unit 8

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affluent
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rich enough to buy things for pleasure
zamożny, bogaty
altruism
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when you care more about others than about yourself
altruizm
command
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to have a particular price or value, especially a high price
wartość (duża)
crop
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a plant grown for food, usually on a farm
plon
deprive
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when you take away sth from someone or prevent them from having it
pozbawiać
distort
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to change sth such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate
zniekształcać, fałszować
ignore
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to not consider sth or not let it influance you
illiteracy
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the state of not being able to read or write
analfabetyzm
wave a magic wand
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find easy and immediate solution to a problem
różdżka
misguided
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when sth is based on judgements or opinions that are wrong
błędna
naive
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naive person lacks experience of life and tends to believe things too easy
naiwny
pursue
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a follow a course of activity
gonić, realizować
relieve
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to make pain or another feeling less unpleasant
ulżyć
threaten
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to be likely to harm or destroy sth
grozić
toil
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work very hard doing sth difficult aand tiring, especially physical work
trudzić sie, meczyc
dismantled
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abolished
zniesiony
tarrifs
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taxes on imported goods
quotas
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limits on the number of goods that can be imported
trade disputes
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disagreements about trades
dumping
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selling it for less than its costs to produce
protectionism
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the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
repatriate
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making foods in your own country
smallholders
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small farmers
middleman
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a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers
glut
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when theres too much goods on the market
Doha round
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the last stage of negotiations

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