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1 hit
I 1. [hɪt]1) (blow, stroke in sport, fencing) colpo m.to score a hit — sport fare centro (anche fig.)
2) (success) (play, film, record etc.) successo m.2.to be a big o smash hit avere un successo enorme; to make a hit with sb. — fare colpo su qcn., fare una buona impressione a qcn
modificatore [song, play] di successoII [hɪt]1) (strike) colpire, battere, picchiare [ person]; colpire [ ball]; [head, arm] urtare contro [ wall]to hit one's head on sth. — battere la testa contro qcs.
to hit a good shot — (in tennis, cricket) tirare un bel colpo
2) (strike as target) [bullet, assassin] colpire [target, victim]3) (collide violently) urtare, andare a sbattere contro [ wall]; [ vehicle] investire [ person]4) (affect adversely) colpire [group, incomes]7) (come upon) trovare [traffic, bad weather]8) colloq. (go to)•- hit back- hit out- hit upon••to hit the roof — colloq. andare su tutte le furie
to hit it off with sb. — andare d'accordo con qcn.
not to know what has hit one — colloq. rimanere frastornato
* * *[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) colpire, battere2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) colpire, battere3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) colpire4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) raggiungere2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) colpo2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) (colpo messo a segno)3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) successo, hit; di successo•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *I 1. [hɪt]1) (blow, stroke in sport, fencing) colpo m.to score a hit — sport fare centro (anche fig.)
2) (success) (play, film, record etc.) successo m.2.to be a big o smash hit avere un successo enorme; to make a hit with sb. — fare colpo su qcn., fare una buona impressione a qcn
modificatore [song, play] di successoII [hɪt]1) (strike) colpire, battere, picchiare [ person]; colpire [ ball]; [head, arm] urtare contro [ wall]to hit one's head on sth. — battere la testa contro qcs.
to hit a good shot — (in tennis, cricket) tirare un bel colpo
2) (strike as target) [bullet, assassin] colpire [target, victim]3) (collide violently) urtare, andare a sbattere contro [ wall]; [ vehicle] investire [ person]4) (affect adversely) colpire [group, incomes]7) (come upon) trovare [traffic, bad weather]8) colloq. (go to)•- hit back- hit out- hit upon••to hit the roof — colloq. andare su tutte le furie
to hit it off with sb. — andare d'accordo con qcn.
not to know what has hit one — colloq. rimanere frastornato
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2 band
I [bænd]1) mus. (rock) gruppo m., complesso m.; (army) banda f., fanfara f. (militare); (municipal) banda f.2) (with common aim) banda f., gruppo m., compagnia f.II [bænd]verbo transitivo riunire, associareIII [bænd]1) (of light, colour) banda f., fascia f.; (of land) striscia f.2) rad. banda f.3) BE (of age, income tax) fascia f., scaglione m.4) (for hair, hat) fascia f., nastro m.; (around waist) fascia f., cintura f.; (around neck) collare m.; (around arm) fascia f., bracciale m.; (around head) benda f.* * *[bænd] I noun1) (a strip of material to put round something: a rubber band.)2) (a stripe of a colour etc: a skirt with a band of red in it.)3) (in radio etc, a group of frequencies or wavelengths: the medium waveband.)II 1. noun1) (a number of persons forming a group: a band of robbers.)2) (a body of musicians: a brass band; a dance band.)2. verb(to unite or gather together for a purpose: They banded together to oppose the building of the garage.)* * *I [bænd] n(gen) banda, striscia, (of hat, cigar) nastroII [bænd] n1) Mus banda (musicale), (jazz band, pop group) complesso (musicale), Mil fanfara2) (group of people) banda•* * *band (1) /bænd/n.2 banda, striscia ( di stoffa, di colore); fascia; nastro; riga: a white cup with a red band around it, una tazza bianca con una riga rossa intorno3 (mecc.) cinghia; correggia; nastro5 (geol.) banda; lamina8 (elettr., radio) banda: band filter, filtro di banda; band switch, commutatore di banda (o d'onda); quad band (attr.), quadribanda● (fis., chim.) band gap ► bandgap □ (tecn.) band saw, sega a nastro □ (fis.) band spectrum, spettro a bande □ band string, fettuccia; striscia di cotone □ band wheel, puleggia.♦ band (2) /bænd/n.2 (mus.) banda musicale; orchestra ( jazz o da ballo); complesso: brass band, orchestra di ottoni; rock band, complesso rock; jazz band, orchestra jazz; complesso jazzistico; DIALOGO → - Wedding reception- They've hired a band, hanno ingaggiato un gruppo; The band struck up, la banda attaccò a suonare3 (zool.) branco.(to) band (1) /bænd/v. t.4 assegnare a uno scaglione; scaglionare(to) band (2) /bænd/v. i.(generalm. to band together) unirsi ( con un fine); associarsi; fare causa comune: They banded together to oppose the plan, si sono uniti per opporsi al progetto.* * *I [bænd]1) mus. (rock) gruppo m., complesso m.; (army) banda f., fanfara f. (militare); (municipal) banda f.2) (with common aim) banda f., gruppo m., compagnia f.II [bænd]verbo transitivo riunire, associareIII [bænd]1) (of light, colour) banda f., fascia f.; (of land) striscia f.2) rad. banda f.3) BE (of age, income tax) fascia f., scaglione m.4) (for hair, hat) fascia f., nastro m.; (around waist) fascia f., cintura f.; (around neck) collare m.; (around arm) fascia f., bracciale m.; (around head) benda f. -
