J.Java - The Guardian 2021

The exercise was created 2022-03-19 by jennyholmqvist. Question count: 49.

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  • be thin on the ground there are very few of them
  • handsy someone who tends to involve in inappropriate touching
  • flail spikslägga
  • apt suitable
  • tantamount to equally serious as, likvärdig
  • squander slösa bort
  • harried ansatt, plågad
  • obstretics the branch of medicine and surgery concentrated on childbirth and midwifery, förlossningskonst
  • whooping cough kikhosta
  • exemption from tax dispens, befrielse från skatt
  • chief whip politik, person som ser till att alla i parlamentet deltar vid omröstningar
  • defuse the furore dämpa stämningen
  • execrable bedrövlig
  • blinkered narrowminded and subjective
  • a blinkered racehorse galopphäst med skygglappar
  • fitted with blinkers utrustad med skygglappar
  • celluloid a motion-picture film, refers to the plastic sheets films are made of
  • an astute student or business man en skarpsinnig student eller affärsman
  • debunk avslöja
  • vetting granskning vid val
  • subpoena stämning, kalla inför rätta
  • prosecution väckning av åtal
  • levy beskatta
  • skewer grillspett
  • skewer to criticize or ridicule someone sharply and effectively
  • roil grumla, även make someone annoyed or irritated
  • insurrection uppror, resning
  • a barrage fördämning, störtsjö
  • fault finna fel på, kritisera
  • cum och
  • parable en kort sedelärande histoira, liknelse
  • reel tappa balansen¨
  • sending him reeling få honom att tappa balansen
  • the ultimate arbiter den slutliga skiljedomaren
  • nepotism svågerpolitik
  • nefarious morally bad
  • pogue working class (prerogatory)
  • kook insane
  • henious crime avskyvärt brott
  • kudos to beröm till
  • pastoral lantligt enkel, idyllisk
  • flax lin
  • carrion ruttnande kött
  • carrion bird asfågel
  • vulture gam
  • effluent utsläpp
  • mitigation of pollution kraftigt minska utsläpp
  • dislocation ur led, t ex om axel
  • enkindle sätta fyr på, egga (kindle kommer från old Norse, släkt med candle)

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