Our model still believes that City and Liverpool are each the best and second best team in the league – by far – but the Premier League table demands a difference. Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiiin please go into my arm. The winter air is exuded by cries of thousands of swollen lips begging to be let in. Begging, pleading, pleading, pleading, pleading, adjuring, asking intrusively. Praying suggests seriousness or perseverance in the matter. Other conductors are constantly writing and begging him to lend them his copies of oratorios, etc. This time, she was the one who begged him to leave and leave her, and he was forced to comfort her all night. Begging means asking seriously and advocating for something. You could ask your roommates to shut up when you`re desperately trying to sleep. 13. Century, in the sense defined in transitive sense 1, indicates an inconvenient persistence in trying to reduce resistance to a demand.
They don`t seem to think that begging for special favors through routine channels would do much good. Distraught, confused and ashamed, the two men collapsed in the courtroom, crying like children and begging for forgiveness. The trick or treat still exists, but increasingly, it`s not about small groups of kids wandering around their neighborhood unattended at night to beg for candy. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! The Ulanzi tripod can easily be turned into a selfie stick that allows you to take all the photos you want without having to beg a stranger. I answered his questions superficially and begged to go back to my dorm as soon as I was tired. One morning, a wealthy couple named Lawrence and Pauline Treherne unexpectedly show up at Polydore and practically beg Susan for help. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: asking involves an effort to persuade or overcome resistance. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your essential guide to English language problems. Yes, I want him to give me the job, but I refuse to beg! What the economist does is completely escape the difficulty by asking the whole question. You can ask your parents to let you go to a concert with your friends, and you can ask your sister for forgiveness after accidentally hurting her feelings. In both cases, you are sincerely advocating and asking for something you want.
Many dogs are skilled at doing this and beg by sitting next to you during the meal and looking adorable. Another way to beg is to ask for much-needed charity – asking strangers for money or food. Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. As long as Western governments speak loudly one minute and stretch the bowl of begging the next, little is likely to change. They hop across the country begging for dollars as they spent that time together, professionally and socially.