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1 beggar
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2 beggar-my-neighbour
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3 beggar description
(to be so great in some way that it cannot be described: Her beauty beggars description.) vymykat se popisu -
4 naughty beggar
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5 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.) žebrat2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) naléhavě žádat, prosit•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) ožebračit- beg to differ* * *• žebrat• prosit -
6 handout
1) (a leaflet or a copy of a piece of paper with information given to students in class, distributed at a meeting etc: You'll find the diagram on page four of your handout.) sylabus, podklady2) (money, clothes etc given to a very poor person or a beggar.) dávka, dar chudým* * *• věcný dar• podklad přednášky• prospekt• reklamní leták• sylabus• almužna žebrákovi -
7 ragged
['ræɡid]1) (dressed in old, worn or torn clothing: a ragged beggar.) otrhaný2) (torn: ragged clothes.) potrhaný3) (rough or uneven; not straight or smooth: a ragged edge.) drsný, hrbolatý, roztřepený* * *• rozeklaný• rozdrbaný• otrhaný• drsný -
8 rags
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9 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) sedět na bobku2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) zavalitý; sražený* * *• přízemní• neoprávněně obsadit• doupě malého zvířete• dřepět na bobku• dřep
См. также в других словарях:
beggar — ► NOUN 1) a person who lives by begging for food or money. 2) informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar! ► VERB ▪ reduce to poverty. ● beggar belief (or description) Cf. ↑beggar description ● … English terms dictionary
beggar — [n1] person asking for charity asker, borrower, bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator, tramp, vagabond; concepts 412,423 beggar [n2] person in financial trouble alms person, bankrupt, dependent,… … New thesaurus
beggar — [beg′ər] n. [ME beggere < OFr begard: see BEG] 1. a person who begs, or asks for charity, esp. one who lives by begging; mendicant 2. a person who is very poor; pauper 3. Chiefly Brit. a person; fellow: often used jokingly or affectionately vt … English World dictionary
Beggar — Beg gar, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.] 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. [1913 Webster] 2. One who makes it his business to ask alms. [1913 Webster] 3. One who is dependent upon others for support;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beggar — Beg gar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beggared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beggaring}.] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. [1913 Webster] It beggared all… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beggar — index deplete, parasite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
beggar — I UK [ˈbeɡə(r)] / US [ˈbeɡər] noun [countable] Word forms beggar : singular beggar plural beggars someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food • lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British spoken used in a friendly way for… … English dictionary
beggar — This is unlikely to have its literal meaning of one who begs when used vocatively. ‘Lucky beggar!’ said to a friend simply means lucky person. ‘You little beggar’ addressed to a child is similar to ‘you little horror’ or ‘you little terror’.… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
beggar — beg|gar1 [ˈbegə US ər] n 1.) someone who lives by asking people for food and money ▪ the beggars on the streets 2.) lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like ▪ How s Dave? The lucky beggar s in the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
beggar — {{11}}beggar (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du. beggaert mendicant, of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see ARD (Cf. ard)). Cf. BEGUINE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
beggar — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who lives by asking people for food and money: There s been a huge increase in the number of beggars on London s streets. 2 lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used to describe someone who you think is lucky, lazy etc, in … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
