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Значения термина sponger на английском

португальский
parasita
каталонский
paràsit
испанский
parásito

A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

parasita
Синонимы
Examples for "sponge"
Examples for "sponge"
1
Need a new iOS app to sponge up all your free time?
Wired
2
I've given you sponge and sonic baths every day... including this morning.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
The chloroform sponge had done its miraculous work and was set aside.
Funeral in Blue
4
Here is the sponge; I do not know where the gloves are.
The Mettle of the Pasture
5
Often times it suggested to buy a cleanser just for the sponge.
Ebony
1
Beekeepers Association president Ricki Leahy said the parasite was a growing problem.
Radio NZ
2
However, the host-parasite interactions responsible for initiating this response are poorly understood.
Pubmed
3
Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs.
Pubmed
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Background: Many different intestinal parasite species can co-occur in the same population.
Pubmed
5
Perhaps one reason is to help warn us against impending parasite attack.
The Irish Times
1
The leech came and confirmed the fact.-Thehouse was closed and barred.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 12
2
The king hardening himself as the leech assumed a more lofty tone:
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
3
And now all the evening he sucked the books like a leech.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
4
I would try venesection; then cup, if necessary, or leech the temple.
Hard Cash
5
The leech farm makes a tidy profit shipping them to doctors worldwide.
Reuters
Использование термина sponger на английском
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I firmly believe in the European vision, but I reject sponger membership.
The Irish Times
2
The rammer and sponger lay by the side of the small field-piece.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
3
You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger.
Love, the Fiddler
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He was not a sponger, but a man working for his breakfast.
The Fourth Watch
5
Instead of consulting people of experience-ps ,ps ,ps-firstsponger that comes along.
The Nabob
6
It was mean, and yet what was he himself but a sponger?
The Fourth Watch
7
He felt he was no longer a sponger, a useless being.
The Fourth Watch
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Horse Chasseur acting as a communist artillery man, attended by a gamin sponger.
Paris under the Commune / The Seventy-Three Days of the Second S...
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To get, and give nothing in return; to be a sucker and a sponger.
The Fourth Watch
10
Banqueter was the word used for sponger in his day; what does he say?
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
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Then a sponger fell, and then the gunner himself was slain by the bullet.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
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Then we walked down to his row-boat, and soon he was aboard the sponger.
Pieces of Eight / Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Di...
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I'm going to leave you here-andI'm going to charter the sponger out there.
Pieces of Eight / Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Di...
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The wise Homer, admiring the sponger's life as the only blissful enviable one, has this:
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
15
I hate a sponger, and so did my father.
The Fourth Watch
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But what sort of a guess do you make at the sponger's behaviour in war?
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
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Translations for sponger
португальский
parasitasanguessuga
каталонский
paràsitsangonellasangonera
Sponger через время