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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foreign language" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a language that is not the native language of the speaker or the country in which they are located.
Example: "She is fluent in three languages, including a foreign language that she learned while studying abroad."
Alternatives: "an overseas language" or "a non-native language".
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"It's like a foreign language".
Once I spoke a foreign language.
It is, in effect, a foreign language.
People were speaking a foreign language.
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To night in a foreign language.
It also taught a foreign language: Spanish.
That felt like a foreign language.
Australian languages are not a foreign language.
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