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1 poverty
['pɔvətɪ]nbieda f, ubóstwo nt* * *['povəti](the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) ubóstwo -
2 poverty trap
( BRIT) nzamknięte or zaklęte koło nt ubóstwa -
3 poverty-stricken
['pɔvətɪstrɪkn]adj -
4 abject
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5 need
[niːd] 1. n( necessity) potrzeba f, konieczność f; ( demand) potrzeba f, zapotrzebowanie nt; ( poverty) ubóstwo nt, bieda f2. vt( want) potrzebować +gen; ( could do with) wymagać +genthere's no need to … — nie ma potrzeby +infin
he had no need to… — nie musiał +infin
you don't need to go, you needn't go — nie musisz iść
* * *[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) wymagać, potrzebować2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) musieć2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potrzeba2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) bieda3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) powód•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
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6 abstract
1. adj 2. nabstrakt m, wyciąg m3. [æb'strækt] vtto abstract sth (from) — wyławiać (wyłowić perf) or wychwytywać (wychwycić perf) coś (z +gen)
* * *['æbstrækt] 1. adjective1) ((of a noun) referring to something which exists as an idea and which is not physically real: Truth, poverty and bravery are abstract nouns.) abstrakcyjny2) ((of painting, sculpture etc) concerned with colour, shape, texture etc rather than showing things as they really appear: an abstract sketch of a vase of flowers.) abstrakcyjny2. noun(a summary (of a book, article etc).) streszczenie, abstrakt -
7 consign
[kən'saɪn]vtto consign sb to — ( sb's care) powierzać (powierzyć perf) kogoś +dat; ( poverty) skazywać (skazać perf) kogoś na +acc
* * *(to put into or deliver to; to transfer: The little boy was consigned to his grandmother's care.) składać, dostarczać -
8 deprivation
[dɛprɪ'veɪʃən]n( poverty) ubóstwo nt; ( of rights etc) pozbawienie nt* * *[depri'veiʃən]1) ((a condition of) loss, hardship etc.) brak, ubóstwo2) ((an) act of depriving.) pozbawienie -
9 discriminate
[dɪs'krɪmɪneɪt]vito discriminate between sth and sth — odróżniać (odróżnić perf) coś od czegoś
* * *[di'skrimineit]1) ((with between) to make or see a difference between: It is difficult to discriminate between real and pretended cases of poverty.) rozróżniać2) ((often with against) to treat a certain kind of people differently: He was accused of discriminating against women employees.) dyskryminować• -
10 disease
[dɪ'ziːz]choroba f* * *[di'zi:z]((an) illness: She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.) choroba -
11 eliminate
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12 elimination
[ɪlɪmɪ'neɪʃən]n(of poverty, smoking) likwidacja f; (of candidate, team, contestant) eliminacja f* * *noun eliminowanie -
13 embitter
[ɪm'bɪtə(r)]vt ( fig)wprawiać (wprawić perf) w rozgoryczenie* * *[im'bitə](to make bitter and resentful: embittered by poverty and failure.) rozgoryczyć -
14 endemic
[ɛn'dɛmɪk]adj* * *[en'demik]((of a disease etc) regularly found in people or a district owing to local conditions: Malaria is endemic in/to certain tropical countries.) endemiczny -
15 evil
['iːvl] 1. adj 2. nzło nt* * *['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) zły2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) zło2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) zło•- evil-- evilly
- evilness
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16 extravagance
[ɪks'trævəgəns]n* * *noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) rozrzutność -
17 extreme
[ɪks'triːm] 1. adj(conditions, opinions, methods) ekstremalny; (poverty, example) skrajny; ( caution) największy2. nekstremalność f, skrajność fextreme point/tip — czubek, koniec
extreme edge — skraj, kraniec
the extreme right/left ( POL) — skrajna prawica/lewica
* * *[ik'stri:m] 1. adjective1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) najwyższy, krańcowy2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) krańcowy, skrajny3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) skrajny, radykalny2. noun1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) kraniec, granica2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) skrajność•- extremism
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18 freedom
['friːdəm]nwolność f; ( of movement) swoboda ffreedom from hunger/poverty/disease — wolność od głodu/ubóstwa/chorób
* * *noun (the state of not being under control and being able to do whatever one wishes: The prisoner was given his freedom.) wolność -
19 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) zgnębić -
20 grinding
1) (with a sound of grinding: The train came to a grinding stop.) zgrzytliwy2) (severe: grinding poverty.) ciężki, gnębiący
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