workhouse

[USA]/'wɜːkhaʊs/
[UK]/'wɝk'haʊs/
Frekvens: Meget høj

Oversættelse

n. en arrestationslignende institution, hvor fattige sendes for at arbejde og modtage træning.
Word Forms

Eksempelsætninger

What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!

Hvilket elendigt liv de levede på arbejdsstedet!

Oliver Twist was sent to the workhouse as a child.

Oliver Twist blev sendt på arbejdsstedet som barn.

The workhouse provided shelter for the homeless.

Arbejdsstedet gav husly til de hjemløse.

Many families struggled to survive and ended up in the workhouse.

Mange familier kæmpede for at overleve og endte på arbejdsstedet.

The workhouse system was harsh and unforgiving.

Arbejdsstedssystemet var hårdt og nådesløst.

He spent years working in the workhouse before finding a better job.

Han tilbragte år på arbejdsstedet, før han fandt et bedre job.

The workhouse was overcrowded and unsanitary.

Arbejdsstedet var overfyldt og usundt.

She volunteered at the local workhouse to help those in need.

Hun meldte sig frivilligt på det lokale arbejdssted for at hjælpe dem, der var i nød.

The workhouse provided basic necessities like food and shelter.

Arbejdsstedet sørgede for basale fornødenheder som mad og husly.

The workhouse was a place of last resort for many people.

Arbejdsstedet var et sidste udkøb for mange mennesker.

The workhouse system was eventually abolished due to public outcry.

Arbejdsstedssystemet blev til sidst afskaffet på grund af offentlig utilfredshed.

Virkelige Eksempler

At the age of nine he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse.

Kilde: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

And we certainly wouldn't take somebody from the workhouse.

Kilde: Victoria Kitchen

'And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open? '

Kilde: A Christmas Carol

Back at the workhouse, Oliver was taken to see the board.

Kilde: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

The " Silent Sentinels" endured arrests and imprisonment in a squalid workhouse where they were brutalized and force-fed.

Kilde: Time

You had the proper workhouse cough, and those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week.

Kilde: The Sign of the Four

After all, death was a common event in the workhouse, where only the poor and homeless lived.

Kilde: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

Just briefly describe what a workhouse was.

Kilde: Fresh air

Why it might have been in the workhouse'.

Kilde: The South and the North (Part 1)

'Take the boy back to the workhouse, and treat him kindly.

Kilde: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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