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Значения термина hanger-on на английском

каталонский
lapa

Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.

lapa
Синонимы
Examples for "tagalong"
Examples for "tagalong"
1
I never shot a murderer, or an innocent tagalong kid, before nightfall.
A killing night
2
A tagalong who was always following them around.
Purple heart
3
I had passed it a thousand times; so had many producers, actors, executives, and the occasional tagalong screenwriter.
The new yorker
4
To hear some tell it, it's not unfair wages or job losses, but those little tagalong critters known as invasive species.
Wired
5
He was her source of income at the moment, and he hadn't discounted that she might be willing to play tagalong for that reason alone.
Here comes trouble
Использование термина hanger-on на английском
1
The whole gang of hanger-on chiefs is perpetually loaded to the guards.
A Son of the Sun
2
You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger.
Love, the Fiddler
3
I don't care two straws about Deronda, or any other conceited hanger-on.
Daniel Deronda
4
The Oracle is humble enough before the hanger-on of the turf.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
5
He's not much of a hanger-on at the best of times.
The Guardian
6
And very different. She nodded, as yet another hanger-on stopped at their table.
Second chance
7
I cannot go on living as a hanger-on in this house.
The Malady of the Century
8
Huntley soon developed a reputation as a hanger-on, desperate for acceptance.
The Guardian
9
Then he became a hanger-on at the clubs, a genteel loafer.
The Sport of the Gods
10
Not a hanger-on, PR person or even a snapper in sight.
The Irish Times
11
Mine came last of all, as that of a mere interloper and hanger-on.
Spanish Doubloons
12
He the useful member of society, and I the mere hanger-on?
The Malady of the Century
13
Nor have you, O poor parasite and humble hanger-on, much reason to complain!
Vanity Fair
14
Curse you and your vile hints, you mongrel, you hanger-on, you scurrilous beast!
A Millionaire of Yesterday
15
He will always be a hanger-on as we call them, in the business world.
Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck
16
He is a hanger-on at the tables of our enemies.
The Lighted Way
Translations for hanger-on
каталонский
lapapaparra