homesick
part of speech
adjective (homesick; more homesick)
meaning for a pupil
Sad and missing your home and family when you are away from them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In lessons about feelings, being homesick is normal on a school camp, a sleepover or after moving to a new country. It helps to keep busy, talk to a teacher or friend, and remember you will go home soon. In stories, characters feel homesick on long journeys. Phrases: «feel homesick», «get homesick».
examples
- I felt homesick on the first night of camp. tree →
- Lots of children get homesick at sleepovers. tree →
- Writing a letter home helped her feel less homesick. tree →
- The new boy from Ireland was homesick at first. tree →
- Being homesick means you love your home. tree →
- It's okay to tell a teacher if you feel homesick. tree →
- At last she discovered that she was homesick, so she went to Mother Holle and said: tree →
note
One word. Noun: homesickness. It is a feeling, not an illness; it usually passes in a few days.
In the corpora
- I think about it—all the time!» — he is homesick.
- At midnight at a sleepover, Chloe gets homesick and wants to go home.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «homesick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.