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poor [pʊər]1. adjectivea. ( = not rich) pauvre• he was £1,000 the poorer il avait perdu 1 000 livres• soil that is poor in zinc ( = lacking) un sol pauvre en zincb. ( = inferior) [sales, pay, harvest, output] maigre before n ; [work, worker, result, performance] piètre before n ; [light] faible ; [eyesight, visibility] mauvais ; [soil] pauvre ; [quality] médiocre• clients who have had poor service les clients qui ont eu à se plaindre de l'insuffisance du servicec. ( = pitiable) pauvre• poor little thing! pauvre petit(e) !• she's all alone, poor woman elle est toute seule, la pauvre• poor things, they look cold (inf) les pauvres, ils ont l'air d'avoir froid2. plural noun* * *[pɔː(r)], US [pʊər]1) ( not wealthy) [person, country] pauvre (never before n) (in en)to become ou get poorer — s'appauvrir
2) ( inferior) gen mauvais; [school, work] faible; [soil] pauvre; [appetite] petit; [chance, attendance] faibleto be poor at — [person] être faible en [maths, French]
3) ( deserving pity) pauvre4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] pauvre; [excuse] piètre (before n)•• -
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B adj1 ( not wealthy) [person, country] pauvre ( never before n) (in en) ; I ended up £100 the poorer je me suis retrouvé plus pauvre de cent livres ; to become ou get poorer s'appauvrir ;2 ( inferior) [quality, start, result, record] mauvais ; [work] (of student, pupil) faible ; (of worker, factory) mauvais ; [soldier, manager, performance] piètre (before n), mauvais ; [education, English, communication, planning, advice] mauvais ; [harvest, weather, forecast, visibility] mauvais ; [health, eyesight, memory] défectueux/-euse, mauvais ; [soil] pauvre ( never before n) ; [appetite] petit ; [chance, attendance] faible ; [lighting] mauvais ; [meal] ( insufficient) maigre ; ( lacking quality) mauvais ; [consolation] piètre (before n) ; to be poor at [person] être faible en [maths, French] ; to be a poor sailor ne pas avoir le pied marin ; I'm a poor traveller je supporte mal les voyages ; to be a poor substitute for sth ne pas valoir qch ;3 ( deserving pity) pauvre (before n) ; the poor little boy le pauvre petit garçon ; poor Eric! pauvre Éric! ; poor you! pauvre de toi! ; you poor (old) thing! mon/ma pauvre! ; she's got a cold, poor thing elle a attrapé un rhume, la pauvre ;4 (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] pauvre ; [excuse] piètre (before n).as poor as a church mouse pauvre comme Job ; the poor man's champagne le champagne du pauvre. -
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[pɔː(r)] [AE pʊər] 1.1) (not wealthy) [person, country] povero (in di)2) (inferior) [quality, performance, work] scadente; [ student] scarso; [ English] stentato; [ health] cagionevole; [eyesight, memory] debole; [ soil] povero; [chance, visibility] scarso; [weather, forecast] brutto, cattivo; [ consolation] magroto be poor at — [ person] essere scarso in [maths, French]
3) (deserving pity) poverohe's got a cold, poor thing — ha il raffreddore, poverino
4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] patetico; [ excuse] che non regge2.the poor — + verbo pl. i poveri
••* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) povero2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) mediocre, scarso3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) povero•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) in cattiva salute* * *[pɔː(r)] [AE pʊər] 1.1) (not wealthy) [person, country] povero (in di)2) (inferior) [quality, performance, work] scadente; [ student] scarso; [ English] stentato; [ health] cagionevole; [eyesight, memory] debole; [ soil] povero; [chance, visibility] scarso; [weather, forecast] brutto, cattivo; [ consolation] magroto be poor at — [ person] essere scarso in [maths, French]
3) (deserving pity) poverohe's got a cold, poor thing — ha il raffreddore, poverino
