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1 сидеть на шее
1) Colloquial: scrounge (off someone) (у кого-л.), leech off (someone)2) Makarov: (у кого-л.) feed on3) Idiomatic expression: (у кого-л.) be an albatross around (one's) neck -
2 schmarotzen
v/i1. ZOOL., BOT. be a parasite; schmarotzen auf (+ Dat) live off, parasitize; ... schmarotzt auf auch... is a parasite that lives off2. umg., fig. freeload, sponge; grundsätzlich: be a freeloader ( oder sponger, scrounger; bes. beim Staat: parasite); schmarotzen bei sponge off ( oder on), scrounge off ( oder from); bes. beim Staat: live off; schmarotzt sie wieder? is she freeloading (Brit. auch: on the scrounge) again?* * *schma|rọt|zen [ʃma'rɔtsn] ptp schmaro\#tztvito sponge, to scrounge (Brit), to freeload (esp US) (bei on, off); (BIOL) to be parasitic (bei on)* * *(to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) sponge* * *schma·rot·zen *[ʃmaˈrɔtsn̩]vi* * *intransitives Verb1) (abwertend) sponge; free-load (sl.)2) (Biol.) live as a parasite (in/auf + Dat. in/on)* * *schmarotzen v/i1. ZOOL, BOT be a parasite;schmarotzen auf (+dat) live off, parasitize;… schmarotzt auf auch … is a parasite that lives off2. umg, fig freeload, sponge; grundsätzlich: be a freeloader ( oder sponger, scrounger; besonders beim Staat: parasite);schmarotzt sie wieder? is she freeloading (Br auch: on the scrounge) again?* * *intransitives Verb1) (abwertend) sponge; free-load (sl.)2) (Biol.) live as a parasite (in/auf + Dat. in/on) -
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4 schnorren
vt/i umg. scrounge ( bei off, from), sponge (on, off); kann ich bei dir mal eine Zigarette schnorren? can I scrounge a cigarette off you?* * *to scrounge; to bum; to panhandle; to cadge* * *schnọr|ren ['ʃnɔrən]vti (inf)to cadge (Brit inf to scrounge (inf) (bei from)* * *(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) scrounge* * *schnor·ren[ˈʃnɔrən]I. vi* * *etwas bei od. von jemandem schnorren — scrounge (coll.) or cadge something off somebody
* * *schnorren v/t & v/i umg scrounge (bei off, from), sponge (on, off);kann ich bei dir mal eine Zigarette schnorren? can I scrounge a cigarette off you?* * *etwas bei od. von jemandem schnorren — scrounge (coll.) or cadge something off somebody
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5 costa
f.1 coast (litoral).pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coastla costa Azul the Côte d'Azurla costa Brava the Costa Brava2 cost.* * *1 FINANZAS cost, price1 DERECHO costs\a toda costa at all costs, at any pricecondenar a costas to order to cover the costspagar las costas to pay costs————————■ tenemos una casa en la costa we have a house at the seaside, US we have a house on the shore* * *noun f.coast, shore* * *ISF1)a costa de algo/algn: nos estuvimos riendo a costa suya — we had a laugh at his expense
quiere quedarse en el poder a costa de lo que sea — he wants to remain in power at all costs o no matter what o whatever happens
hay que impedir a toda costa que esto se repita — we must prevent this from happening again at all costs
2) pl costas (Jur) costsIISF1) (Geog) [del mar] coast2) (Náut) shore* * *1) (Geog)a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline2) (en locs)a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs
3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)* * *1) (Geog)a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline2) (en locs)a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs
3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)* * *costa11 = coast, shore, coastline, shoreline, seaboard, seafront, littoral, sea-coast.Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West coast.
Ex: The author chronicles the Russian geographical explorations of the northwestern shores of North Americas which were financed and organized by Count Nikolai Rumiantsev from 1803 to 1825 = El autor narra las expediciones geográficas rusas de la costa del noroeste de Norteamérica que fueron financiadas y organizadas por el Conde Nikolai Rumiantsev de 1803 a 1825.Ex: The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.Ex: This will help scientists expand their understanding of erosion, deforestation and desertification, and whether there have been any shifts in rainfall levels and shoreline changes.Ex: This article reports on a workshop and subsequent visits to library schools on the eastern seaboard of the USA.Ex: Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.Ex: Abandonment of the region -- except for the littoral -- followed in the second half of the first millennium.Ex: Esculent nests are principally found in Java, in caverns that are most frequently, though not always, found on the sea-coast.* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.* bordear la costa = coast.* Costa de Marfil = Ivory Coast, the.* costa marítima = sea-coast.* costa mediterránea, la = Mediterranean coast, the.* Costa Rica = Costa Rica.* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.* en la costa = at the seaside.* navegar siguiendo la costa = coast.* sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].costa2* a costa de = at the cost of, at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense, at cost of.* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.* a costa de otro = at someone else's expense.* a costa de otros = at other people's expense.* a + Posesivo + costa = at + Posesivo + expense.* a toda costa = absolutely, come what may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price.* los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.* * *A ( Geog)1(del mar): una costa muy accidentada a very rugged coastlinea lo largo de la costa atlántica along the Atlantic coastveranean en la costa they spend their summers on the coastla Costa Azul the Côte d'AzurB ( en locs):a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish ita costa de los demás at other people's expense¡ya está bien de reírse a costa mía! all right, you've had enough laughs at my expense!triunfó a costa de su matrimonio she succeeded at the expense of her marriagea toda costa or a costa de lo que sea: tengo que terminarlo hoy a toda costa I must finish it today at all costs o whatever happens o no matter whatcondenar a algn en costas to order sb to pay costs* * *
costa sustantivo femenino
1 (Geog) ( del mar — área) coast;
(— perfil) coastline;
la costa atlántica the Atlantic coast
2 ( en locs)◊ a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it;
a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense;
a toda costa at all costs
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costa
I sustantivo femenino coast
(litoral) coastline
(playa) beach, seaside, US shore
II costas fpl Jur costs
♦ Locuciones: vive a nuestra costa, he lives off us
a costa de, at the expense of
a toda costa, at all costs, at any price
' costa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bañar
- colón
- Costa de Marfil
- Costa Rica
- costarricense
- costarriqueña
- costarriqueño
- destellar
- escollera
- faro
- flotante
- lengua
- notoria
- notorio
- accidentado
- bordear
- este
- mar
- muelle
- norte
- oeste
- orillar
- recorrer
- relieve
- sur
- tico
English:
chase down
- coast
- coastline
- cost
- Costa Rica
- Costa Rican
- expense
- flourishing
- from
- Ivory Coast
- joke
- offshore
- price
- process
- regardless
- scrounge
- sea
- seaboard
- seaside
- shore
- some
- sponge off
- sponge on
- yacht
- allow
- down
- inshore
- ivory
- lie
- live
- off
- right
- Riviera
* * *costa nf1. [marina] coast;pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coastla Costa Azul the Côte d'Azurlo hizo a costa de grandes esfuerzos he did it by dint of much effort;aún vive a costa de sus padres he's still living off his parents;a toda costa at all costsDer costas (judiciales) (legal) costs3. Costa de Marfil Ivory Coast;Costa Rica Costa Rica* * *1 f:a costa de at the expense of;a toda costa at all costs2 f GEOG coast* * *costa nf1) : coast, shore2) : costa toda costa: at all costs* * *costa n coast
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