beg

beɡ 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb

1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) tigge

2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) trygle

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- beggar

2. verb

(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) gjøre til tigger, ruinere

- beggar description

- beg to differ

verb \/beɡ\/

1) tigge, be (om), bønnfalle (om)

• beg a cigarette

bomme en sigarett

2) tigge (til livets opphold)

beg! (til hund) gi labb!

beg for alms be om almisser\/veldedighet

beg off be om å få slippe, be seg fri(tatt) trekke seg, melde avbud, bakke ut

beg somebody to do something tigge noen om å gjøre noe

beg something of somebody tigge noe av noen

beg the question reise spørsmål, lede til spørsmålet

• his ill health begs the question of whether he ought to retire

hans dårlige helse reiser spørsmålet om hvorvidt han burde gå av

ta for gitt

beg to differ være uenig, uttrykke uenighet

go begging (om sjanse eller ting) være ledig, ikke være tatt enda

• if these cakes are going begging, I'll take them

dersom ingen vil ha disse kakene, så tar jeg dem