Usage examples of "waifs" in English with translation to Russian

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Zoom in another 20 per cent, I want to see those Victorian waifs. Увеличивайте еще на 20%, я хочу видеть этих викторианских бродяг.
Louis Armstrong took cornet lessons while confined to the Home for Colored Waifs, a segregated juvenile detention facility with a band program directed by, that’s right, a teaching artist. Луис Армстронг учился играть на корнете, пока он находился в «Доме для цветных бродяг» (Home for Colored Waif), месте заключения для цветных подростков, при котором был создан оркестр под руководством профессионального музыканта.
Waifs and strays, she never could resist. Бездомные и заблудившиеся - она никогда не могла устоять.
I already hate myself for giving you the waifs. Я и так уже ненавижу себя за то, что отдала тебе беспризорников.
I don't want to have to cancel the waifs and strays lunch. Я не хочу отменять ланч для обездоленных.
You'll have to paint me 100 more waifs, 100 more Walter Keanes. Ты должна нарисовать мне ещё 100 беспризорников, ещё 100 Уолтеров Кинов.
So, now we be home to all the waifs and strays in the county? Итак, сейчас мы будем дома все бродяжек и бездомных в округе?
Taking waifs and strays off the streets, fattening them up, and then selling them on at the end of the season. Забирает беспризорников и бездомных с улицы, откармливает их, а затем в конце сезона их продает.
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