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abrasion

skavsår/skrubbsår

harrowing

upprörande/hemsk - a harrowing story

irreverent

satirisk/vanvördig

dastardly

fegt/uselt/ömkligt

dissimulate

Skyla/hyckleri -to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival. Your wife gave you socks for Christmas and you smiled happily and kissed her? You, my friend, know how to dissimulate

lichen

lav

desolation

ensamhet, ödslighet, förstörelse, förtvivlan

benign

vänlig

indignant

upprörd

ubiquitous

allmänt förekommande, överallt

instigate

sporra/egga till, anstifta

calamitous

katastrofal - [kuh-lam-i-tuh s]

recalcitrant

motsträvighet/gör ej som tillsagd - [ri-kal-si-truh nt]

haggling

pruta/parlamentera/ To argue in an attempt to come to terms.

accord

överenskommelse

diverge

avvike/skilja sig "I think that my proposal diverges from.."

obstruct

hindra - using force or threat of force to obstruct a Muslim woman in the free exercise of her religious beliefs.

Commensurate - The time has come to take action commensurate with the scale of the problem.

lika stor/sammanfallande/rimlig/motsvarande - [kuh-men-ser-it]

congestion charge, traffic congestion

Trafikskatt, trafikstockning

incentive

sporre, motiv

stringent

sträng

boroughs

distrikt (i en stad)

opt in

vara med

woe

olycka,sorg, elände - Today, woe generally means problem or worry.

woefully

bedrövligt - scientific voices immediately attacked the agreement as woefully inadequate

decisive

avgörande - whose work has had a decisive influence on my thinking

fudging

fuska, fiffla

daft

tokig/fånig/galet

olfactory

lukt-

impetus , "This gave an impetus to the efforts of Seifried and others"

sporre, kraft

corrugated

veckad - ex corrugated iron

elope

rymma hemifrån, framförallt för att gifta sig

pivotal

central, väsentlig "very important

vocational

yrkes- ex vocational training yrkesträning.

manure

[mäh-nuor] / gödsel

pertinent

relevant

trove

skatt/fynd

to counter/ countering

motarbeta, kontra, besvara, motverka "We must compare the approaches to see which is effective in countering addiction."

exhaustive

fullständig, omfattande, grundlig

subsidiary

dotterbolag

lament

klaga, beklaga, gråta

perennial

fleråldrig, ständigt återkommande "perennial question"

idle

lat, slö, gå på tomgång

corrosive

frätande

desertification

ökenspridning

overgrazing

överbeta

surge

ökning, våg - "The world is facing a long-term surge -ökning- in demand."

burgeon

spira, utvecklas "This burgeoning -spirande - cooperation has already produced significant results."

irrigation

bevattning, konstbevattning

pasture

betesmark

cropland

åker

demise

död, bortgång

probe

undersökning

peril

äventyra

wharf

kaj

bid

försök - "he made a bid to gain attention" -eller bud

lauded

prisa, berömma

disclose

avslöja

extol

prisa, lovsjunga

enact

stadga, uppföra (lag tex)

corroborated

bekräfta, bestyrka

abolition

avskaffande (ex av slaveri)

slated

kritiserad eller nominerad (to write or set down for nomination or appointment:the district leader slated for city judge. to plan or designate (something) for a particular place and time;schedule:The premiere was slated for January.)

facilitate

underlätta

rebate

avdrag

entice

locka

begets

förorsaka, avla

endowment

donation, talang - eller verb: förse med, utrusta, donera

duty

skatt, tull, avgift eller plikt

unabated

oförminskad

paucity

knapphet, fåtalighet

inundation/inundate

översvämning/översvämma

tractable

lätthanterligt/medgörlig

insurgency

uppror