Translation for '
hungry' from English to Greek
| ADJ | hungry | hungrier | hungriest |
| SYNO | athirst | hungry | thirsty |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
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- In AmE the word "quite" used as a qualifier is generally a reinforcement, though it is somewhat uncommon in actual colloquial American use today and carries an air of formality: for example, "I'm quite hungry" is a very polite way to say "I'm very hungry".
- The scripture also includes stories of Maha Moggallāna's travels to the hungry ghost realm and his discussions with hungry ghosts and his understanding of the realm.
- The following night, Kerry is on a bus to New York City, where he talks to a fellow passenger. The passenger tells Kerry he is hungry, to which Kerry responds that he is also getting hungry.
- The song "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" refers to Pretas of Buddhist mythology.
- For example, to say "I am hungry", one would say 我肚餓 "ngo5 tou5 ngo6" (literally: I stomach hungry).
- The tales in "A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts" spans across China, ranging from 200 BC to the modern technological world.
- An unnamed spokeswoman for Totino's (Vanessa Bayer) would do anything for her "hungry guys". But while her "hungry guys" are watching the Super Bowl, she is doing things of her own.
- Torvend is the author of "Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments", an examination of the early Reformation church's to the poor, hunger and the hungry poor, specifically Martin Luther.
- Tyyi Tson (Euthanasia): Tyyi Tson means 'to give hungry rice' (hungry rice was a type of rice which the Bajju thought of as the most sacred and perhaps elite).
- It is likely that the idea of hungry ghosts originated from ancient Indian culture, where they were referred to as Preta. However, there are many legends regarding the origin of hungry ghosts.
- Sometime individuals have a predominance of hungry ghost in their makeup. They can never get enough, and are always hungry for more.
- The Hungry Man (2004) "follows an unnamed and earnest-faced bespectacled male development worker teaching the eponymous hungry man how to improve his lot" ("The Power of Good Satire", The Fiji Times 2022 ).
- In Japan, preta is translated as "gaki" ([...] , "hungry ghost"), a borrowing from Middle Chinese "ngaH kjwɨjX" ([...] , "hungry ghost").
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