basic survival

collocation in English

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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survival
noun
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vəl/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live ...
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And these people depend for theirbasicsurvivalon fishing.
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Evenbasicsurvivalcould not be assumed, parasitoids from many releases simply died out, either immediately or within the first two or three months.
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Vast numbers of farming households live in an exceptionally high-risk environment in whichbasicsurvivalis a day-to-day uncertainty.
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It has been suggested that the assistance received by many frail older people may ensure theirbasicsurvivalbut could scarcely be seen to offer a ' quality ' life.
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During this phase the relief effort focused on delivering tents, sanitation facilities, shelters andbasicsurvivalitems.
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It is probably true to say that such a dwelling would place almost impossible demands on any conceivable lifestyle other than one restricted forbasicsurvivalin a hostile environment.
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It, however, does possessbasicsurvivalinstincts i.e. shutting up.
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In these early stages, the focus of any response is upon helping people withbasicsurvival.
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The lifeboat carried ten days of food rations, water andbasicsurvivalsupplies.
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Family units themselves have broken down and survivors band together into loose units forbasicsurvival.
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Candidates have abasicsurvivalkit which, through group efforts, can be enhanced with new objects created.
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Problems begin, however, when we generalize biologically essential things into areas that have nothing to do withbasicsurvival.
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These kits providebasicsurvivaltools and supplies to enable passengers to survive until they are rescued.
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The salary was meagre, but sufficient forbasicsurvivaland, at a stretch, for paying private university fees.
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So stockpiles of water, particularly in the growing heat, will be absolutely crucial to thebasicsurvival of the people who are bound to be displaced by any conflict.
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The report suggested that a better term would be forced humanitarian migrants, who moved for the purpose of their and their dependents'basicsurvival.
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He described that as people'sbasicsurvivalneeds are met, so their desire to grow in mental and emotional dimensions increases.
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Unless a condition is threatening life of the patient, or others around the patient, other medical andbasicsurvivalconsiderations are managed first.
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The government could not make efficient effort to providebasicsurvivalneeds, and this prompted the need for more powerful pressure group.
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Narrow climatic tolerance in animals inhibits animals to adapt because theirbasicsurvivalneeds can not range in location, temperature or resources.
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Taxes had to be paid sometimes by selling a wife and children, especially when taxes were too high to permitbasicsurvival.
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More bybasicsurvivalinstinct than by malicious intent, the rioters hinder transport of a particular agricultural province's wheat to other provinces with higher purchasing power.
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He spends the next nine years of his life on the island with them and learns somebasicsurvivalskills, martial arts and academia from them.
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