burden

1. A heavy load.

   Belastung, Last, Bürde

   но́шаnóša, грузgruz, покла́жаpokláža

   тяга́рtjahár, но́шаnóša, ванта́жvantáž

2. A responsibility, onus.

   Belastung, Last, Bürde

   бре́мяbrémja, тя́жестьtjážestʹ, нагру́зкаnagrúzka

   тяга́рtjahár, вагота́vahotá, ва́жкістьvážkistʹ

3. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

   c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.

   Sorge, Bürde, Kummer

   бре́мяbrémja, обу́заobúza

4. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

   a ship of a hundred tons burden

5. The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

6. The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

7. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.

   A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.

8. The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.

9. The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)

10. A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.

11. The drone of a bagpipe.

12. A theme, a core idea.

    the burden of the argument

1. He was a burden to his parents.

   Він був тягарем для батьків.

   ruОн был бременем для своих родителей.

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2. I can't burden Tom with that problem.

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3. I can't burden Tom with that responsibility.

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4. I didn't want to be a burden.

   ruЯ не хотел быть обузой.

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5. Tom was a burden to his parents.

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