Word Study: Has multiculturalism failed in the UK? Not really by Anthony HeathEXAMPLE 1The expression:in the throes of

The part of speech:phrase

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English explanation:

In the middle of doing or dealing with something very diffcult or painful

Slovene translation:V mukah, boleinah; hudo se muiti, trpeti

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But it seems the rest of us cant because we were in the throes of a British triumph, and even the cynics were filled with pride.

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A zdi se, da preostali ne moremo, saj smo bili v hudih mukah britanskega uspeha (smo se hudo muili z britanskim uspehom?), in tudi ciniki so bili napolnjeni s ponosom.

EXAMPLE 2The expression:divide

The part of speech:noun

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A boundary between two things

Slovene translation:meja

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Context sentence: The second generation those educated and raised here in Britain show a further 27% shift toward integration, with greater social and workplace mixing, and a significant increase in marriages across community divides.

Translation of the context sentence: Druga generacija ti, ki so bili olani in vzgojeni v Angliji so pokazatelji 27% pomika k integraciji, s vejim drubenim meanjem in tem na delovnih mestih, in znatnim poveanjem porok med loenimi skupnostmi.

EXAMPLE 3The expression:Minority preserve

The part of speech:Adjective + noun

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English explanation:Smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole; a sphere or activity regarded as being reserved for a particular person or group

Slovene translation:Manjinska domena

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The new report does find some support for this, but even in the first generation such attitudes are a minority preserve; indeed, the support is in line with the 14% of white British people who also favour the patriarchal model.

Translation of the context sentence: Novo poroilo ima nekaj podpore za to, a tudi med prvimi generacijami je tak odnos manjinska domena; zares, podpora je na isti relaciji s 14% belih britancev ki tudi oddobravajo/imajo raje patriarhalni model.