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English term or phrase:
dignified dwelling
English answer:
decent living place
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dignified dwelling
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decent living place
as in these contexts:
These children had no name and never knew a dignified dwelling; they never crossed the threshold of a school or had the opportunity to live with books, ...
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and children of Chiapas, guarantee the right to health care,. education and culture, nutrition, a dignified dwelling, basic services, and the right to ...
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-05-15 17:25:37 GMT)
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In the examples I cited, you can replace the phrase "dignified dwelling" with "decent living place" and that will give you the same meaning.
These children had no name and never knew a dignified dwelling; they never crossed the threshold of a school or had the opportunity to live with books, ...
www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu
and children of Chiapas, guarantee the right to health care,. education and culture, nutrition, a dignified dwelling, basic services, and the right to ...
www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/agreements
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-05-15 17:25:37 GMT)
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In the examples I cited, you can replace the phrase "dignified dwelling" with "decent living place" and that will give you the same meaning.
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BusterK
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Max Nuijens
: yes, decent is better
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lexical
: Yes, "decent". I don't think this has anything to do with style or elegance.
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elegant residence
in other words
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Jack Doughty
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impressive but restrained
A dwelling (house, residence) which impresses those who see it with the dignity of the owner; probably large, but not necessarily enormous, and certainly in a tasteful and restrained style, not obviously deliberately intended to be impressive.
The term "stately home" is used in UK English, but while these are indeed dignified dwellings, the meaning is too restricted to the dwellings of the traditional aristocracy to be used here.
The term "stately home" is used in UK English, but while these are indeed dignified dwellings, the meaning is too restricted to the dwellings of the traditional aristocracy to be used here.
Discussion
- it has adequate sanitary facilities that guarantee living conditions and that it receives essential public services, including: water, sewage, electric power, street lighting, garbage collection, sidewalks and public transportation, with access to basic social equipment."