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1 poor
[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) chudobný2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) chabý, mizerný3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) úbohý•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) chorý* * *• zlý• úbohý• biedny -
2 poor conductor
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3 poor devil
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4 poor thing
• chudácik• chúdatko -
5 poor-spirits
• bojazlivý• plachý -
6 cut a poor figure
• urobit biedny dojem -
7 well off
(poor, rich: The family was quite well off.) chudobný, bohatý -
8 beg
[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) žobrať2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) naliehavo žiadať / prosiť•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) ožobráčiť- beg to differ* * *• žiadat• žobrat• dovolit si• prosit -
9 alms
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10 attendance
noun His attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.) účasť, návštevnosť* * *• prítomnost• prezencia• dochádzka• ošetrenie• návšteva školy• obsluha -
11 brute
[bru:t]1) (an animal other than man: My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; ( also adjective) brute force.) zviera; zvierací2) (a cruel person.) surovec•- brutal- brutality
- brutish* * *• zviera• surovec• hovädo -
12 charity
[' ærəti]plural - charities; noun1) (kindness (especially in giving money to poor people): She gave clothes to the gypsies out of charity.) dobročinnosť2) (an organization set up to collect money for the needy, for medical research etc: Many charities sent money to help the victims of the disaster.) charitatívny spolok•- charitably* * *• dobrocinnost• láska k blížnemu -
13 cheap
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14 consent
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15 creature
['kri: ə]1) (an animal or human being: all God's creatures.) tvor2) (a term of contempt or pity: The poor creature could hardly stand.) stvorenie* * *• tvor• bytost• netvor -
16 digestion
[- ən]1) (the act of digesting food.) trávenie2) (the ability of one's body to digest food: poor digestion.) trávenie* * *• zažívanie• trávenie -
17 district
['distrikt](an area of a country, town etc: He lives in a poor district of London; Public transport is often infrequent in country districts.) obvod, mestská štvrť, okres, oblasť* * *• obytná štvrt• okres• oblast• obvod -
18 flashy
adjective (big, bright etc but cheap and of poor quality: flashy clothes.) krikľavý* * *• senzacný• senzáciechtivý• efektný• blýskavý• divoký• prudký• plytký• povrchný• lacný• okázalý -
19 garret
['ɡærət](a usually small and sometimes dark room just under the roof of a house: He was poor and lived in a garret.) podkrovie* * *• vyplnit škáry kamenného m• podkrovná miestnost• podkrovie• pôjd• manzarda• manzardka -
20 ghetto
['ɡetəu]plural - ghetto(e)s; noun(a (poor) part of a city etc in which a certain group of people (especially immigrants) lives: Large cities like New York have many ghettoes.) geto* * *• geto
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Poor Laws — • Those legal enactments which have been made at various periods of the world s history in many countries for the relief of various forms of distress and sickness prevailing amongst the destitute. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor… … Catholic encyclopedia
poor — W1S1 [po: US pur] adj comparative poorer superlative poorest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(no money)¦ 2¦(not good)¦ 3¦(sympathy)¦ 4¦(not good at something)¦ 5¦(health)¦ 6 poor in something 7 a poor second/third etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
Poor — Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor law — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor man's treacle — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor man's weatherglass — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor rate — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor soldier — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poor Richard's Almanack — (sometimes Almanac ) was a yearly almanack published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of Poor Richard or Richard Saunders for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It was a best seller for a pamphlet … Wikipedia
poor — [ pur ] adjective *** ▸ 1 lacking money ▸ 2 of low quality ▸ 3 not good enough ▸ 4 not skillful ▸ 5 lacking something important ▸ 6 less than expected ▸ 7 feeling sorry for someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) having little money and few possessions: a poor… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
poor´ness — poor «pur», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy: »The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3). 2. not good in quality;… … Useful english dictionary
