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Word of the day: Solitude

Solitude Meaning in English: Imagine a student who has been in a noisy classroom all day. When they finally get home, they go to a quiet corner of the garden to read a book all by themselves. They ...
"You poor thing - you're 'alone' - you 'don't have anyone." I've been railing against this use of the word alone to describe single people for a long, long time (here and here, for example). To say ...