from afar



from afar

From a (sometimes great) distance. You can't turn the man away, he came from afar, and the only polite thing to do is to offer him a place to stay! I was terrified my first week in the hospital, so I was quite content to watch surgeries from afar in the gallery.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SeveSE-veSpanish
Juanitohwah-NEE-toSpanish
Rama (1)RAH-mah (Hinduism)Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Tizianatee-TSYAH-nahItalian
PlinyPLIN-ee (English)History
Alojzije-Croatian