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1 beggar
['bɛgə(r)]nżebrak(-aczka) m(f)* * *noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) żebrak -
2 reduce
[rɪ'djuːs]vtzmniejszać (zmniejszyć perf), redukować (zredukować perf)to reduce sth by/to — redukować (zredukować perf) coś o +acc /do +gen
to reduce sb to — ( tears) doprowadzać (doprowadzić perf) kogoś do +gen; (begging, stealing, silence) zmuszać (zmusić perf) kogoś do +gen
"reduce speed now" — ≈ ograniczenie prędkości
* * *[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) obniżyć, zmniejszyć2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) schudnąć3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) zredukować, doprowadzić•- reduction -
3 scrounge
[skraundʒ] 1. vt ( inf)2. vi 3. nto scrounge sth off sb — wyłudzać (wyłudzić perf) coś od kogoś, naciągać (naciągnąć perf) kogoś na coś (inf)
* * *(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) wyprosić, wyżebrać -
4 supplicant
(a person begging humbly and earnestly eg for mercy.) -
5 tramp
[træmp] 1. n 2. vi 3. vttown, streets przemierzać* * *[træmp] 1. verb1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) stąpać ciężkimi krokami2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) łazić, wędrować2. noun1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) włóczęga2) (a long walk.) piesza wędrówka, wycieczka3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) tupot, ciężkie kroki4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) trampowiec5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.) dziwka, ladacznica
См. также в других словарях:
begging — index request Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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begging — n. to live by begging * * * [ begɪŋ] to live by begging … Combinatory dictionary
begging — noun Begging is used before these nouns: ↑bowl … Collocations dictionary
begging bowl — noun A bowl carried by beggars, esp certain orders of monks, to receive food, money, etc (often figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * ˈbegging bowl 8 [begging bowl] noun a bowl held out by sb asking for food or money: ( … Useful english dictionary
begging letter — noun A letter soliciting charity, esp money • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * begging letter UK US noun [countable] [singular begging letter plural begging let … Useful english dictionary
Begging Burros — is a name used to refer to the donkeys in Custer State Park in South Dakota, United States. For many years, these donkeys have earned this nickname as they approach various passing cars through the park begging for food. After earning this… … Wikipedia
begging bowl — begging bowls N COUNT If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money. [mainly BRIT] He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl … English dictionary
begging letter — begging letters N COUNT (disapproval) A begging letter is a letter from a person or organization in which they ask you to send some money for a particular purpose. [mainly BRIT] He has received sacks of begging letters following reports about his … English dictionary
begging bowl — begging .bowl n 1.) used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country ▪ Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government. 2.) a container which a beggar holds out to people for money … Dictionary of contemporary English
