because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little .
This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others.
Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
- Shylock aç gözlü, ve daha kötüsü,çok pintidir.
He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.
- O her şeye pratikliği bakımından bakma eğilimindedir ve ne pinti ne de savurgandır.
I heard that Tom was mean to his last girlfriend.
- Tom'un son kız arkadaşına karşı pinti olduğunu duydum.
She's nasty and mean.
- O, iğrenç ve pintidir.
Nobody considers Tom a cheapskate.
- Hiç kimse Tom'u bir pinti olarak düşünmüyor.
Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.
- Yaşlanınca pinti parayla cömert olmayı öğrendi.
The rich are often misers.
- Zenginler çoğu kez pintidirler.