Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ADVERSITY
adversity
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; “a period marked by adversities”
adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction; “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”; “a life of hardship”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
Synonyms
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Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ver"si*ty, n.; pl. Adversities(#). Etym: [OE. adversite, F. adversité, fr. L. adversitas.]
1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.
Syn.
– Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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