beggar
suomi-englanti sanakirjabeggar englannista suomeksi
köyhdyttää, tehdä jku kerjäläiseksi
kerjäläinen, keppikerjäläinen
ylittää
Substantiivi
Verbi
beggar englanniksi
A person who begs.
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp) They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
1983, Stanley Rosen, ''Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image'', St. Augustine’s Press, p. 62:
- Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar.
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
(RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island)
(ux)
(ngd) bugger.
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
(RQ:Haggard She)
(quote-book)|edition=1st|page=109|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/dune00herb_5/page/109/mode/1up|text=It was a scene of such beauty it caught all his attention. / ''Some things beggar likeness'', he thought.
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