BEGGING

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Traducere în limba română

begging I. substantiv

cerşit, cerşetorie, milogeală;

to go (a-) begging a) (despre persoane) a umbla cu cerşitul; b) (despre un post) a fi vacant din lipsă de amatori, a nu avea căutare, a nu fi solicitat.

begging II. adjectiv

de cerşetor, cerşetoresc.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

But "Adventure," and all that he deemed his best work, still went begging among the editors.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Miss Lavinia then arose, and begging Mr. Traddles to excuse us for a minute, requested me to follow her.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Fanny did not love Miss Crawford; but she felt very much obliged to her for her present kindness; and when, from taking notice of her work, and wishing she could work as well, and begging for the pattern, and supposing Fanny was now preparing for her appearance, as of course she would come out when her cousin was married, Miss Crawford proceeded to inquire if she had heard lately from her brother at sea, and said that she had quite a curiosity to see him, and imagined him a very fine young man, and advised Fanny to get his picture drawn before he went to sea again—she could not help admitting it to be very agreeable flattery, or help listening, and answering with more animation than she had intended.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

The judge of the Prerogative Court might have fallen in love with her, to see her fold her little hands and hold them up, begging and praying me not to be dreadful any more.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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