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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own: deja vu

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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

deja vu

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Solution

deja vu- a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.

I entered the room and immediately felt a sense of deja vu.

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