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1 poverty
n. fattigdom, nöd; brist* * *['povəti](the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) fattigdom -
2 abject poverty
eländig fattigdom -
3 extreme poverty
stor fattigdom -
4 sink into poverty
sjunka i fattidom -
5 under the poverty line
under existensminimum (brist på inkomst, personer var inkomst är lägre än minimumet som är fastslaget av marknaden) -
6 abject
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7 abstract
adj. abstrakt; teoretisk; opraktisk--------n. abstrakt begrepp; sammandrag, sammanfattning; utdrag; abstrakt--------v. sammanfatta; abstrahera; göra sammandrag* * *['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.) abstrakt2) ((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.) abstrakt2. noun(a summary (of a book, article etc).) sammandrag, referat -
8 discriminate
v. diskriminera, urskilja, skilja mellan* * *[di'skrimineit]1) ((with between) to make or see a difference between: It is difficult to discriminate between real and pretended cases of poverty.) skilja på (mellan)2) ((often with against) to treat a certain kind of people differently: He was accused of discriminating against women employees.) diskriminera• -
9 disease
n. sjukdom* * *[di'zi:z]((an) illness: She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.) sjukdom[] -
10 embitter
v. förbittra; göra bitter* * *[im'bitə](to make bitter and resentful: embittered by poverty and failure.) förbittra -
11 evil
adj. ond, elak--------adv. elakt, elak--------n. ont, det onda* * *['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) ond, ondskefull, syndig, elak2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) ondska, ont2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) ondska, gissel, hemsökelse•- evil-- evilly
- evilness
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12 extravagance
n. extravagans, slöseri, överdåd* * *noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) extravagans -
13 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) krossa, tillintetgöra -
14 grinding
adj. förtryck-; förtryckande; sönderkrossande, malande; vässande--------n. malning; slipning; krossande; pulverisering* * *1) (with a sound of grinding: The train came to a grinding stop.) gnisslande, skärande2) (severe: grinding poverty.) förkrossande, tröstlös -
15 hand in hand
hand i hand* * *(with one person holding the hand of another: The boy and girl were walking along hand in hand; Poverty and crime go hand in hand.) hand i hand -
16 housing benefit
noun (a payment given by a government to people who are entitled to it according to certain criteria (eg poverty) when they buy or rent a house, an apartment etc.) -
17 instance
n. exempel; fall; instans; uppmuntran, sporre, knuff--------v. exemplifiera, illustrera med hjälp av exempel* * *['instəns](an example, especially of a condition or circumstance: As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.) exempel -
18 justify
v. rättfärdiga, försvara; sluta ut, jämna ut (typografi: spaltredigering)* * *1) (to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable: How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?) försvara, rättfärdiga2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) berättigande•- justification -
19 need
n. behov; nöd, trångmål--------v. behöva; vara i trångmål* * *[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?) behöva2) (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.) vara tvungen, behöva2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) behov2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) nöd3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) anledning•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
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20 pinched
adjective ((of a person's face) looking cold, pale or thin because of cold, poverty etc: Her face was pinched with cold.) plågad, härjad, infallen, tärd
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