4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] patetico; [ excuse] che non regge2.the poor — + verbo pl. i poveri
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1. adjective1) arm2) (inadequate) schlecht; schwach [Rede, Spiel, Leistung, Gesundheit]; dürftig [Essen, Kleidung, Unterkunft, Entschuldigung]be poor at maths — etc. schlecht od. schwach in Mathematik usw. sein
that's pretty poor! — das ist reichlich dürftig od. (ugs.) ganz schön schwach
4) (unfortunate) arm (auch iron.)5) (infertile) karg, schlecht [Boden, Land]6) (spiritless, pathetic) arm [Teufel, Dummkopf]; armselig, (abwertend) elend [Kreatur, Stümper]7) (deficient) arm (in an + Dat.)poor in content/ideas/vitamins — inhalts- / ideen- / vitaminarm
8)2. plural nountake a poor view of — nicht [sehr] viel halten von; für gering halten [Aussichten, Chancen]
* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) arm3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) arm•- academic.ru/56778/poorness">poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) kränklich* * *[po:ʳ, AM pʊr]I. adj\poor man's caviar der Kaviar des armen Mannesa \poor area/family/country eine arme Region/Familie/ein armes Landtheir French is still quite \poor ihr Französisch ist noch ziemlich bescheidenmargarine is a \poor substitute for butter Margarine ist ein minderer Ersatz für Butterto give a \poor account of oneself sich akk von seiner schlechtesten Seite zeigen\poor attendance geringer Besucherandranga \poor excuse eine faule Ausredehe must be a \poor excuse for a carpenter if... er muss ein ziemlich mieser Tischler sein, wenn...\poor eyesight/hearing schlechtes Seh-/Hörvermögen\poor harvest schlechte Ernteto be in \poor health in schlechtem gesundheitlichen Zustand seinto be a \poor loser ein schlechter Verlierer/eine schlechte Verliererin sein\poor memory schlechtes Gedächtnisto be a \poor sailor seeuntauglich sein\poor showing armselige Vorstellung\poor soil karger Boden\poor visibility schlechte Sichtyou \poor thing! du armes Ding!Iceland is \poor in natural resources Island hat kaum Bodenschätzein my \poor opinion meiner unmaßgeblichen Meinung nach6.▶ to take a \poor view of sth etw missbilligen [o nicht gerne sehenII. n▪ the \poor pl die Armen pl* * *[pʊə(r)]1. adj (+er)1) armto get or become poorer — ärmer werden, verarmen
he was now one thousand pounds (the) poorer —
poor whites —
it's the poor man's Mercedes/Monte Carlo (inf) — das ist der Mercedes/das Monte Carlo des kleinen Mannes (inf)
poor relation (fig) — Sorgenkind nt
2) (= not good) schlecht; (= meagre) mangelhaft; health, effort, performance, excuse schlecht, schwach; sense of responsibility, leadership schwach; soil mager, schlecht; quality schlecht, minderwertigto show sb/sth in a poor light — jdn/etw in einem schlechten Licht darstellen
she was a very poor swimmer — sie war ein sehr schlechter Schwimmer
he is a poor traveller/flier — er verträgt Reisen/Flugreisen nicht gut
fruit wines are a poor substitute for grape wine —
we had a poor time of it last night — gestern Abend lief auch alles schief (inf)
that's poor consolation —
it's a poor thing for Britain if... — es ist schlecht für Großbritannien, wenn...
it will be a poor day for the world when... — es wird ein schwarzer Tag für die Welt sein, wenn...
this is a pretty poor state of affairs — das sieht aber gar nicht gut aus
it's very poor of them not to have replied — es ist sehr unhöflich, dass sie uns etc (dat) nicht geantwortet haben
he showed a poor grasp of the facts —
she was always poor at languages —
hospitals are poor at collecting information — Krankenhäuser sind schlecht im Sammeln von Informationen
you poor ( old) chap (inf) — du armer Kerl (inf)
she's all alone, poor woman — sie ist ganz allein, die arme Frau
poor things, they look cold —
poor miserable creature that he is... — armseliger Kerl or Tropf (inf), der er ist...
