waif

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[Iso-Britannia]/wef/
Esiintymistiheys: Erittäin korkea

Käännös

n. henkilö, erityisesti lapsi, jolla ei ole kotia tai ystäviä, ja joka on usein nälkäinen ja huonosti huolehdittu; hylätty tai laiminlyöty henkilö; koditon tai ystäviätön henkilö
Word Forms
Pluralwaifs

Esimerkkilauseet

waifs of the picaresque tradition;

picarosken perinteen eksynyt lapsi(t);

There are lots of waifs and strays living on the streets here.

Täällä on paljon kodittomia ja eksyneitä eläen kaduilla.

she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays.

Hän on huostassa useiden kodittomien ja eksyneiden lapsien kanssa.

picaresque novels; waifs of the picaresque tradition; a picaresque hero.

Picaroskromaani; picarosken perinteen eksynyt lapsi(t); picaresque-sankari.

My wife is always inviting various waifs and strays from work to our house.She seems to attract them.

Vaimoni kutsuu aina erilaisia kodittomia ja eksyneitä töistä kotiimme. Hän vaikuttaa houkuttelevan heitä.

Reaali­elämän esimerkit

" You lie, " said the waif. " You must lie gooder" .

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

" On any animal with warm blood" . The waif slapped her.

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

The waif nodded. Arya nodded back, and in her best Braavosi said, " How many years have you" ?

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

" And really you didn't marry an Arab waif after all, " said Meriem.

Lähde: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

It was kind of the epitome of the waif.

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Poisons. She understood then. Every evening after prayer the waif emptied a stone flagon into the waters of the black pool.

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

They were rather forlorn little waifs, outcasts in a strange country and forsaken by their only friend and guardian, Cap'n Bill.

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But before the waif could answer, the kindly man stepped into the chamber, smiling. " You have returned to us" .

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

The Common Tongue came to the waif more quickly. One day at supper she turned to Arya, and asked, " Who are you" ?

Lähde: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

She only wanted to know that Jack loved the little Arab waif.

Lähde: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

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