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sluka en oproportionerligt stor del av inkomsten för lågavlönade eller bidragsberoende personer,
absorbing a disproportionate part of the income of people living on low wages or dependent on welfare payments;
Last Update: 2017-04-06
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krig mellan två europeiska länder under en enda dag skulle sluka hela gemenskapsbudgeten.
a single day of war between two european countries would absorb the whole community budget.
Last Update: 2014-02-06
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meningslösa storskaliga projekt där man vägrar att inse verkligheten kommer bara att sluka pengar.
pointless large-scale projects, coupled with a refusal to face reality, will only gobble up money.
Last Update: 2012-02-29
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och till det djuret blev så sagt: »stå upp och sluka mycket kött.»
and behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, arise, devour much flesh.
Last Update: 2011-10-24
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en annan av era stora bedrifter var att låta europeiska unionen sluka nio och ett halvt nya länder.
another of your great achievements was that the european union swallowed up nine-and-a-half new countries.
Last Update: 2012-03-22
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den europeiska jordbrukspolitiken slukar, som sagt, hälften av vår budget .
as i said, european agricultural policy absorbs half of our budget.
Last Update: 2012-03-22
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