it fell to my poor self to... — es blieb meiner Wenigkeit (dat) überlassen, zu... (iro)
2. pl* * *2. arm, ohne Geldreserven, schlecht fundiert (Staat, Verein etc)3. armselig, ärmlich, kümmerlich (Leben etc), (Frühstück etc auch) dürftig:poor dresses pl ärmliche Kleidung4. mager (Boden, Erz, Vieh etc), schlecht, unergiebig (Boden, Ernte etc)5. fig arm (in an dat), schlecht, mangelhaft, schwach (Gesundheit, Leistung, Spieler, Sicht, Verständigung etc):he’s a poor eater er ist ein schlechter Esser;a poor lookout schlechte Aussichten pl;poor in spirit BIBEL arm im Geiste, geistig arm6. pej jämmerlich (Kreatur etc)poor me! ich Ärmste(r)!;my poor mother meine arme ( oft verstorbene) Mutter;* * *1. adjective1) arm2) (inadequate) schlecht; schwach [Rede, Spiel, Leistung, Gesundheit]; dürftig [Essen, Kleidung, Unterkunft, Entschuldigung]be poor at maths — etc. schlecht od. schwach in Mathematik usw. sein
that's pretty poor! — das ist reichlich dürftig od. (ugs.) ganz schön schwach
4) (unfortunate) arm (auch iron.)poor you! — du Armer/Arme!; du Ärmster/Ärmste!
5) (infertile) karg, schlecht [Boden, Land]6) (spiritless, pathetic) arm [Teufel, Dummkopf]; armselig, (abwertend) elend [Kreatur, Stümper]7) (deficient) arm (in an + Dat.)poor in content/ideas/vitamins — inhalts- / ideen- / vitaminarm
8)2. plural nountake a poor view of — nicht [sehr] viel halten von; für gering halten [Aussichten, Chancen]
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[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) fattig2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) dårlig3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) stakkels•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) syg* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) fattig2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) dårlig3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) stakkels•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) syg -
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1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) malo; escaso3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) pobre•- poorness- poorly
2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) pachucho, malo, indispuestopoor adj pobretr[pʊəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (person, family, country) pobre3 (unfortunate) pobre■ you poor thing! ¡pobrecito!1 los pobres nombre masculino pluralpoor ['pʊr, 'por] adj1) : pobrepoor people: los pobres2) scanty: pobre, escasopoor attendance: baja asistencia3) unfortunate: pobrepoor thing!: ¡pobrecito!4) bad: maloto be in poor health: estar mal de saludadj.• aporreado, -a adj.• arrancado, -a adj.• arrastrado, -a adj.• descamisado, -a adj.• malo, -a adj.• mezquino, -a adj.• necesitado, -a adj.• pobre adj.• pobrete adj.
I pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobreto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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[pʊǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar poorer) (superl poorest)1) (=not rich) [person, family, country] pobrepoor people — gente f pobre, personas fpl pobres
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pewter was the poor man's silver — el peltre era la plata de los pobres•
they thought that cinema was a or the poor relation of theatre — pensaban que el cine era el pariente pobre del teatro•
to be the poorer (for sth), the nation is the poorer for her death — la nación ha sufrido una gran pérdida con su muerteit left me £5 the poorer — me dejó con 5 libras de menos
- be as poor as a church mouse2) (=inferior, bad) [goods, service] malo, de mala calidadthe wine was poor — el vino era malo or de mala calidad
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to be a poor imitation of sth — ser una burda or pobre imitación de algo•
to have a poor opinion of sb — tener un concepto poco favorable de algn•
to come a poor second (to sth/sb), he came a poor second in the final race — quedó el segundo en la carrera final, a bastante distancia del primerohis family comes a poor second to his career — su familia queda relegada a segundo lugar tras su carrera
3) (=deficient) [memory] malo; [soil] pobre, estéril; [harvest] pobre, escaso•
soils that are poor in zinc — suelos que son pobres en zinc or que tienen bajo contenido en zinc4) (=untalented)•
to be poor at maths — no ser muy bueno en matemáticas5) (=unfortunate) pobrepoor little thing! — ¡pobrecito!, ¡pobre criaturita!
poor (old) you!, you poor (old) thing! — ¡pobrecito!
