【Metro】Three people on why they have to skip meals to save money at the moment

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Three people on why they have to skip meals to save money at the moment

'My body is now used to not having anything during the day.'

インフレ原因で、食事回数を減らす人が増加してる問題について。
結構鬱々としちゃう記事でした。「食事回数を減らす？ダイエット系か？」と間違えて読み始めて引っ込みつかなくなったw

thrall
peckish
universal credit
extortionate
fatigued
deprived
relapse

thrall

意味　[U] (かたく· 文) 束縛, 奴隷的境遇; [C]奴隷

If you’ve been to a petrol station, supermarket, or attempted to pay your gas or electric bill at all this year, you’ll know we’re in the thralls of a cost of living crisis – which has completely upended lives across the UK.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

peckish

意味　[通例 be ～](英· くだけて) 小腹がすいて; (米· くだけて) 怒りっぽい, 不機嫌で.

For Andrew, that includes breakfast and an evening meal, without lunch. He keeps bread in his house to snack on if he gets peckish when meal skipping.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

パンって、下手に食べるともっとお腹すく気がする…パンが1番安く手に入るのは分かるんだけど。

universal credit

意味　(in the UK) money paid by the state to people who need financial help to pay for housing, the care of children, the cost of living while unemployed, etc. It consists of a single monthly payment to cover all these needs, instead of separate smaller payments for each area of need.

‘Because I’m still recovering from a few mental health problems and I have a disability, I’m on universal credit, which didn’t go up when the prices of basic expenses did obviously,’ Katie explains.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

さすがに自国のサービスだけあって、Oxford辞書の説明が詳しかった。

extortionate

意味　(ややくだけて)〈要求· 価格などが〉法外な, 不当な, とてつもない

‘Everything got extortionate very quickly and all my budgeting wasn’t good enough. I’ve gone from putting £25 a month on my pay as you go energy metres to £100 per month. And soon, I couldn’t afford to feed myself all three meals a day.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

fatigued

意味　(かたく)[通例 be ～]〈人が〉疲れ果てて, 疲労困憊して

Katie adds: ‘My body is now so used to not having anything during the day that I don’t even feel hungry when I wake up. I’m way more fatigued and anxious now though.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

deprived

意味　〈人· 地域などが〉（経済面または健康面で）恵まれない, 困窮した, 貧困の

‘My body is used to being deprived but my mental health is falling to bits. I’m so tired all the time, which is probably half from not eating enough and half from being stressed about money 24/7.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/

食べられないと精神的にもきつくなるし…若いと消費カロリー多いからなあ。動けなくなって仕事辞めてますます貧困にって悪循環。

relapse

意味　戻る, 逆戻りする; 再び陥る

She adds: ‘I’m basically relapsing because of higher prices of expenses which is ridiculous when you really think about it.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/cost-of-living-crisis-people-are-skipping-meals-to-save-money-17134449/