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Old 10-Feb-2005, 16:46
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Default Re: Complete / true / full

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Originally Posted by twostep
Try "full" for example. You fill something. It is full. How can a person/a foreigner be full? Full of what?
For the first sight you're quite right. But what can I see in the dictionary:

full - complete especially in detail, number, or duration.

So then a full stranger can mean a complete stranger, a person who is strange in all details - features.

Am I mistaken? You know, I'm not a native speaker, so, of course, I can be mistaken and that's why I'm trying to understand!!! Dictionaries are not a big help...
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