devil 1., 2)he's very ill, poor chap — está grave el pobre
2.NPL•
the poor — los pobresthe rural/urban poor — los pobres de las zonas rurales/urbanas
3.CPDpoor law N — (Hist) ley f de asistencia pública
relief 1., 4) POORpoor white N — (US) persona pobre de raza blanca
Position of "pobre"
You should generally put p obre {after} the noun when you mean poor in the sense of "not rich" and {before} the noun in the sense of "unfortunate":
It's a poor area Es una región pobre
The poor boy was trembling El pobre chico estaba temblando For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *
I [pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)]adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobreto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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['pɪtɪ]nжалость, сожаление, сочувствие, состраданиеI looked on him in silent pity. — Я смотрел на него с молчаливым сочувствием.
It is a very great pity that he couldn't do this. — Чрезмерно жалко, что он не смог этого сделать.
A wild feeling of pity came over him. — Его охватило безумное сожаление.
- deepest pityIt's a pity to see what has happened. — Печально видеть то, что случилось.
- pity for her children
- pity stirring in my heart
- sense of pity
- moved with pity
- filled with pity
- full of pity
- out of pity for smb
- for pity's sake be quiet
- agree out of pity
- arouse pity- feel a rush of pity for smb- have pity on smb
- look at smb with pity
- melt with pity
- move smb to pity
- shut one's heart to pity
- show pity for smb
- take pity upon smb
- take pity on the poor old man
- it is a pity that...
- with pity in one's eyes
- pity of it! - for pity's sake
- it's a great pityCHOICE OF WORDS:Русское "жаль, что..." (кроме выражения it's a pity that...) передается конструкцией I'm sorry (that)... Русское "жалеть кого-либо" соответствует словосочетаниям to feel pity for smb и to be sorry for smb Русское "сожалеть о чем-либо" соответствует to be sorry about smth (that...) или конструкции с глаголом wish + Subjunctive: I wish I were there я сожалею, что меня там нет; I wish I knew it жаль, что я об этом не знаю -
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[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) reven2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) pičel3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) ubog•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) bolehen* * *[púə]adjective ( poorly adverb)reven, ubog; skromen, pičel, nezadosten, nerodoviten (zemlja); slaboten, mršav, slab, suh; figuratively ubog (in v); contemptuously bedenhumorously poor man's treacle — čebulabotany poor man's cabbage — zimska krešapoor me! — jojmene!poor little thing — ubožec, revica -
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puə 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) fattig2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) dårlig, elendig, skral3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) stakkars•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) dårlig, skraldårlig--------fattig--------stakkars--------usseladj. \/pɔː\/, \/pʊə\/1) fattig, arm2) knapp, mager, elendig, dårlig, ussel, ynkelig3) stakkars• poor fellow!• poor me!4) (hverdagslig, om avdød) saligbe poor at something være dårlig i noepoor in something som mangler noe, som er dårlig utstyrt med noe -
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[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) fraco3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) coitado•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) doente* * *[puə] n the poor os pobres, indigentes. • adj 1 pobre: a) necessitado, indigente. b) escasso, parco. c) estéril, improdutivo. d) infeliz, desprotegido. 2 inferior, medíocre. 3 abatido, prostrado, fraco. 4 magro, mirrado. 5 desfavorável, insatisfatório. 6 deselegante, desalinhado. 7 ineficiente, deficiente. 8 insignificante. a poor meal uma parca refeição. poor fellow! pobre diabo! poor me! coitado de mim! to make a poor job of fazer algo pobremente. to make but a poor shift viver penosamente. -
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رَثَى \ lament: to show great grief for (sth.): His death was lamented by all his friends. pity: to be sorry for (sb.). have (or [b]take) pity on to feel pity for:[/b]: She took pity on the poor man and helped him to find work. \ See Also أَسِف لِـ \ رِثَاء \ lament: words of grief. pity: a feeling of sorrow for the misfortunes of others. -
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[puə(r)] 1. adj 2. npl* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) biedny2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) słaby3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) biedny•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) chory -
