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squalor These people are forced to live in squalor. It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat - the usual student squalor. start learning		the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money:
slum an inner-city slum She was brought up in the slums of Lima This house would be an absolute slum if I wasn't here to clean it. start learning		a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city, a very untidy or dirty place
Sweatshop start learning		a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions
Brain drain start learning		the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better:
Clash of cultures start learning		tensions between people from different societies, nations...
kind off start learning		in some way or to some degree
surface (A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business. The submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast start learning		to appear
to figure Their names did not figure in the list of finalists Cooler movies don’t seem to figure as much start learning		to appear on list
to comment People don’t really comment on it start learning		to pay attention or to note something
bland It’s a bit too bland for me. start learning		tasteless
shantytown start learning		an area in or on the edge of a city, in which poor people live in small, very cheaply built houses
hare-brained start learning		not practical or silly This sounds like another of his harebrained schemes.
to leave left left start learning		to go away from smth

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