Электронная книга: Маргарет Олифант «A Beleaguered City»

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• beleaguered — be|lea|guered [bıˈli:gəd US ərd] adj [usually before noun] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: belegeren, from leger camp ] 1.) experiencing a lot of problems or criticism ▪ the country s beleaguered steel industry 2.) surrounded by an army …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• beleaguered — /bəˈligəd/ (say buh leeguhd), /bi / (say bee ) verb 1. past tense and past participle of beleaguer. –adjective 2. surrounded by hostile forces: the beleaguered city. 3. oppressed by problems that threaten one s position, role, status, prospects,… …  

• beleaguered — adj 1 a beleaguered person harassed, pestered, troubled, tormented, badgered, bothered, worried, vexed, plagued, persecuted, beset 2 a beleaguered city besieged, under siege, surrounded, blockaded …   Useful english dictionary

• city — n. 1) to govern, manage (AE), run a city 2) a capital; cosmopolitan; densely populated; free; garden (BE), planned; port; provincial; satellite city; twin cities 3) (the) central; inner city 4) a beleaguered; open city (during wartime) 5) in a… …   Combinatory dictionary

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• USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) — The first USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA 25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola class heavy cruiser sometimes known as Swayback Maru . She had the (unofficial) distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the… …   Wikipedia