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1 poverty
['povəti](the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) fátækt -
2 abject
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3 abstract
['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.) óhlutbundinn, óhlutstæður2) ((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.) afstrakt, óhlutbundinn2. noun(a summary (of a book, article etc).) útdráttur, ágrip -
4 discriminate
[di'skrimineit]1) ((with between) to make or see a difference between: It is difficult to discriminate between real and pretended cases of poverty.) gera greinarmun á, greina á milli2) ((often with against) to treat a certain kind of people differently: He was accused of discriminating against women employees.) mismuna• -
5 disease
[di'zi:z]((an) illness: She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.) sjúkdómur -
6 embitter
[im'bitə](to make bitter and resentful: embittered by poverty and failure.) gera beiskan -
7 evil
['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) vondur, illur2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) e-ð illt; mein, böl2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) mein, böl•- evil-- evilly
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8 extravagance
noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) óhófleg eyðslusemi; óhóf -
9 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) kremja -
10 grinding
1) (with a sound of grinding: The train came to a grinding stop.) nístandi, gnístandi2) (severe: grinding poverty.) mikill, alvarlegur -
11 hand in 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.) leiðast; fara saman -
12 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.) -
13 instance
['instəns](an example, especially of a condition or circumstance: As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.) dæmi; atvik, tilfelli -
14 justify
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?) réttlæta2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) réttlæta•- justification -
15 need
[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?) þarfnast2) (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.) verða, þurfa2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) þörf2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) neyð, örbirgð3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) nauðsyn, ástæða•- needless- needlessly
- needy
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16 pinched
adjective ((of a person's face) looking cold, pale or thin because of cold, poverty etc: Her face was pinched with cold.) sem setur mark sitt á andlit -
17 privation
(poverty; hardship.) skortur -
18 relate
[rə'leit] 1. verb1) (to tell (a story etc): He related all that had happened to him.) segja frá2) ((with to) to be about, concerned or connected with: Have you any information relating to the effect of penicillin on mice?) tengja3) ((with to) to behave towards: He finds it difficult to relate normally to his mother.) að lynda/eiga samskipti við•- related- relation
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- relative 2. adjective1) (compared with something else, or with each other, or with a situation in the past etc: the relative speeds of a car and a train; She used to be rich but now lives in relative poverty.) í samanburði við2) ((of a pronoun, adjective or clause) referring back to something previously mentioned: the girl who sang the song; the girl who sang the song.) tilvísunar-• -
19 relationship
1) (the friendship, contact, communications etc which exist between people: He finds it very difficult to form lasting relationships.) samband2) (the fact that, or the way in which, facts, events etc are connected: Is there any relationship between crime and poverty?) tengsl3) (the state of being related by birth or because of marriage.) skyldleiki; tengdir -
20 root out
1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) uppræta, rífa upp með rótum2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) uppræta
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