beg

supplier, implorer

Demander quelque chose avec insistance parce qu’on en a vraiment besoin ou très envie.

En anglais simple : To ask very strongly for something because you badly need or want it.

• Please, I beg you, stay.
• She begged him to give her another chance.
• They are begging for help.

Comment l'utiliser : beg someone to do something (She begged him to stay.); beg someone for something (He begged his sister for help.)

Synonymes : plead, implore, entreat

Expressions courantes : beg someone, beg for something, beg someone to stay, beg for help

mendier

Demander de l’argent, de la nourriture ou de l’aide aux autres parce qu’on manque de ressources.

En anglais simple : To ask people to give you money, food, or other help because you have very little.

• He begs for money outside the station.
• They begged for food when their savings ran out.
• Nobody should have to beg to survive.

Comment l'utiliser : beg for something (He had to beg for food.); beg from someone (She begged from people outside the station.)

Synonymes : panhandle

Expressions courantes : beg for money, beg in streets, beg from someone