Angleška beseda dneva – Beggar

6. April, 2010 dodal Niko

Angleška beseda dneva – Word of the day

A BEGGAR: berač; revež, revček;  fant, možak;

–noun

1. a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
2. a penniless person.
3. a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents.
4. a child or youngster (usually prec. by little): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.

–verb (used with object)

5. to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: The family had been beggared by the war.
6. to cause one’s resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate: The costume beggars description.

Primer rabe: She saw a beggar on the street asking for money.

Prevod: Videla je berača na ulici, ki prosi za denar.

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