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(a) (solicit as charity) mendier;∎ to beg food mendier de la nourriture;∎ she begged money from the passers-by elle mendiait auprès des passants;∎ to beg, borrow or steal se procurer par tous les moyens∎ I begged the doctor not to say anything j'ai supplié le médecin de ne rien dire;∎ she begged to be sent back to school elle supplia qu'on la renvoie à l'école;∎ she begged a favour of her sister elle a demandé à sa sœur de lui rendre un service;∎ to beg sb's forgiveness or pardon demander pardon à qn;∎ I beg your pardon (I apologize) je vous demande pardon; (I didn't hear you) pardon?; (indignantly) pardon!∎ I beg to differ permettez-moi de ne pas être de votre avis;∎ I beg to inform you that… je tiens à ou j'ai l'honneur de vous informer que…;∎ to beg leave to do sth demander la permission de faire qch∎ to beg the question (evade the issue) éluder la question; (assume something proved) considérer que la question est résolue;∎ that begs the question of whether... cela pose la question de savoir si..., c'est toute la question de savoir si...;∎ wanting to climb Mount Everest rather begs the question 'why?' on serait enclin à se demander pourquoi quelqu'un aurait envie d'escalader le Mont Everest(a) (solicit charity) mendier;∎ to beg for food mendier de la nourriture;∎ children begging (for money) in the street des enfants qui mendient dans la rue;∎ they live by begging ils vivent de charité ou d'aumône(b) (ask, plead) supplier;∎ to beg for forgiveness/mercy demander pardon/grâce∎ I'll have that last sandwich if it's going begging je prendrai bien ce dernier sandwich si personne d'autre ne le veut;∎ there's a piece of cake going begging il reste un morceau de gâteau;∎ these jobs are going begging ce sont des emplois qui trouvent peu d'amateursBritish se soustraire;∎ our best player begged off pleading illness notre meilleur joueur s'est fait excuser pour cause de maladie
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