Parola del giorno in inglese: livello avanzato

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
beggar
1. sost. mendicante (persona che chiede l'elemosina)
2. sost. (per estensione) poveraccio, straccione, barbone
3. verb. rovinare (economicamente qualcuno), ridurre in povertà
inglese > inglese
beggar
1. subst. A person who begs.
2. subst. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
3. subst. (colloquial, sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
What does that silly beggar think he's doing?
4. v. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
5. v. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.

Pronuncia

Esempi d'uso

Say thank you, you stupid beggar.  There is also the worry as to what may happen if you decline to give the beggar any money, since unhappily some beggars can be abusive or aggressive.  Irony, in this context, is not there to lance a boil of duplicity, but rather to undermine sincerity altogether, to beggar the mere possibility of a meaningful moral position.

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