Words June 2014 Onwards

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Leeway

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Spelrum

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Illiterate

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Analfabet

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Endgame

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Slutspel

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Contiguous

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Sammanhängande, angränsande

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Impeach

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Anklaga, åtala, ifrågasätta, misstroendeförklaring?

Call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)

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Vindicated

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Rättfärdigad, rentvådd
Clear someone of blame or suspicion
E.g. Four years in office had done nothing but vindicate George Bush’s critics

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Pertinent

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Relevant or applicable to a particular matter

Sv. Relevant, samhörande

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Bonded labor

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Debt bondage (träldom, slaveri) (also known as debt slavery or bonded labor) is a person’s pledge (pant, löfte) of their labor or services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation. The services required to repay the debt may be undefined, and the services’ duration may be undefined.

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Broker

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Mäklare
A person who buys and sells goods or assets for others.
Verb: arrange or negotiate (a deal, plan, or settlement…
Eg fighting continued despite attempts to broker a cease-fire

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Tvångsarbete

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Forced labor

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Stympad

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Mutilated

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Kvinnlig könsstympning

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FGM

Female genitile mutilation

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Bring an issue to light

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Föra upp en fråga på dagordningen

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Afflict

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…eg …that still afflicts our world

Plåga, hemsöka

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Reconciliation

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Försoning, förlikning, uppgörelse

Eg…he rejects any idea of reconciliation

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Rubble

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Bråte, spillror

Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc

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Repeal

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To revoke or withdraw formally officially, eg to repeal a grant
To revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty etc) by express legislative enactment

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Complacent

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Självbelåten

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Imminent

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Nära förestående, överhängande

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Erstwhile

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Dåvarande, förutvarande, forne
Eg. Mary Anderson, erstwhile the Queen of America’s stage [formerly]
His erstwhile rivals [former]

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Impunity

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Straffrihet

For now Israel can act with impunity, but not forever.

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Incarcerated

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Inspärrade

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Ostensibly

Ostensible

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Skenbart, till synes (men man vet inte, antagligen inte)

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Outrageous

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Upprörande, skandalöst

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Incontrovertible

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Obestridliga, ovedersäglig

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Logging

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Loggning, skogsavverkning

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Ubiquitous

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Allestädes närvarande, spridd, allmänt utbredd/förekommande

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Fad

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Modefluga, modenyck

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Effusive

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Svallande, översvallande (eg arabiska sammankomster, hälsniningar/lyckönskningar)

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Surmise

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Förmoda

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Tenuous

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Very weak or slight | Svag,

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Soar

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Flyga, stiga, sväva högt

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Surge

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Svalla, svallvåg, uppsving

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Bogus

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Falsk | Not genuine or true, fake

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Dread

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Fasa, fruktan | Great fear or apprehension (farhåga, anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen)

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Eerie

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Kuslig,

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Howling

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Tjutande, ylande

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Be bankrolled

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Bli finansierad | Support (a person or project) financially

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Cohesive

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Kohesiv, sammanhängande

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Retain

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Behålla, hålla kvar

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Wager

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Satsning, slå vad

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Lightning bolt A bolt from the blue

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Blixt En blixt från klar himmel

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Rod

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Stång

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Purport

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The meaning or substance of smth, typically a document or speech. Eg I do not understand the purport of your remarks. Eg. Purport a link between vaccines and autism. Sv. Innebörd. Ge sig ut för, påstå sig (verb)

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Inadvertently

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Oavsiktligt

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Coercion

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Tvång The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. Eg. It wasn't slavery because no coercion was used.

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Compliance

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Överensstämmelse, samtycke, eftergivenhet, foglighet The action or fact of complying with a wish or command. Eg. All imports of timber are in compliance with regulations.

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Haggle

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Pruta, köpslå

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Hoppsan!

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Ups-a-daisy

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Giddy up

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Hoppla | Command a horse to go faster

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Hoarse | vs horse

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Hes | Häst

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Dorky

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Töntig | Eg look dorky wearing smth

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Entrench

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Befästa, förankra | Eg entrench the American leadership on the European continen

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Be at a loose end (e.g. If you are at a loose end then feel free to join us)

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Idiom: to have nothing to do

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Dispel

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Skingra, förjaga

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Predecessor

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Föregångare

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Successor

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Efterföljare

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Purge

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Rensa ut (E.g. Purge your mind) E.g. A purge of the ruling class is absolutely necessary I.e. An abrupt or violent removal of a group of people from an organization or place.

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Innuendo

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Antydan, insinuation

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Deferential

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Hänsynsfull | E.g people were always deferential to him

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Deference

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Aktning, hänsyn

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Feedstock

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Råmaterial

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Extractive industry

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Utvinningsindustri

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Complicit

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Delaktig Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing E.g. All of these people are complicit in some criminal conspiracy

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Folkfördrivning

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Population displacement

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Lose out

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Förlora på

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Opencast

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Dagbrott | Eg opencast mining

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Demise

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Överlåta (verb) överlåtelse, frånfälle (död) (noun) | Eg.conveyance or transfer of property or a title by devising

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Artisan

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Hantverkare, hantverks-

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Gist [jist]

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Kontentan, huvudpunkten

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Gauge [gäjdch]

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Mätare (eg Tidal gauge)

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Collude

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Samverka (maskopi) | Eg: did British government collude with NI killers?

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Acqitted

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Friades

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Thrifty

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Spars am

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Smear

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Smutskasta

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Crony, cronies

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Stallbroder, gammal god vän | E.g Cameron's cronies...

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Scaremonger

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Panikspridare

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Exhilarating

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Uppiggande

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Profuse

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Ymnig

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Airy

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Luftig

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Shred

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Strimla

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Nook

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Skrymsle, vrå, hörn

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Calamitous

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Katastrofal

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Foist

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Pracka (på)

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Hoist

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Hissa | An act of raising or lifting something

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Wrench

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Skiftnyckel | Rycka, vrida, stuka,förvränga

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Ostensible

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Skenbar

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Autocrazy

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Envälde, autokrati

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Resuscitate

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Återuppliva, återuppväcka (från de medvetslöshet eller "trodd" död)

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Prerequisite

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Förutsättning

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Requirement

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Krav

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Ramifications

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Förgrening, konsekvens a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome. any change is bound to have legal ramifications synonyms: consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect, upshot, development, implication, product, by-product