Meaning of Oxfam | Babel Free
ˈɒksfæmDefinitions
A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.
Equivalents
한국어
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Examples
“[E]xquisitely torn jeans adorned the 'Hard Times' cover⟳ of The Face⟳, while the long macs and second-hand suits of the 'Oxfam brigade', with their doomy Joy Division rock and George Orwell haircuts, made a suitable fanfare for the advent of the dreaded 1984. In one sense⟳ Oxfam chic was a lament for the passing of the old working-class certainties […]”
“In the town center of the village I live⟳ in, there is an Oxfam shop⟳, a Salvation Army shop⟳, a Heart Disease UK shop⟳, and a Cancer Research⟳ shop⟳. They sell⟳ the usual thrift store stuff of used clothes and books.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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