6. On the Dirty Side

unskilled without special training for a job / outbildad

demanding hard, difficult / krävande

assign allocate (a job or duty) / tilldela

ward off prevent something from happening / avvärja

evaporation when a liquid changes to a vapour and vanishes / avdunstning

cheerily happily / glättigt

rural in the countryside / lantlig

solely only / endast

purchase buy / köpa

concede admit / medge

relentless not stopping, continuous / obeveklig

supervisor boss, manager / arbetsledare

snitch a person that tells somebody in authority that somebody has done something wrong / tjallare

brood worry about something a lot / grubbla

exasperation intense irritation / stark irritation

the affluent rich people / de välbärgade

threshold here appropriate size / tröskel

unmanageable here difficult to keep clean / ohanterlig

monitor watch over, check / övervaka

deprive take something useful or pleasant away from someone / beröva, ta ifrån

outfit clothing / kläder

unseemly inappropriate / opassande

inseparable cannot be separated from / oskiljaktig

soak through when a liquid passes through something / göra genomblöt, gå igenom

vain taking extreme pride in one’s appearance / fåfäng

obstacle barrier / hinder

selling point quality or feature that is used to make people want to buy something / försäljningsargument

drought period of little or no rain / torka

lukewarm only slightly warm / ljummen

adjacent bordering, nearby / angränsande

redistribute move something from one place to another / omfördela

dignified serious and deserving respect / värdig

posture here position / ställning

submission action of accepting a superior force or the will of another person / underkastelse

degrading humiliating / förnedrande

discard throw away / kassera

insurrection rebellion / uppror

imprinted fixed in your memory / inpräntad

ancestors forefathers / förfäder

degradation humiliation / förnedring

equivalent equal to / motsvarande

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