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1 ♦ pale
♦ pale (1) /peɪl/a.1 pallido ( anche fig.); sbiadito; scolorito; scialbo; smorto: a pale face, un viso pallido; deadly (o deathly) pale, mortalmente pallido; DIALOGO → - Feeling ill- You look a bit pale, hai il viso un po' pallido; pale pink, rosa pallido; a pale imitation, una scialba imitazione; to turn pale, impallidire● pale-faced, dal viso (o dal colorito) pallidopalely avv. paleness n. [u]. pale (2) /peɪl/n.2 (antiq.) staccionata; steccato; recinto3 (spec. fig.) confine; limite; termine: out of the pale of civilization, fuori dei confini del mondo civile4 (arald.) palo● (fig.) beyond (o outside) the pale, scorretto; indecente □ (fig.) outside the pale of the law, fuori della legalità □ (fig.) within the pale, corretto.(to) pale /peɪl/A v. i.B v. t.rendere pallido (o sbiadito, smorto, fioco). -
2 imitation
[ˌɪmɪ'teɪʃn] 1.nome imitazione f.2.••* * *1) (the act of imitating: Children learn how to speak by imitation.) imitazione2) (a copy: an imitation of an ancient statue.) imitazione* * *imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪʃn/A n. [uc]2 (biol.) mimetismoB a. attr.contraffatto; artificiale; falso; finto: imitation leather, finto cuoio; finta pelle; similpelle.* * *[ˌɪmɪ'teɪʃn] 1.nome imitazione f.2.••
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pale imitation — poor copy, inferior reproduction, shoddy emulation … English contemporary dictionary
IMITATION — Ouvert par la critique platonicienne de la mimesis (République , Liv. III, 393 398 et X, 595 608), le débat sur l’imitation a constamment été enrichi d’exemples destinés à comparer et à opposer les esprits créateurs, vraiment originaux, d’un côté … Encyclopédie Universelle
pale — pale1 [pāl] adj. paler, palest [OFr < L pallidus, pale: see FALLOW2] 1. of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan 2. lacking intensity or brilliance: said of color, light, etc.; faint; dim 3. feeble; weak [a pale imitation] … English World dictionary
pale — Ⅰ. pale [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a light shade or hue; approaching white. 2) (of a person s face) having little colour, through shock, fear, illness, etc. 3) unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation. ► VERB 1) become pale in one s face … English terms dictionary
pale — pale1 W3 [peıl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin pallidus; PALLID] 1.) having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is ▪ He looked very pale and drawn. turn/go pale ▪ He suddenly went pale. ▪ Sharon went… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pale — pale1 [ peıl ] adjective *** 1. ) light and not bright in color: pale blue eyes a pale sky a ) pale blue/gray/pink etc. something that is pale blue/gray/pink etc. is a lighter type of blue/gray/pink etc. than usual 2. ) a pale person has skin… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pale — I UK [peɪl] / US adjective Word forms pale : adjective pale comparative paler superlative palest *** 1) light and not bright in colour pale blue/yellow/green a pale sky 2) a pale person has skin that is lighter than usual because they are ill,… … English dictionary
imitation */ — UK [ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms imitation : singular imitation plural imitations 1) a) [countable] an act of copying someone s actions, words, or behaviour, often in order to make people laugh Kim can do a great imitation of Woody Allen.… … English dictionary
imitation — noun 1 copy of a thing ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, good, passable ▪ exact, perfect ▪ cheap, crude, pale … Collocations dictionary
imitation — im|i|ta|tion [ ,ımı teıʃn ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount the act of copying someone s actions, words, or behavior, often in order to make people laugh: Kim can do a great imitation of Woody Allen. a ) the act of copying something: They say… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
imitation — noun 1 (C, U) an attempt to imitate someone or something, or the act of doing this: Bill can do a passable imitation of an American accent. | Children learn a lot by imitation. | a pale imitation (=something that is much less good than the thing… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English