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Personally i find it easier to focus in class. Just because at home you have all these distractions but in class its just you and the teacher basically so it easier to listen
Alien means something is completely foreign to you. You don't necessarily know anything about it while familiar means it's something you know well. I am familiar with the Hunger Games series because I've read it. However, I have never read Don't Cry so its alien to me. They are complete opposite words, they're antonyms.
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