milan2003_07
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- Jan 7, 2011
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- Russian
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Hello,
I'm looking for the word describing a person's behaviour when the person wants too much from another person or other people and then he starts depending completely on him (the second person) and stops doing all the necessary work himself. Maybe he also wants another person to protect him just in case (maybe someone in authority will notice his doing nothing or relying too much upon another person).
Below I've given several sentences to clarify what exactly I mean:
1. In the last couple of months Jack has been imposing himself on his colleagues/colleague because he was very lazy and didn't want to do his work himself.
2) To impose oneself upon others at work or in life can be very comfortable, but one day this can suddenly be finished.
3) She wants to live off her boyfriend with her children from the previous marriage and make him involved in her children's upbringing.
4) She wants to straddle her boyfriend's back and doesn't want to earn any money herself.
Are these sentences correct and idiomatic?
I'm looking for the word describing a person's behaviour when the person wants too much from another person or other people and then he starts depending completely on him (the second person) and stops doing all the necessary work himself. Maybe he also wants another person to protect him just in case (maybe someone in authority will notice his doing nothing or relying too much upon another person).
Below I've given several sentences to clarify what exactly I mean:
1. In the last couple of months Jack has been imposing himself on his colleagues/colleague because he was very lazy and didn't want to do his work himself.
2) To impose oneself upon others at work or in life can be very comfortable, but one day this can suddenly be finished.
3) She wants to live off her boyfriend with her children from the previous marriage and make him involved in her children's upbringing.
4) She wants to straddle her boyfriend's back and doesn't want to earn any money herself.
Are these sentences correct and idiomatic?