begging letter in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for begging letter in the English»French Dictionary

begging letter N

begging letter

lettre f de sollicitation

Translations for begging letter in the English»French Dictionary

I.beg <pres part begging; pret, pp begged> [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ] VB trans

1. beg (solicit):

beg food, money

demander (from à)

2. beg (request):

beg favour, permission

demander (from, of à)

to beg sb for sth

demander qc à qn

I begged his forgiveness

je lui ai demandé de me pardonner

to beg to be chosen

demander à être choisi

to beg leave to do

demander la permission de faire

I beg your pardon

je vous demande pardon

I beg to differ

je ne suis pas du même avis

3. beg (entreat):

beg person

supplier (to do de faire)

‘stop, I beg (of) you!’

‘arrêtez, je vous en supplie!’

4. beg (leave unresolved):

beg problem, question

éluder

II.beg <pres part begging; pret, pp begged> [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ] VB intr

1. beg (solicit):

beg person:

mendier (from à)

beg dog:

faire le beau

to beg for money, food

mendier

2. beg (request):

beg

demander

to beg for help, patience

demander

3. beg (entreat):

beg

implorer

to beg for sth

implorer qc

to beg to be spared/to be forgiven

implorer la clémence/le pardon

III.beg [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ]

to beg the question

laisser de côté le problème de fond

these apples are going begging

personne ne veut de ces pommes

I.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] N

1. letter (item of correspondence):

letter

lettre f (to pour, from de)

a letter of apology/resignation

une lettre d'excuse/de démission

to inform sb by letter

informer qn par lettre

he receives a lot of letters

il reçoit beaucoup de courrier

letters to the editor JOURN

courrier des lecteurs

the letters of Virginia Woolf

la correspondance de Virginia Woolf

2. letter:

letter (of alphabet)

lettre f

letter (character)

caractère m

the letter A

la lettre A

to write sth in big letters

écrire qc en gros caractères

to have a lot of letters after one's name inf

être bardé de titres inf

3. letter Am SPORTS:

letter

récompense sportive décernée par une école sous la forme de son monogramme

II.letters N

letters npl (literature):

letters

belles-lettres fpl

academy of letters

société des belles-lettres

a man/woman of letters

un homme/une femme de lettres

III.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] VB trans

letter photograph, diagram:

letter

marquer [qc] d'une lettre

the rows are lettered from A to P

les rangées portent des lettres allant de A à P

to be lettered in gold/ink

porter des lettres en or/inscrites à l'encre

IV.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] VB intr Am UNIV

to letter in baseball

gagner une récompense en base-ball

V.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər]

to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law

suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi

to follow instructions to the letter

suivre des instructions à la lettre

begging letter in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for begging letter in the English»French Dictionary

I.beg <-gg-> [beg] VB trans

1. beg (seek charity):

beg

quémander

to beg sb's pardon

s'excuser auprès de qn

I beg your pardon?

je vous demande pardon?

2. beg (humbly request):

beg

implorer

to beg leave to +infin form

solliciter l'autorisation de +infin

to beg sb to +infin

supplier qn de +infin

I beg to inform you that...

il me faut vous informer que...

Phrases:

to beg the question

faire l'impasse sur l'essentiel

II.beg <-gg-> [beg] VB intr

1. beg (seek charity):

beg

mendier

to beg for sth

mendier qc

2. beg (humbly request):

beg

implorer

I beg of you to +infin

je vous supplie de +infin

to beg for mercy

demander grâce

I beg to differ form

permettez-moi d'être d'un autre avis

3. beg (sit up):

beg dog

faire le beau

Phrases:

to go begging

être disponible

letter [ˈletəʳ, Am ˈlet̬ɚ] N

letter

lettre f

Phrases:

to the letter

à la lettre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She's already had begging letters from people asking for money.

www.irishexaminer.com

He wrote begging letters to random literary figures asking for support, a plan he hoped would provide a long-term regular income.

en.wikipedia.org

Even iconising him as an emigrant has its problems: you don't want emigrants who write begging letters home.

www.independent.ie

That's the new mantra in an age when winners can become not just rich overnight, but fabulously wealthy multimillionaires with all that entails -- fame, celebrity, begging letters and scam artists.

www.nbcnews.com

He was the greatest and most prolific writer of begging letters of the 20th century.

www.walesonline.co.uk

If you have ever received a badly spelt begging letter or email from someone you have never heard of, it is likely that you have been targeted.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Ministers, though, want fundamentally to change the culture of councils totting up their needs, and sending a begging letter to central government to pay the bills.

www.bbc.co.uk

She sent him a begging letter informing him of his father's deeds, and manipulated the couple into paying her a 200 per year stipend.

en.wikipedia.org

This led to her being swamped by phone calls and receiving up to 260 begging letters a month.

www.dailymail.co.uk

And get the begging letters, the marital splits, and newspaper monsterings.

www.independent.co.uk