second language
noun/ˌsekənd ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
/ˌsekənd ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
- a language that somebody learns to speak well and that they use for work or at school, but that is not the language they learned first
- ESL or English as a Second Language
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