In order to qualify for the homestay you must have an interview with the sponsors.
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Homestay
//ˈhoʊmˌsteɪ//
Synonyms for "homestay"
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Translations
14 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 寄宿家庭 noun (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- kotimajoitus noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Homestay noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- családnál való/történő elhelyezés noun (Translations)
Japanese
1 entries- ホームステイ noun (Translations)
Korean
1 entries- 홈스테이 noun (Translations)
Malay
1 entries- inap desa noun (Translations)
Polish
2 entries- kwatera noun (Translations)
- stancja noun (Translations)
Russian
3 entries- прожива́ние в семье́ noun (Translations)
- хо́умстей noun (Translations)
- хоумсте́й noun (Translations)
Thai
1 entries- โฮมสเตย์ noun (Translations)
Vietnamese
1 entries- homestay noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
My homestay parents tried to speak to me in French.
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I thought that first officer Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation was a handsome man, but a homestay Japanese girl student Noriko was ambivalent.
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In the late 1990s, I inherited an expensive black Australian Outback jacket from a slightly corpulent homestay Japanese student Hirotada, who stayed in my home on Lulu Island for five years. He was going to a college to learn English. It is really difficult for most Japanese to learn English, because the structure and usage are so different. They seldom fraternize with native Anglophones, because of an entirely different culture.
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