Tradução inglês <> português de Pittance
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Tradução & Definição
a pittance: uma ninharia, uma miséria
Exemplos
- "Hordes of Mexican immigrants without papers are working for pittance on his estate."
Exercício 1
Mexican immigrants are working for pittance.
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Select the sentence that is closest in meaning.
Mexican immigrants are working for pittance.
Select the sentence that is closest in meaning.
Select the sentence that is closest in meaning.
This is incorrect. A "slave" is a person forced to work for someone without being paid. The article is not suggesting that Mexican immigrants are being treated like slaves, but that their salaries are very small. Unlike "slaves", they do receive SOME money! Note that the term "slave" is now outdated, and can be offensive in some contexts.
This is incorrect. To do a job "just to pay the bills" often means that the job is "uninteresting" or "boring". Although this may well be the case for the Mexican immigrants, this is not the correct meaning of the term "working for pittance".
This is incorrect. Getting paid "under the table" or working on the "black market" is to work without declaring income so that taxation is avoided. It does not describe the meaning of the expression "working for pittance".
This is correct. A "pittance" is a "tiny" or "meager" amount. The article says Mexican immigrants are "working for a pittance" (=a very small amount of money). Note we could also say "working for a pittance". Example: They paid me a pittance for my translation work: 20 euros and a free back-rub.
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