Refugees ans asylum seekers
8 the main topic is the life of migrants that are illegal in Britain. terms
this glossary is made for the university LLCEr English L1 UGA
- destitution
- noun
- the fact of having no money, food and the other things necessary for life
- Example: Many immigrants lived in destitution and were unable to find profitable work.
- fr: dénuement
misère
pauvreté
- downturn
- noun
- a décline in economic business or other activity
- Example: We are now recovering from last year's downturn in sales.
- fr: baisse
- dumping ground
- noun
- a place where something that is not wanted is dumped (= left)
- Example: It looks like nothing more than a dumping ground, the squalor plain to see.
- fr: décharge
- motorway
- noun
- (in the UK) a wide road, with at least two lanes in each direction, where traffic can travel fast for long distances between large towns. You can only enter and leave motorways at special junctions.
- Example: This is what forty illegal immigrants call hime under a motorway bridge in London.
- fr: autoroute
- outskirts
- noun plural
- the outer part of a town or a city
- Example: Heathrow Airport lies on the outskirts of London.
- fr: périphérie
banlieue
- reluctant
- adjective
- unwilling and hesitate; disinclined
- Example: Paul was reluctant to take on new responsibilities at work, as he felt he already had too much to do.
- fr: réticent
- smuggle
- verb
- to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc.
- Example: Kate was caught smuggling drugs.
- fr: introduire clandestinement
- squalor
- noun
- a state of being extremely dirty or unpleasant
- Example: They were living in conditions of squalor when we found them.
- fr: saleté
crasse
misère
