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Meaning of кульгаць | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[kulʲˈɣat͡sʲ]

Definitions

  1. to be lame, to hobble, to limp
    intransitive
  2. to be bad at, to lame, limp in (in a subject)
    colloquial, intransitive

Equivalents

English Limp

Examples

“стары кульгаў, і ніхто з унукаў не прыйшоў яму дапамагчы”

the old man was limping, and none of his grandchildren came to help him

“Silver hobbled, grunting, on his crutch;”

Silver hobbled bouncily on his crutch.

“"You remember what I told you I had been, and where I came from, ragged and lame, with the fierce wind and weather beating on my head?"”
“His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye; he limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support.”

His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye. The ruffian limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support.

“Я кульгаю ў матэматыцы.”

I limp in math.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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