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1 pittance
ˈpɪtəns сущ.
1) скудное вспомоществование или жалованье;
жалкие гроши( обыкн. a mere pittance)
2) небольшая часть или небольшое количество pittance of time ≈ нехватка времени pittance of wages ≈ незначительный доход
3) редк. скудная еда;
диета скудное вспомоществование или жалованье;
жалкие гроши (часто a mere *) - widow's * нищенское пособие за мужа - to earn a scanty * зарабатывать жалкие гроши небольшая часть;
небольшое количество - a miserable * of instruction жалкое /убогое/ образование - a * of hope крупица надежды( редкое) скудная пища( историческое) пожертвование pittance небольшая часть или небольшое количество ~ скудное вспомоществование или жалованье;
жалкие гроши (обыкн. a mere pittance)Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > pittance
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2 pittance
['pɪtns]* * *pittance /ˈpɪtns/n.1 compenso, paga, remunerazione (spec. se scarsi): a mere pittance, un compenso irrisorio; un'elemosina* * *['pɪtns] -
3 pittance
[ʹpıt(ə)ns] n2. небольшая часть; небольшое количествоa miserable pittance of instruction - жалкое /убогое/ образование
3. редк. скудная пища4. ист. пожертвование -
4 miseria
f ( povertà) poverty( infelicità) miserycostare una miseria cost next to nothing* * *miseria s.f.1 (estrema povertà) poverty, destitution: vivere nella miseria, to live in poverty; andare in miseria, to fall into poverty; (o destitution); essere ridotto in miseria, to be reduced to destitution (o poverty o fam. to be down and out) // piangere miseria, to plead (o to complain of) poverty // miseria nera, dire poverty // porca miseria!, miseria ladra!, damn (it)! (o blast!)2 (meschinità) meanness, vileness: la sua miseria d'animo mi disgusta, his meanness disgusts me; miseria morale, intellettuale, moral, intellectual impoverishment3 (inezia) trifle; (esiguità) pittance: questo vaso costa una miseria, this vase only costs a trifle; l'ho comprato per una miseria, (fam.) I bought it for a song; litigare per una miseria, to quarrel over nothing (o a trifle); guadagnare una miseria, to work for a mere pittance4 pl. (disgrazie) misfortunes, troubles: le miserie della vita, the troubles (o misfortunes) of life5 (bot.) (erba) miseria, (Tradescantia vulgaris) spiderwort; (Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris) pennywort, Venus's navelwort.* * *[mi'zɛrja]sostantivo femminile1) (povertà) poverty, destitutionvivere nella miseria — to live in poverty o squalor
cadere in miseria — to fall on hard times, to become destitute
piangere miseria — to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.
2) (grettezza) meanness, baseness3) (sventura)costare una miseria — to cost a trifle o next to nothing
••porca miseria! — holy cow o smoke! damn it!
* * *miseria/mi'zεrja/sostantivo f.1 (povertà) poverty, destitution; vivere nella miseria to live in poverty o squalor; cadere in miseria to fall on hard times, to become destitute; essere ridotto in miseria to be reduced to poverty; piangere miseria to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.2 (grettezza) meanness, baseness; nascondere le proprie -e to conceal one's baseness3 (sventura) le -e della vita the troubles of life4 (somma ridicola) guadagnare una miseria to earn a mere pittance; la pagano una miseria she's paid peanuts; costare una miseria to cost a trifle o next to nothingper la miseria! good heavens! porca miseria! holy cow o smoke! damn it! -
5 fooi
♦voorbeelden:geen fooien • no tips, please -
6 het zout in de pap niet verdienen
het zout in de pap niet verdienenearn next to nothing, earn a (mere) pittanceVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > het zout in de pap niet verdienen
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7 zout
zout1〈 het〉1 [keukenzout] (common) salt2 [scheikunde] salt♦voorbeelden:op alle slakken zout leggen • split hairs————————zout22 [gezouten] salted♦voorbeelden:2 zoute haring • pickled/ salted herring〈 figuurlijk〉 zó zout heb ik het nog nooit gegeten • I've never heard/seen anything quite like that -
8 guadagnare una miseria
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9 die mensen verdienen maar een fooi
die mensen verdienen maar een fooiVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > die mensen verdienen maar een fooi
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10 зарабатывать жалкие гроши
Русско-английский юридический словарь > зарабатывать жалкие гроши
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