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1 greedy eyes
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2 cast greedy eyes upon
1) Общая лексика: бросать на (что-л.) жадные взгляды2) Макаров: бросать (на что-л.) жадные взгляды -
3 with greedy eyes
1) Общая лексика: жадным взглядом2) Макаров: с жадным взглядом -
4 greedy
[ʹgri:dı] a1. жадный; алчныйgreedy for /of/ gold - алчущий золота
greedy for /of/ gain - корыстолюбивый, одержимый жаждой наживы
to cast greedy eyes upon smth. - бросать на что-л. жадные взгляды
2. прожорливыйgreedy for /of/ food - жадный до пищи
greedy for /of/ sweets - сластёна
he is not hungry, he is just greedy - он не голоден, он просто прожорлив
3. жаждущий, стремящийсяgreedy for /of/ fame [honours] - честолюбивый
greedy to know - жаждущий знаний, жадно стремящийся к знаниям
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5 greedy
['griːdɪ]adj1) жадный, алчный, корыстолюбивый- greedy for gainIt was greedy of them to eat up all the candy. — Он пожадничал и съел все леденцы.
- greedy eyes
- cast a greedy eye upon smth2) прожорливый, жадный- greedy for food
- greedy for sweets3) честолюбивый, стремящийся, жаждущий- greedy for praise
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6 covetous
ˈkʌvɪtəs прил.
1) жадный, скупой Syn: greedy, covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious
2) алчный (of) ;
жаждущий, страстно желающий( чего-л.) covetous of power ≈ жаждущий власти алчный, жадный;
жаждущий - to cast * eyes towards smth. жадно взирать на что-л. covetous жадный, алчный (of) ~ завистливый ~ скупойБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > covetous
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7 piggish
1. a свиноподобный, свиной2. a свинский, грязный3. a жадный, ненасытный4. a эгоистичный5. a упрямый6. a неуживчивыйСинонимический ряд:greedy (adj.) gluttonous; greedy; hoggish; porcine; rapacious; ravenous; voracious
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