3 ♦ reason
♦ reason /ˈri:zn/n.1 [uc] ragione; motivo; for financial [legal, economic] reasons, per ragioni finanziarie [legali, economiche]; for reasons of safety, per ragioni di sicurezza; for some reason, per qualche ragione; for obvious reasons, per ovvi motivi; for no specific reason, senza un preciso motivo; unaccountable reason, strana ragione; There is no reason to believe that he lied, non c'è motivo di credere che abbia mentito; What is the reason for your visit?, qual è la ragione della tua visita?; He told her his reasons for wanting to interrupt his studies, le ha spiegato le sue ragioni per interrompere gli studi; There's no reason why you shouldn't come, non c'è motivo per cui tu non debba venire; The reason you feel so tired is that you don't sleep enough, la ragione per la quale ti senti così stanco è che non dormi abbastanza; She said she was leaving but gave no reasons, ha detto che se ne andava ma non ha dato spiegazioni; I see no reason why she shouldn't come with us, non vedo perché non dovrebbe venire con noi; All the more reason for you to refuse, a maggior ragione dovresti rifiutare (o avresti fatto bene a rifiutare); There is no earthly reason why he should refuse, non c'è un motivo al mondo perché debba rifiutare; for reasons best known to himself [herself, etc.], per ragioni che solo lui [lei, ecc.] conosce: For reasons best known to themselves, they decided not to report the accident, per ragioni che solo loro conoscono, hanno deciso di non denunciare l'incidente; for no ( apparent) reason, senza motivo (apparente); for one reason or another, per un motivo o per l'altro; a good reason, un buon (o valido) motivo; to set out one's reasons, dichiarare (o spiegare) le proprie ragioni; to specify the reasons for st., indicare esattamente le cause di qc.; to state the reason for st., motivare qc.; all the more reason, una ragione di più: All the more reason to accept their offer, una ragione di più per accettare la loro offerta2 ragione ( contrario di torto): He always complains, with or without reason, si lamenta sempre, a torto o a ragione NOTA D'USO: - ragione-3 ragione, intelletto: the age of reason, l'età della ragione; to listen to (o to hear) reason, essere ragionevole; farsi convincere: He won't listen to reason, non vuole sentir ragione; to lose one's reason, perdere la ragione; to regain one's reason, riacquistare l'uso della ragione; There is reason in what you say, quel che dici è ragionevole; c'è del vero in ciò che dici● for reasons beyond sb. 's control, per ragioni di forza maggiore □ to bring sb. to reason, ridurre q. alla ragione; far ragionare q. □ by reason of, a causa di; a motivo di □ to give reasons for st., render ragione di qc. □ out of all reason, (in modo) del tutto irragionevole □ to be restored to reason, riacquistare l'uso della ragione □ to see reason, diventare ragionevole; farsi convincere □ to see reason to do st., aver motivo di far qc. □ within reason, nei limiti del ragionevole □ It stands to reason that…, non si può negare che…; è ovvio che…(to) reason /ˈri:zn/A v. i.2 – to reason with, ragionare con; cercare di convincere: You simply cannot reason with him, con lui non si può proprio ragionareB v. t.2 arguire: Comparing men and apes, Darwin reasoned that they must have a common ancestor, confrontando l'uomo e la scimmia, Darwin arguì che dovevano avere un antenato comune; He reasoned that the robbers must have had inside knowledge, ha riflettuto e concluso che i rapinatori dovevano esser stati informati da qualcuno all'interno3 convincere ( con il ragionamento): to reason sb. into doing st., convincere q. a fare qc.; to reason sb. out of an idea, convincere q. a rinunciare a un'idea● to reason out, risolvere con il ragionamento: to reason out a problem, risolvere un problema. -
4 watchman
['wɒtʃmən]1) stor.2) (guard) guardiano m. (-a), sorvegliante m. e f.* * *noun ((often night-watchman) a man employed to guard a building etc against thieves, especially at night: The bank-robbers shot the (night-)watchman.) guardiano, sorvegliante* * *watchman /ˈwɒtʃmən/n. (pl. watchmen)1 sorvegliante; guardiano; guardia giurata● night watchman, guardia notturna; metronotte.* * *['wɒtʃmən]1) stor.2) (guard) guardiano m. (-a), sorvegliante m. e f.
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