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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 — 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 — [ 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 — [poor] adj. [ME pore < OFr povre < L pauper, poor < IE base * pōu , small > FEW, FOAL] 1. a) lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished b) indicating or characterized by poverty 2.… … English World dictionary
Poor — is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.People with the surname Poor: * Charles Henry Poor, a US Navy officer * Charles Lane Poor, an astronomer * Edward Erie Poor, a vice president of the National Park Bank * Enoch… … Wikipedia
poor — UK US /pɔːr/ US /pʊr/ adjective ► having little money and/or few possessions: »It s offering to pay off 10 percent of the poor countries debt. »He came from a poor immigrant family. ► not good or operating well, or of a low quality or standard:… … Financial and business terms
poor — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking sufficient money to live at a comfortable or normal standard. 2) of a low or inferior standard or quality. 3) (poor in) lacking in. 4) deserving pity or sympathy. ● the poor man s Cf. ↑the poor man s … English terms dictionary
poor — adj 1 Poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, poverty stricken, necessitous are comparable when they mean having less money or fewer possessions than are required to support a full life. Poor describes a person, a people, or an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
poor — (adj.) c.1200, from O.Fr. poure (Fr. pauvre), from L. pauper poor, perhaps a compound of paucus little and parare to get. Replaced O.E. earm. The poor boy sandwich, made of simple but filling ingredients, was invented and named in New Orleans in… … Etymology dictionary
poor — [adj1] lacking sufficient money bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball*, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down andout*, empty handed*, flat*, flat broke*, fortuneless, hard up*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in need,… … New thesaurus
Poor — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Enoch Poor (1736–1780), Schiffbauer und Händler aus Exeter, Brigadegeneral der Kontinentalarmee im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg. Salem Poor (* 1758), afroamerikanischer Soldat, der für seine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
