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1 imperfection
[ˌɪmpə'fekʃn]* * *[-'fekʃən]noun ((the state of having) a fault or defect.) imperfezione* * *imperfection /ɪmpəˈfɛkʃn/n. [cu]imperfezione; incompletezza; difetto; manchevolezza.* * *[ˌɪmpə'fekʃn] -
2 pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi* * *1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) imparare2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) prendere su3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) trovare4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rialzarsi5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) prendere6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ricevere7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) ritrovare; prendere* * *1. vt + adv1) (lift: sth dropped) raccogliere, raccattare, (sb fallen) tirar suto pick o.s. up — rialzarsi
2) (collect: goods, person) passare a prenderewe'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare
the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato
3) (acquire: sale bargain) trovare, (information, points in exam, germ) prendere, (learn: habit, ideas) prendere, (skill, language, tricks) impararecan you pick up some information while you're there? — puoi prendere delle informazioni mentre sei lì?
4) Radio TV Telec captare2. vi + adv1) (improve: gen) migliorare, (wages) aumentare, (invalid, business) riprendersi, (weather) rimettersi2) (continue) continuare, riprendere* * *1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi
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