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| i want to know what this phrase means ---the schoolmaster is abroad---- and how to use it . thanks |
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| "abroad" means overseas. |
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| It could also possibly mean that the schoolmaster is moving around the location; in other words, the students had better be careful and behave, though this is a failry old usage of the word. |
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