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21 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
22 eindringen
v/i (unreg., trennb., ist -ge-)1. eindringen (in + Akk) Person: get in(to); gewaltsam: force one’s way in(to); Einbrecher: break in; Truppen: invade; er drang in sie ein he penetrated her2. eindringen (in + Akk) Sache: get in(to); Wasser, Sand etc.: auch seep in(to); Pfeil etc.: penetrate, pierce; der Stachel drang tief in den Finger ein the thorn went deep into his etc. finger3. fig. in einen Markt: penetrate, make inroads into ( oder on); Idee etc.: penetrate, find its way into, become established in; Fremdwörter dringen in die Sprache ein foreign words come into common usage in the language; ihre Worte sind in ihn eingedrungen her words registered with him, her words really hit home (with him)5. auf jemanden eindringen Feinde etc.: close in on s.o.; fig. mit Fragen etc.: press s.o.; Gefühle: crowd in on s.o.* * *das Eindringenincursion; permeation; intrusion; invasion; penetration; irruption* * *ein|drin|genvi sep irreg aux sein1)(= einbrechen)
éíndringen — to force one's way into sth; (Dieb etc auch) to force an entry into sthin unsere Linien/das Land éíndringen (Mil) — to penetrate our lines/into the country
2)éíndringen — to go into sth, to penetrate (into) sth; (Wasser, Gas auch) to get into or find its way into sth; (Fremdwort, Amerikanismus) to find its way into sth
eine Stimmung in sich éíndringen lassen — to let oneself be carried away by a mood
3)(= bestürmen)
auf jdn éíndringen — to go for or attack sb (mit with); (mit Fragen, Bitten etc) to besiege sb* * *das1) (to enter or go to (a party, meeting etc) without being invited or without paying.) gate-crash3) intrude4) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) probe5) (to be fully understood: The news took a long time to sink in.) sink in* * *ein|drin·genvi irreg Hilfsverb: sein1. (einbrechen)2. (vordringen)3. (hineindringen, hineinsickern)Grundwasser drang in den Tunnel ein groundwater got [or seeped] into the tunnel4. (sich kundig machen)5. (sich verbreiten)6. (bestürmen)* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1)in etwas (Akk.) eindringen — penetrate into something; < vermin> get into something; < bullet> pierce something; (allmählich) <water, sand, etc.> seep into something
2) (einbrechen)in ein Gebäude eindringen — force an entry or one's way into a building
Feinde sind in das Land eingedrungen — (geh.) enemies invaded the country
3)eindringen auf — (+ Akk.) set upon, attack < person>
mit Fragen auf jemanden eindringen — besiege or ply somebody with questions
* * *eindringen v/i (irr, trennb, ist -ge-)1.in +akk) Person: get in(to); gewaltsam: force one’s way in(to); Einbrecher: break in; Truppen: invade;er drang in sie ein he penetrated her2.der Stachel drang tief in den Finger ein the thorn went deep into his etc finger3. fig in einen Markt: penetrate, make inroads into ( oder on); Idee etc: penetrate, find its way into, become established in;Fremdwörter dringen in die Sprache ein foreign words come into common usage in the language;ihre Worte sind in ihn eingedrungen her words registered with him, her words really hit home (with him)4. fig:5.auf jemanden eindringen Feinde etc: close in on sb; fig mit Fragen etc: press sb; Gefühle: crowd in on sb* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1)in etwas (Akk.) eindringen — penetrate into something; < vermin> get into something; < bullet> pierce something; (allmählich) <water, sand, etc.> seep into something
2) (einbrechen)in ein Gebäude eindringen — force an entry or one's way into a building
Feinde sind in das Land eingedrungen — (geh.) enemies invaded the country
3)eindringen auf — (+ Akk.) set upon, attack < person>
mit Fragen auf jemanden eindringen — besiege or ply somebody with questions
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23 обсипвам
cover, strew (with)прен. heap (on), shower (with, on)обсипвам с въпроси pl.у/ overwhelm/pester with questionsобсипвам с цветя shower flowers on, shower with flowersобсипвам с подаръци shower/rain gifts on, load with giftsобсипвам с похвали/почести shower praise(s)/honours onобсипвам с укори heap reproaches on, heap with blame, overwhelm with reproachesобсипвам с ругатни heap/pour abuse on, load/cover with abuse, hurl abuse at, heap invective onобсипан съм с писма have a flood of letters* * *обсѝпвам,гл. cover, strew (with); прен. heap (on), shower (with, on); обсипан съм с писма have a flood of letters, be snowed under with letters; \обсипвам с внимание неодобр. be all over (s.o.); \обсипвам с въпроси ply/overwhelm/flood/pester with questions; fire questions at; \обсипвам с подаръци shower/rain gifts on, load with gifts; \обсипвам с ругатни heap/pour abuse on, load/cover with abuse, hurl abuse at, heap invective on; \обсипвам с укори heap reproaches on, heap with blame, overwhelm with reproaches; \обсипвам с цветя shower flowers on, shower with flowers.