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Charity (a) |
Charitable aim/ Charitable cause: lam tu thien |
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Wear and tear |
Checking for wear n tear and if found still serviceable, priced up to be sold at a heavily discounted price |
Hao mon, xuong cap |
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Win-win situation |
To the charity, it means a valuable source of revenue, which they can use to pursue their charitable aim. |
To the consumer, it provides the opportunity to buy, often extremely cheaply, though previously owned, they are durable. To the donator, it declutters and may help assuage con sumer guilt. "you can make a pretty good case to yourself that you are doing good, because what you are doing is going towards a charitable cause and you are saving stuff from the landfill" |
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revenue (n) |
money that a company/ organization/ goverment receives from people |
loi nhuan, loi tuc |
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declutter |
phan loai |
phan loai don dep toi gian do dac |
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assuage (v) |
assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly |
an ui, lam giam |
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Impoverish |
Impoverish (v) impoverished (a) impoverishment (n) |
s.t that impoverishes a person/country makes them poor: làm nghèo A person/thing that impoverishes s.t makes it worse in quality: làm hao mòn, suy nhược, nghèo nàn... |
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affordable (a) |
afford (v)- affordability (n) |
a: if s.t is affordable, most peeple have enough money to buy it n: enough money to buy - du kha nang chi tra |
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to relieve harship |
this was followed by charities such as the British Red Cross, who also relieved harship and raised money for the war effort during the World war two. |
lam giam kho khan |
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common sight |
these days, charity shops are a common sight with around 11.200 shops across the UK. |
ngay nay, nhung cua hang tu thien la 1 canh tuong pho bien voi khoang 11.200 cua hang tren khap UK |
