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1 влачить жалкое существование
1) General subject: exist, lead a dog's life, lead a wretched existence, linger, linger out one's days, linger out one's life, languish in poverty, fall on evil days, drag out a miserable existence, doss around2) Graphic expression: limp along3) Makarov: drag on a wretched existence, lead a miserable existenceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > влачить жалкое существование
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2 еле дышать
1) уст. (с трудом жить, влачить жалкое существование) drag out a miserable existence; be at one's last gaspАртамон Ильич знал, что семейство это принадлежит к числу разорявшихся дворян, еле дышащих на последние крохи. (Г. Успенский, Нравы Растеряевой улицы) — Artamon Ilyich knew that the family belonged to the impoverished gentry dragging out a miserable existence.
2) (стать ветхим; прийти в негодность) become dilapidated; go to pieces; fall into disrepair; wear out; be unfit for useВсё покосилось... Сарай, как старик, сгорбился, дом еле дышит... (Б. Горбатов, Непокорённые) — His dwelling was a sorry sight... The shed stooped like an old man, the house nearly went to pieces...
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3 жалкий
прил.pitiable, pitiful (вызывающий жалость); miserable, wretched, poor (вызывающий презрение)жалкая одежда — wretched/shabby clothes
жалкие гроши — trifling sum ед.; pittance ед. ( о вознаграждении)
жалкий трус — miserable/abject coward; craven
жалкое зрелище — pitiful/sorry sight
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4 влачить
(что-л.)несовер.; устар.drag; eke out -
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(вн.) уст.drag (d.)♢
влачить жалкое существование — drag out a miserable existence -
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7 существование
с.1) ( наличие) existenceфо́рмы существова́ния мате́рии — forms of the matter
2) ( жизнь) lifeсре́дства к существова́нию — livelihood
зараба́тывать сре́дства к существова́нию — earn one's living
подде́рживать существова́ние — keep body and soul together
отравля́ть кому́-л существова́ние — make smb's life a misery ['mɪz-]
влачи́ть жа́лкое существова́ние — drag out a miserable existence
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8 в долг
1) (взаймы, с обязательством возврата)2) (на занятые деньги (жить, существовать и т. п.)) live on credit (trust)У меня ни копейки денег. Живу кое-как в долг. (Н. Гоголь, Письмо М. П. Погодину, 28 дек. 1840) — I am penniless. I drag out my miserable existence on credit.
3) (без оплаты сразу, с последующей оплатой) on creditПокупая какую-нибудь вещь в лавках, он обыкновенно говорил приказчику: "Принеси, братец, на дом, я посоветуюсь с Марьей Ивановной!" Вещь приносили, и Владимир Андреич оставлял её за собою в долг. (А. Писемский, Тюфяк) — When making purchases in a shop he would say to the salesman: 'Send it to my house, my good fellow, I will consult Marya Ivanovna.' When the purchases were sent, Vladimir Andreich would keep them on credit.
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