TAKE: The customs officer took me aside and into the room where baggage gets inspected. But they must've had ____ me for someone else, because I didn't recognise the case they showed me.
MISTAKEN
SEA: I knew early on that I wanted a job involving regular ocean views. But Switzerland has no coastline whatsoever, so it was only a matter of time before I moved _____ to a place with more opportunities for studying marine biology
OVERSEAS
WILL: I'm very comfortable living here now. I might not be among family, but I have built a close-knit network of friends. I rather ___ to take you up on your offer of a promotion that requires I move to anorther country.
UNWILLING
HOME: When I first moved abroad to study, I was expecting to feel alienated and quite ___ . I thought I'd miss my friends and family but I quickly fell in with a very fun crowd, and suddenly a term had come and gone!
HOMESICK
SIDE: Moving to the UK was pure culture shock. My whole world was turned ___ down, and I realised that working in the service industry here is very different to back home.
UPSIDE
ISOLATE: Despite increasing opportunites for learning languages prior to emigration, many people suffer from severe ____ when they first move abroad.
ISOLATION
TAKE: This is one of the most tedious tasks I have ever had to ____. I comb through the code in search of errors, trying to fix bugs and trying not to create new ones.
UNDERTAKE
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