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1 the slums
(the area(s) of a town etc where there are slums: As a social worker, she does a lot of work in the slums.) (quartieri poveri) -
2 slum
I 1. [slʌm]1) (poor area) quartiere m. povero, slum m.2) colloq. (dwelling) topaia f.2.modificatore [area, housing, house] povero, degradato; [ child] dei quartieri poveri; [ conditions] nei quartieri poveriII [slʌm]verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - mm-) colloq. (anche slum it) (accept lower standards) ridursi male* * *(a group of houses, blocks of flats, street etc where the conditions are dirty and overcrowded and the building(s) usually in a bad state: That new block of flats is rapidly turning into a slum; a slum dwelling.) (quartiere degradato)* * *slum /slʌm/n.2 viuzza sudicia; vicolo; angiporto3 quartiere degradato; quartiere povero; corea (fam.); slum● ( urbanistica) slum area, zona degradata □ slum clearance, risanamento edilizio; bonifica dei bassifondi □ slum dwellers, abitanti dei quartieri poveri.(to) slum /slʌm/v. i.( di solito to go slumming) visitare i quartieri poveri ( per curiosità, per beneficenza, ecc.); fare scorrerie negli slum; ( anche) frequentare gente socialmente inferiore● to slum it, vivere senza comodità (o alla meglio); adattarsi.* * *I 1. [slʌm]1) (poor area) quartiere m. povero, slum m.2) colloq. (dwelling) topaia f.2.modificatore [area, housing, house] povero, degradato; [ child] dei quartieri poveri; [ conditions] nei quartieri poveriII [slʌm]verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - mm-) colloq. (anche slum it) (accept lower standards) ridursi male -
3 slum n
[slʌm](house) catapecchia, tugurio
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