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101 mickrig
* * *mị|cke|rig ['mIkərɪç] ['mIkrɪç] (inf)1. adjpathetic; Betrag auch paltry; altes Männchen puny2. advpathetically* * *mickrig (mick[e]rig) adj umg Sache: measly, pathetic; stärker: lousy; Person: puny; (kränklich) sickly -
102 wertlos
Adj. worthless; (nutzlos) useless* * *paltry; trashy; valueless; meritless; worthless; vile; null* * *wert|losadjworthless, valueless* * *1) (worthless: a bum job.) bum2) (useless or not working: a dud battery.) dud3) (of no value: worthless old coins.) worthless4) worthlessly5) (having no value; worthless: The necklace is completely valueless.) valueless6) (worthless: trashy jewellery/novels/music.) trashy* * *wert·losadj worthless▪ für jdn \wertlos sein to be worthless to sb\wertlose Wertpapiere FIN dead securities* * *Adjektiv worthless; valueless* * ** * *Adjektiv worthless; valueless* * *adj.nugatory adj.trashy adj.valueless adj.vile adj.worthless adj. adv.valuelessly adv.vilely adv.worthlessly adv. -
103 mick(e)rig
mi·ck(e)·rig[ˈmɪk(ə)rɪç]adj (pej fam)2. (klein und schwächlich) puny3. (zurückgeblieben) stunted -
104 Lumpen
Lumpen
rags, rubbish;
• Lumpen sammeln to pick rags, to totter (Br.);
• Lumpengeld paltry sum;
• Lumpenhandel the rag trade;
• Lumpenhändler rag-and-bone man, dealer in rags;
• Lumpenladen rag shop;
• Lumpensammeln totting;
• Lumpensammler rubbish hunter, rag picker, rag-and-bone dealer (Br.), totter, tatters (Br. sl.), (letzter Zug) flying fornicator;
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105 Lumpengeld
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106 Schandgeld
Schandgeld
paltry sum;
• für einen Schandlohn arbeiten to work for a mere pittance;
• Schandpreis scandalous price;
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107 Spottgeld
Spottgeld
paltry sum, ridiculously low price;
• um ein Spottgeld for a (an old) song;
• Spottpreis [real] bargain, dead bargain (sl.), knockdown (bargain) price;
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108 geringfügige Summe
geringfügige Summe
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109 geringfügiger Betrag
geringfügiger Betrag
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110 Schillinge
Schillinge, lumpige zwei
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111 lumpige zwei
Schillinge, lumpige zwei
paltry two shillings. -
112 mit kleinen Summen abspeisen
mit kleinen Summen abspeisen
to fob off with paltry amounts.Business german-english dictionary > mit kleinen Summen abspeisen
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113 seine Gläubiger
abspeisen, seine Gläubiger
to put off one's creditors;
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114 unbedeutende Schulden
unbedeutende Schulden
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115 unbedeutender Betrag
unbedeutender Betrag
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116 boleść
- ci; f( smutek) sorrow, grief- boleści* * *f.Gen. -i1. zw. pl. (= ból) pain, ache; silne boleści strong pain; mieć boleści have (aches and) pains; skarżyć się na boleści complain of (aches and) pains; łoże boleści lit. bed of suffering; od siedmiu boleści żart. poor, paltry.2. lit. (= żal) sorrow, mourning; słowa pełne boleści words full of sorrow; ulżyć czyjejś boleści ease sb's sorrows.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > boleść
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117 marny
adj(pensja, grosz) paltry; (zdrowie, kucharz) pooriść (pójść perf) na marne — to go to waste
* * *a.1. (= kiepski, małowartościowy) lousy, flimsy; marny dochód miserable income; marny film lousy movie; marna wymówka flimsy excuse; marny twój los l. widok pot. you'll live to regret this, you'll rue the day; czeka kogoś marny koniec sb's going to meet a sticky end, sb's in for a sticky end; nie powiedzieć o kimś marnego słowa never speak ill of sb.2. lit. ( dziś tylko we frazach) (= bezcelowy) vain, futile; marne nadzieje vain expectations; pójść na marne go down the drain; wyrzucać pieniądze na marne squander money.3. (= słaby, chorowity) sickly, weak, ailing.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > marny
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118 nędzny
adjmiserable, wretched* * *a.1. (= znamionujący nędzę) miserable, wretched; (ubiór, wygląd) shabby.2. (= zabiedzony) frail, gaunt; (dziecko, szkapa) emaciated.3. (= lichy) sorry, wretched; (hotel, posiłek) mean.4. (= niewystarczający) paltry; (zarobek, zbiory) measly.5. (= bezwartościowy) trashy.6. (= podły) mean, base; (tchórz, postępek) worthless.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nędzny
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119 sztuczydło
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > sztuczydło
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120 lumpen
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