* * *cover; strew: обсипвам with compliments - обсипвам с комплименти; beset; intersperse; stud{stXd}* * *1. cover, strew (with) 2. ОБСИПВАМ с въпроси рlу/overwhelm/pester with questions 3. ОБСИПВАМ с подаръци shower/rain gifts on, load with gifts 4. ОБСИПВАМ с похвали/почести shower praise(s)/honours on 5. ОБСИПВАМ с ругатни heap/pour abuse on, load/cover with abuse, hurl abuse at, heap invective on 6. ОБСИПВАМ с укори heap reproaches on, heap with blame, overwhelm with reproaches 7. ОБСИПВАМ с цветя shower flowers on, shower with flowers 8. обсипан съм с писма have a flood of letters 9. прен. heap (on), shower (with, on) -
24 assediare
besiege* * *assediare v.tr.1 to besiege2 (fig.) ( non dar pace a) to beset, to besiege; to pester: lo assediarono di richieste, they pestered him with requests3 ( circondare in folla) to surround; to crowd round (s.o., sthg.); to throng round (s.o., sthg.): l'attrice era assediata dai suoi fans, the actress's fans crowded round her.* * *[asse'djare]verbo transitivo mil. to besiegeassediare qcn. di domande — to besiege o ply sb. with questions
* * *assediare/asse'djare/ [1]mil. to besiege; assediare qcn. di domande to besiege o ply sb. with questions. -
25 забрасывать вопросами
1) General subject: (кого-л.) fire questions at (smb.), heckle, (кого-л.) ply (smb.) with questions, riddle, assail with questions2) Politics: (кого-л.) pepper (smb) with question3) Makarov: beset with questions, flood with inquiries, heckle (оратора, исполнителя и т.п.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > забрасывать вопросами
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26 награквам
награкам, награча go for (s.o.); ply (s.o.) with questions* * *награкам, награча go for (s.o.); ply (s.o.) with questions -
27 indag|ować
impf vt książk. indagować kogoś to ply sb with questions- indagować kogoś w jakiejś sprawie/na jakiś temat to ply sb with questions about sthThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > indag|ować
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28 забрасывать вопросами
разг.heap questions upon smb.; ply (bombard) smb. with questions; fire questions at smb.На предпоследнем полустанке он встретил знакомого колхозника из соседней деревни. Узнав, что сосед недавно видел на базаре жену и дочек, Василий забросал его вопросами. (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — At the last wayside stop he met an acquaintance - a collective farmer from a neighbouring village. Upon hearing that the latter had recently seen his wife and daughters at the market, Vasili began bombarding him with questions.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > забрасывать вопросами
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29 обсипя
обсѝпя,обсѝпвам гл. cover, strew (with); прен. heap (on), shower (with, on); обсипан съм с писма have a flood of letters, be snowed under with letters; \обсипя с внимание неодобр. be all over (s.o.); \обсипя с въпроси ply/overwhelm/flood/pester with questions; fire questions at; \обсипя с подаръци shower/rain gifts on, load with gifts; \обсипя с ругатни heap/pour abuse on, load/cover with abuse, hurl abuse at, heap invective on; \обсипя с укори heap reproaches on, heap with blame, overwhelm with reproaches; \обсипя с цветя shower flowers on, shower with flowers. -
30 zasypywać
impf ⇒ zasypać* * *(-uję, -ujesz); perf -ać; vt(wypełniać: dół, rów) to fill; (o śniegu, piasku: pokrywać) to cover; (o ziemi, węglu: przygniatać) to buryzasypywać kogoś prezentami/pochwałami — to shower sb with gifts/praise, to shower gifts/praise on sb
* * *ipf.1. (= zapełniać otwór) fill up, cover up, bury.2. (= sypiąc, pokrywać) pour, cover up; zasypywać kogoś/coś pociskami pelt sb/sth.3. (= obdarzać obficie) swamp, overwhelm, shower, ply ( kogoś czymś sb with sth); zasypywać kogoś pytaniami besiege sb with questions; zasypywać rynek towarami flood l. inundate the market with goods; zasypywać kogoś gradem przekleństw hail curses on sb.ipf.get covered up l. swamped.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zasypywać
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31 забрасывать
I(оставлять без внимания) to neglect; (переставать заниматься) to give up, to abandonIIзабросать вопросами — to ply / to bombard (smb.) with questions, to fire questions at smb.
