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1 маленький доход
General subject: slender income -
2 скудный
1. impoverished2. lean3. lowжить в бедности, скудно питаться — to live low
4. meanограниченные средства; скудные средства — scant means
5. meager6. scantly7. scanty; poorскудный травяной покров; плохое пастбище — scanty herbage
8. meagreочень скромная зарплата; скудный доход — meagre income
9. miserable10. penurious11. poor12. scantего жена пытается пополнить их скудные доходы надомной работой — his wife tries to eke out their scanty income by homework
13. scarce14. skimpy15. slender16. spare17. sparingСинонимический ряд:бедная (прил.) бедная; небогатая; нищая; нищенская; убогая -
3 скудный
1) (недостаточный, жалкий, убогий) scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretchedску́дные запа́сы воды́ — scant water supply
ску́дный дохо́д — slender / meagre income
ску́дные све́дения — scant information sg, scanty reports
ску́дный слова́рный запа́с — scant vocabulary
ску́дный ум — feeble mind
2) ( бедный) poorску́дная по́чва — poor soil
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