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1 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.) prosjačiti2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) rotiti•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) bankrotirati, obubožati- beg to differ* * *[beg]1.transitive verbprositi, rotiti; izprositi si;2.intransitive verbberačiti, moledovatiI beg your pardon, beg pardon — prosim, kaj ste rekli?to beg the question — smatrati zadevo za rešeno; izvijati seto beg leave to do s.th. — prositi za dovoljenje za nekajI beg to differ — oprostite, da se z vami ne strinjam -
2 question
['kwes ən] 1. noun1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) vprašanje2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) vprašanje3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) vprašanje4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) dvom5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) možnost2. verb1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) spraševati2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) dvomiti•- questionably
- questionableness
- question mark
- question-master
- questionnaire
- in question
- out of the question* * *I [kwésčən]nounvprašanje; (sporno) vprašanje, problem ( the Negro ŋ črnsko vprašanje); zadeva, stvar ( only a question of time samo stvar časa); dvomjuridically preiskava, zasliševanje; parliament predlog (dan na glasovanje), interpelacija; parliament question! — k zadevi! (vzklik govorniku)parliament to put the question — dati na glasovanjejuridically question of law — pravno vprašanjejuridically leading question — sugestivno vprašanjehistory juridically to put s.o. to the question — zasliševati, mučiti kogato beg the question — narediti prenagljen sklep, predpostavljatibeside the question — neprikladen, nevaženbeyond ( —ali past) question — nedvomno, nespornoto call in question — spodbijati, dvomitito come into question — priti v pretres, postati važnoin question — omenjen, za katerega greout of the question — nemogoče, ne pride v poštevto put a question to s.o. — vprašati koga kajwhat is the question? — za kaj gre?II [kwésčən]transitive verb & intransitive verbvprašati, spraševati; juridically izpraševati, zasliševati; dvomiti, podvomiti, vpraševati seit cannot be questioned but (that) — ni dvoma, da
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beg the question — means, strictly speaking, to question an unproved assumption that is used as the basis for an argument. For example, to ask ‘why do you listen to that rubbish?’ begs the question when the quality of the music is the point at issue. In general use … Modern English usage
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To beg the question — Beg Beg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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