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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit alien" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that feels strange, unfamiliar, or out of place. Example: "The new technology seemed a bit alien to the older employees who were used to traditional methods."
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It was a bit alien, coming from another world".
There's something about him that's a bit alien".
Spiders might look a bit alien, but they are crucial to the environment we live in.
"They would have seen those houses as a bit foreign, a bit alien".
Steve Jobs had introduced the iPhone that year, and, despite stunning sales, it still seemed a bit alien.
For some of the 50 or so visitors today, even matters as simple as "how you walk in and what you do" caused confusion – with one person admitting: "It's all a bit alien".
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Director Rupert Goold credits "the extraordinary nature of Matt's face, which combined with 'Doctor Who' gave a bit of alien to him — which is literally how Bret describes the character in the novel — an alien trying to fit in a human world".
Turns out it was humans all along, with a bit of alien technology from Roswell in 1947: a shadowy elite cabal who want to take over the world (and, again, why? They're already the, or an, elite?) So: solved, ish, and Fox Mulder can surely now fold up his questing-stick?
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