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beggarly [bégəli]

1. pridevnik
ubog, reven, siromašen, beraški, zaničevan

2. prislov
beraško, revno; proseče

bankrupt² [bǽŋkrʌpt] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico

beggar² [bégə] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzeti

to beggar o.s. obubožati
it beggars all description ne da se popisati, nepopisno je

depauperate [dipɔ́:pəreit] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico; izmozgati, oslabiti

impoverish [impɔ́vəriš] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico, osiromašiti; izčrpati, izmozgati (zemljo)
figurativno oropati koga (of česa)

pauperize [pɔ́:pəraiz] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico

beggary [bégəri] samostalnik
uboštvo, siromaštvo, beda

to reduce to beggary spraviti na beraško palico

boiler [bɔ́ilə] samostalnik
kotel; grelec za vodo; zelenjava, ki se hitro skuha
ameriško, sleng lokomotiva

boiler feeder kurjač
boiler house, boiler room kotlovnica
ameriško to burst one's boiler slabo končati, obubožati
to burst s.o.'s boiler spraviti koga na beraško palico

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

finger-ends [fíŋgərendz] samostalnik
množina prstne konice

to arrive at one's finger-ends priti na beraško palico

hound² [háund] prehodni glagol
loviti s psi, zasledovati, goniti; ščuvati, hujskati pse (at na)
ščuvati koga (on k)

to hound s.o. preganjati koga
to hound out nagnati
to be hounded to the workhouse priti na beraško palico
to hound s.o. to death pognati koga v smrt

mendicity [mendísiti] samostalnik
beraštvo, beračenje, prosjačenje

to reduce to mendicity spraviti na beraško palico

reduce [ridjú:s]

1. prehodni glagol
zmanjšati, znižati, skrčiti
matematika & kemija (z)reducirati, spremeniti (v); privesti (nazaj na), vrniti v prejšnje stanje; prignati, pritirati (k), zlomiti odpor; prisilno koga premestiti, prisiliti, privesti (to k)
podvreči, podjarmiti; izreči sodbo; rešiti; sneti; pomanjšati, napraviti v manjšem merilu, v manjši obliki; omejiti (to na)
stisniti, zategniti; oslabiti, izčrpati; razredčiti (barve)
medicina uravnati; znižati, spustiti (cene)
arhaično spraviti na pravo pot
arhaično zopet poklicati v spomin
vojska (redko) degradirati, znižati (odvzeti) službeno stopnjo
vojska (redko) odpustiti, razpustiti

reduced from 3 shillings prej(šnja cena) 3 šilinge
in reduce circumstances obubožan, v bedi, v stiski (po obilju)
in a reduced state v slabem stanju, oslabljen
at reduced prices po znižanih cenah
at reduced fare po znižani vozni ceni
on a reduced scale v zmanjšanem merilu, v malem
to reduce to absurdity privesti do absurda
to reduce to ashes spremeniti v pepel, sežgati
to reduce to beggary privesti, spraviti na beraško palico
to reduce to classes razvrstiti v razrede
to reduce clerks zmanjšati število uslužbencev, odpustiti uslužbence
to reduce to a common denominator spraviti na skupni imenovalec
to reduce to despair pritirati, spraviti v obup
she was reduced to despair zapadla je v obup
to reduce a dislocation naravnati izpahnjen ud
to reduce to distress onesrečiti (s.o. koga)
to reduce a fraction reducirati, skrčiti ulomek
to reduce ore to metal staliti kovino iz rude
to reduce money preračunati šilinge v penije ipd.
to reduce a non-commissioned officer to the ranks degradirati podčastnika v navadnega vojaka
to reduce to nothing uničiti
to reduce to obedience prisiliti k pokorščini
to reduce to order spraviti v red, urediti
to reduce a request to writing napisati prošnjo
to reduce to poverty osiromašiti (koga)
to reduce the speed zmanjšati hitrost
to reduce to a system spraviti v sistem
he was reduced to sell his house bil je prisiljen prodati svojo hišo
to reduce to tears ganiti do solz
to reduce theories to practice uporabiti teorijo v praksi
to reduce a town vojska streti odpor mesta
to reduce to writing spraviti v pismeno obliko

2. neprehodni glagol
shujšati; zmanjšati se, reducirati se

reduced to a skeleton do kosti shujšan