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1) ( lacking money) arm;\poor man's caviar der Kaviar des armen Mannes;2) ( inadequate) unzureichend, mangelhaft;their French is still quite \poor ihr Französisch ist noch ziemlich bescheiden;margarine is a \poor substitute for butter Margarine ist ein minderer Ersatz für Butter;to be \poor at sth schlecht in etw dat sein;to give a \poor account of oneself sich akk von seiner schlechtesten Seite zeigen;\poor attendance geringer Besucherandrang;a \poor excuse eine faule Ausrede;he must be a \poor excuse for a carpenter if... er muss ein ziemlich mieser Tischler sein, wenn...;\poor eyesight/ hearing schlechtes Seh-/Hörvermögen;to cut a \poor figure [as sth] (dated) eine schlechte Figur [als etw] machen;\poor harvest schlechte Ernte;to be in \poor health in schlechtem gesundheitlichen Zustand sein;to make a \poor job of [doing] sth bei etw dat schlechte Arbeit leisten;to be a \poor loser ein schlechter Verlierer/eine schlechte Verliererin sein;\poor memory schlechtes Gedächtnis;to be a \poor sailor seeuntauglich sein;to come a \poor second [in sth] [bei etw dat] weit abgeschlagen an zweiter Stelle landen;\poor showing armselige Vorstellung;\poor soil karger Boden;\poor visibility schlechte Sichtyou \poor thing! du armes Ding!to be \poor in sth arm an etw dat sein;Iceland is \poor in natural resources Island hat kaum Bodenschätze5) attrin my \poor opinion meiner unmaßgeblichen Meinung nachPHRASES:[as] \poor as a church mouse (dated) [so] arm wie eine Kirchenmaus;to take a \poor view of sth etw missbilligen [o nicht gerne sehen] nthe \poor pl die Armen pl -
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[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) fátækur2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) lélegur, lakur3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) aumingja•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) lasinn -
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egyes osztályzat, szegény, rászoruló* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) szegény2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) gyenge3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) szerencsétlen (alak)•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) rosszul érzi magát -
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adj. zavallı, fakir, düşkün, yoksul, sefil, perişan, verimsiz, çorak, zayıf (az), az, fena, kötü, naçizane————————n. sefil, garip* * *1. fakir 2. zayıf* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) yoksul, fakir2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) kötü, fena3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) zavallı, biçare•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) hasta -
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• onneton• pahainen• pahanen• rukka• rutiköyhä• niukka• niukka (kehno)• hädänalainen• heikkotasoinen• heppoinen• heikko• huonosti• huono• varaton• viheliäinen• ei hyväksyttäväautomatic data processing• epäkelpo• epäkuntoinen• epäsuotuisa• ala-arvoinen• vaatimaton• vaivainen• vähävarainen• vähäväkinen• vähäinen• puutteenalainen• raasu• rahaton• ressukka• reppana• ressu• raiska• raukka• riepu• rassu• rassukka• kehno• kelvoton• halpa• parka• säälittävä• surkea• surkuteltava• taitamaton• kurja• kovaosainen• laiha• köykäinen• köyhälistö• köyhä• köyhät• pienituloinen• polo• pieni• poloinen* * *puə 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) köyhä2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) kehno3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) raukka•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) sairas -
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[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) nabadzīgs; trūcīgs2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) slikts; vājš; nepietiekams3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) nelaimīgs, nabaga-•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) slims; nevesels* * *nabags, nabadzīgs; nabaga, nelaimīgs, nožēlojams; slikts, vājš; niecīgs, mazs; neauglīgs; mirušais
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pity — pit|y1 S3 [ˈpıti] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pité, from Latin pietas piety, pity , from pius; PIOUS] 1.) a pity spoken used to show that you are disappointed about something and you wish things could happen differently = ↑shame (it … Dictionary of contemporary English
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The Little Prince and the Aviator — Infobox Musical name= The Little Prince and the Aviator subtitle= caption= music= John Barry lyrics= Don Black book= Hugh Wheeler basis= Novel by Antoine de Saint Exupéry The Little Prince productions= 1981 Broadway never officially opened awards … Wikipedia
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Pity — Pit y, n.; pl. {Pities}. [OE. pite, OF. pit[ e], piti[ e], F. piti[ e], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See {Pious}, and cf. {Piety}.] 1. Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
