quémander

Donc on vient chez lui, en tendant la main, quémandant.
So we have to come to his house, hat in hand, begging.
Alors je viens vers toi, les mains tendues, quémandant une fortune que toi seule peux me donner.
So I come to you as a poor man, in need of a fortune that only you can give me.
Sabino ne payait que sa première boisson, les autres, il les obtenait en les quémandant aux clients grâce à son bagout et à ses flatteries.
Sabino would only pay for his first drink, the rest he would mooch off other customers with sweet talk and flattery.
Il lui suffit de menacer et les chefs de gouvernement viennent s'agenouiller en quémandant des concessions.
He only has to threaten and the heads of government come begging for concessions on bended knees.
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