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Translations reduced [rɪˈdjuːst] ADJ 1. (= lower) [numbers, cost, expenditure] → reducido; [price] → reducido, rebajado at a reduced rate → con una tarifa reducida or rebajada, con rebaja or descuento non-smokers have a reduced risk of heart disease → los no fumadores tienen menos riesgo de contraer enfermedades cardíacas I had to get used to living on a reduced income → me tuve que acostumbrar a vivir con pocos ingresos "reduced to clear" → rebajas por liquidación 2. (= smaller) [size] → reducido French troops will have a reduced role in the area → las tropas francesas desempeñarán un papel poco importante en la zona on a reduced scale → a escala reducida 3. (= straitened) to be living in reduced circumstances (frm, hum) → pasar necesidades or estrecheces reduced [rɪˈdjuːst] adj (= on sale) → réduit(e) "greatly reduced prices" → "gros rabais" at a reduced price [goods] → au rabais; [ticket] → à prix réduit reduced adj price, fare → ermäßigt, reduziert; prices also, goods → herabgesetzt, heruntergesetzt; scale, version → kleiner; risk, demand, threat, role → geringer; circumstances → beschränkt; the judge gave him a reduced sentence of five years → der Richter verurteilte ihn zu einer verkürzten Haftstrafe von fünf Jahren; at a reduced price → zu einem ermäßigten or reduzierten Preis; “reduced” (on ticket) → „ermäßigt“; in reduced circumstances → in beschränkten (Lebens)umständen reduced [rɪˈdjuːst] adj (decreased) → ridotto/a at a reduced price → a prezzo ribassato or ridotto "greatly reduced prices" → "grandi ribassi" in reduced circumstances → nelle ristrettezze reduced [rɪˈdjuːst] adj (decreased) → ridotto/a at a reduced price → a prezzo ribassato or ridotto "greatly reduced prices" → "grandi ribassi" in reduced circumstances → nelle ristrettezze How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They consulted long about this; and some were against it for fear of making the wretches fly to the woods and live there desperate, and so they should have them to hunt like wild beasts, be afraid to stir out about their business, and have their plantations continually rifled, all their tame goats destroyed, and, in short, be reduced to a life of continual distress. "Because," said the Man Leaning on a Spade, "I belong to the Gravediggers' National Extortion Society, and we have decided to limit the production of graves and get more money for the reduced output. Such appellants, unsupported by money, interest, or power, seldom make out a very strong case for reparation of any sort, in this righteous world of ours, and had it not been for the goodness of the dauphine it is probable that the vicomtesse and her grand-daughter would have been reduced to downright beggary. |
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