забрасывать грязью перен. — to throw mud (at), to drag (smb.) through the mire
забросать камнями — to throw / to hurl / to cast stones (at), to stone
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32 забрасывать (кого-л.) вопросами
1) General subject: fire questions at (smb.), ply (smb.) with questionsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > забрасывать (кого-л.) вопросами
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33 закидати
I = закидатизакид`атизакидати камінням — to stone, to cast (to throw, to hurl) stones (at)
2) ( завалювати) to shower ( with), to bombard ( with)II = закинутизакидати запитаннями — to ply ( to bombard) with questions
закид`ати1) ( далеко кинути) to throw, to cast2) ( піднімати різким рухом) to throw backзакидати голову — to throw ( to toss) back one's head
3) ( залишати поза увагою) to neglect, to let go; ( перестати займатись чимсь) to throw up, to give up, to abandon4) ( натякати) to hint (at), to allude (to)закинути слівце за когось — to intercede for someone, to put in a word, to drop a kind word in favour (of); to say a good word ( for)
5) ( докоряти) to reproach, to upbraid6)III док. див. закидати Iзак`идати -
34 acosar con
v.to besiege with, to needle with, to ply with.Ricardo acosa a Silvia con preguntas Ricardo besieges Silvia with questions. -
35 осаждать
I несов. - осажда́ть, сов. - осади́ть; (вн.)1) ( подвергать осаде) lay siege [siːʤ] (to); besiege [-'siːʤ] (d), beset (d), beleaguer (d)осажда́ть кре́пость — lay siege to a fortress, besiege a fortress
2) разг. (тв.; докучать, добиваясь чего-л) pester (d with)осажда́ть кого́-л про́сьбами — pester / besiege / beleaguer / bombard smb with requests; (надоедать тж.) importune smb
II несов. - осажда́ть, сов. - осади́ть; (вн.) хим.осажда́ть вопро́сами — ply / pester (d) with questions
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36 namolnie
adv. pot., pejor. [mówić] with stubborn insistence; [prosić, zachwalać] insistently, importunately- wypytywać kogoś namolnie to ply a. press sb with questionsThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > namolnie
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37 забросать
1. fill up; pelt; bespatter; throw; fling; neglect; give up2. pelt3. plyСинонимический ряд:закидать (глаг.) завалить; закидать; засыпать -
38 sorularla sıkıştırmak
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39 a hărţui pe cineva cu întrebări
to ply smb. with questions.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a hărţui pe cineva cu întrebări
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40 assediare qcn. di domande
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ply with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ply with : present tense I/you/we/they ply with he/she/it plies with present participle plying with past tense plied with past participle plied with 1) ply someone with something to keep giving someone a lot… … English dictionary
ply (someone) with (something) — to give someone a lot of something. We were plied with coffee, doughnuts, and refreshments. He plied me with liquor, hoping to get me drunk. Usage notes: often used in the form ply someone with questions to ask someone a lot of questions: Anxious … New idioms dictionary
Ply — Ply, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plying}.] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L. plicare; akin to Gr. ?, G. flechten. Cf. {Apply}, {Complex}, {Display}, {Duplicity}, {Employ}, {Exploit}, {Implicate}, {Plait}, {Pliant},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ply — Ⅰ. ply [1] ► NOUN (pl. plies) 1) a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material. 2) each of a number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made. ORIGIN French pli fold , from Latin plicare to fold . Ⅱ. pl … English terms dictionary
ply — ply1 [plī] vt. plied, plying [ME plien < OFr plier < L plicare, to fold < IE base * plek , to entwine > FLAX] Now Rare to bend, twist, fold, or mold vi. Obs. to bend or submit n. pl. plies [MFr pli < the v.] 1 … English World dictionary
ply — [[t]pla͟ɪ[/t]] plies, plying, plied 1) VERB If you ply someone with food or drink, you keep giving them more of it. [V n with n] Elsie, who had been told that Maria wasn t well, plied her with food... [V n with n] The poor priest was plied with… … English dictionary
ply — ply1 [plaı] v past tense and past participle plied present participle plying third person singular plies [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: apply] 1.) ply your trade literary to work at your business, especially buying and selling things on the street ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ply — ply1 [ plaı ] noun two ply/three ply etc. 1. ) used as a measurement of the number of layers in toilet paper or PLYWOOD 2. ) used as a measurement of the number of STRANDS in wool, rope, string, etc. ply ply 2 [ plaı ] verb 1. ) intransitive or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ply — 1 verb past tense and past participle plied 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) literary if a vehicle or boat plies between two places or across a place it makes that journey regularly (+ between/across etc): Small fishing boats plied… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ply — ply1 plyingly, adv. /pluy/, v., plied, plying. v.t. 1. to work with or at diligently; employ busily; use: to ply the needle. 2. to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily: to ply a trade. 3. to treat with or apply to (something)… … Universalium
ply — I [[t]plaɪ[/t]] v. plied, ply•ing 1) to work with diligently; employ busily; wield: to ply the needle[/ex] 2) to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily: to ply a trade[/ex] 3) to assail repeatedly or persistently: to ply horses with a… … From formal English to slang