Translation of "begging for alms" to French

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Dictionary translations for "begging for alms"

begging for alms noun

la mendicité f (action)

beg for alms verb

mendier

Contexts with "begging for alms"

That man was reduced to begging for money. Cet homme en était réduit à mendier pour de l'argent.

"Stop begging for a cookie, Tim," his mum said, "Remember, 'Children who ask get skipped.'" «Cesse de me supplier pour avoir un biscuit, Tim», dit sa mère. «Rappele-toi, les enfants qui demandent avec trop d'insistance sont exclus de la distribution de biscuits».

You knelt down, begging God for forgiveness. Agenouille-toi, suppliant Dieu le pardon.

I'm begging you. Don't make me laugh. I did too many sit-ups yesterday and my stomach muscles hurt. Je t'en supplie. Ne me fais pas rire. J'ai fait trop d'abdominaux hier et mes muscles ventraux me font mal.

She cooked a special dinner for him. Elle cuisina un dîner spécial pour lui.

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