Translation for "knausrig" to english
Knausrig
adjective
Translation examples
adjective
Sie sind ganz billig.« »Ich möchte nicht gern knausrig wirken.«
They are very inexpensive.' I don't want to seem niggardly.'
Kein Agent in sowjetischen Diensten hatte je ein solches Honorar bekommen; der KGB verhielt sich traditionell knausrig gegen diejenigen, die von ihm abhängig waren, mochten ihre Informationen noch so wichtig sein. Und der KGB wäre niemals so nachläs - sig mit einer so hohen Summe umgegangen.
No Sovietemployed agent had ever gotten so much in a single payment-the KGB had always been niggardly in its payments to those whom it gave money, regardless of the importance of the information that had earned it - nor had the KGB ever been so casual in disposing of cash in any amount. Every single ruble had to be accounted for.
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