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1 to be ground down by poverty
Общая лексика: быть замученным нищетойУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > to be ground down by poverty
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2 be ground down by poverty
Общая лексика: быть замученным нищетойУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > be ground down by poverty
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3 poverty
1. n бедность, нищета2. n скудость, бедность3. n нехватка, отсутствиеpoverty is no sin — бедность — не порок
Синонимический ряд:1. barrenness (noun) barrenness; deficiency; sterility; unfruitfulness2. beggary (noun) abjection; beggary; borasca; destituteness; destitution; distress; impecuniousness; impoverishment; indigence; indigency; insolvency; mendicancy; need; neediness; pauperism; pennilessness; penury; poorness; privation; unprosperousness; want3. shortage (noun) dearth; defect; deficit; exigency; failure; inadequacy; insufficience; insufficiency; jejuneness; lack; meagerness; meagreness; paucity; scantiness; scarceness; scarcity; shortageАнтонимический ряд:abundance; fruitfulness; opulence; plenty; riches; wealth -
4 grind down
transitive verb(fig.) [Tyrann, Regierung:] unterdrücken; [Armut, Verantwortung:] erdrücken* * *(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) zermürben* * *vt1. (file)to \grind down down cereal Getreide schrotento \grind down sth down to flour etw zermahlen2. (wear)▪ to \grind down down ⇆ sth etw abtragen3. (mentally wear out)▪ to \grind down down ⇆ sb jdn zermürben; (oppress) jdn unterdrücken; (treat cruelly) jdn schinden [o quälen]she was ground down by years of abuse die jahrelangen Misshandlungen hatten sie zermürbt* * *vt sep (lit)(mill) pepper etc zermahlen; (sea) rocks abschleifen; (fig) people, resistance zermürben* * *transitive verb(fig.) [Tyrann, Regierung:] unterdrücken; [Armut, Verantwortung:] erdrücken -
5 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) underkue; knuse* * *(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) underkue; knuse -
6 abject poverty
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7 grind down
стривам;* * *grind down 1) смилам (се), стривам (се); 2) изтривам; захабявам чрез точене (острене); 3) мъча, измъчвам, тормозя, изтормозвам, смазвам, потискам, сломявам; to be ground down by poverty тъна в мизерия; to be ground down with taxes смазан съм от данъци; -
8 grind down
grind down [sth.], grind [sth.] down (crush) tritare, triturare; (pulverize) polverizzare [ substance]; grind [sb.] down opprimere, vessare [ person]* * *(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) opprimere* * *vt + adv(substance) levigare, (fig: oppress) schiacciare, opprimere* * *grind down [sth.], grind [sth.] down (crush) tritare, triturare; (pulverize) polverizzare [ substance]; grind [sb.] down opprimere, vessare [ person] -
9 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) oprimir, aplastar; destruirv + o + adv, v + adv + oa) ( polish) pulirb) ( oppress) oprimirVT + ADV1) (lit) pulverizarto grind sth down to (a) powder — reducir algo a polvo, pulverizar algo
2) (=wear away) desgastar3) (=oppress) agobiar, oprimir* * *v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) ( polish) pulirb) ( oppress) oprimir -
10 grind down
[ʹgraındʹdaʋn] phr v1. 1) размалывать2) размалыватьсяthis corn will grind down into a nice white flour - это зерно смелется в хорошую белую муку, из этого зерна получится хорошая белая мука
2. стачивать3. замучитьto be ground down by poverty [taxation] - быть замученным нищетой [налогами]
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11 grind down
to be ground down by poverty — fig être accablé par la misère
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12 grind down
1. phr v размалыватьgrind up — измельчать, размалывать
2. phr v размалыватьсяthis corn will grind down into a nice white flour — это зерно смелется в хорошую белую муку, из этого зерна получится хорошая белая мука
3. phr v стачивать4. phr v замучитьto grind by tyranny — тиранить, мучить чрезмерной требовательностью
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13 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) kremja -
14 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) elnyom -
15 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) esmagar -
16 grind down
çektirmek, eziyet etmek, üzmek* * *kuvvetle bastır* * *(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) ezmek -
17 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) izčrpati* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb razmleti, zdrobiti; figuratively izčrpati, izmučiti; dati se zmleti -
18 grind down
• jauhaa hienommaksi* * *(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) musertaa -
19 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) tynge ned, underkue -
20 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) zgnębić
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