  7. Sentence: It is always a pleasure to find compatriots when one is on foreign land.

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  8. Compatriots shouldn't not fight against each other but unite as one family.

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  9. If you are a double agent, it is not clear which is your compatriot country.

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    1. You wouldn't use "compatriot" to describe a country. Instead write: "If you are a double agent, it is not clear who your compatriots are."

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  10. Every time I meet a compatriot in a foreign country, I feel happy and relieved because he or she will be easier to get along with compared to those from other countries.

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  11. The compatriots love their own country, they are patriotic.

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    1. In this sentence, you might as well use "citizens" instead of "compatriots." Try to come up with a sentence that applies the meaning of the word.

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  12. He wrote a letter to his compatriots, persuading them to stand up for their country.

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  13. He encouraged his compatriots to stand up and rebel against the tyrannical king.

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  14. He had compatriot with him when he came into the school, and he was still alone.

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    1. "He had no compatriots with him when he came into the school, so he was all alone."

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  15. His compatriot fought alongside him in their country's trenches during the great war.

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  16. She was glad to meet compatriots in a foreign country.

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  17. The compatriots in the foreign country gathered every saturday dinner to discuss what is happening in their own country.

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  18. The king tries to persuade his compatriots to join the army and fight for the country.

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  19. Connotation: because there is the word patriot in compatriot, it gives the word a positive connotation and makes it seem that compatriots are patriots, while this may be untrue.

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