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♦ bitter (1) /ˈbɪtə(r)/A a.2 ( del freddo, ecc.) aspro; pungente; a bitter winter, un inverno aspro; a bitter wind, un vento pungente3 risentito; arrabbiato; acrimonioso: He still feels bitter about the way he was treated, è ancora risentito per come l'hanno trattato4 sgradevole; doloroso; duro; amaro: a bitter disappointment, un'amara delusione; bitter hardships, privazioni dolorose; bitter experience, dura esperienza; bitter tears, lacrime amare; bitter truths, verità sgradevoli5 aspro; accanito; feroce: bitter enmity, aspra inimicizia; bitter hatred, odio accanito; bitter fighting, aspri combattimenti; a bitter quarrel, un'aspra liteB n.1 [u] sapore amaro; amaro2 [u] (GB) birra amara● bitter apple, coloquintide □ (GB) bitter lemon, limonata amara □ bitter orange, arancia amara □ (fig.) a bitter pill to swallow, una pillola amara da ingoiare □ bitter-sweet ► bittersweet.bitter (2) /ˈbɪtə(r)/n.● (naut.) bitter end, estremità ( del cavo o della catena dell'ancora) □ (fig.) to the bitter end, fino in fondo; fino alla fine; a oltranza: to fight to the bitter end, battersi a oltranza; to struggle on to the bitter end, lottare fino alla fine; non mollare □ (fam.) bitter-ender, uno che tiene duro; oltranzista. -
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['bɪtə(r)] 1.1) (sour) amaro2) (resentful) [tone, comment] acre, aspro, risentito; [ person] amareggiato, risentito; [ memory] amaro, dolorososhe felt bitter about the way they had treated her — era risentita per il modo in cui l'avevano trattata
4) (very cold) [ weather] rigido; [ wind] pungente5) (hard to accept) [disappointment, truth] amaro, crudele; [ blow] duro2. 3.••to the bitter end — [fight, carry on] fino in fondo
* * *['bitə]1) (having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant: a bitter orange.) amaro; aspro2) (full of pain or sorrow: She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.) amaro3) (hostile: full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.) acerrimo4) (very cold: a bitter wind.) intenso, pungente•- bitterly
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- bituminous* * *['bɪtə(r)] 1.1) (sour) amaro2) (resentful) [tone, comment] acre, aspro, risentito; [ person] amareggiato, risentito; [ memory] amaro, dolorososhe felt bitter about the way they had treated her — era risentita per il modo in cui l'avevano trattata
4) (very cold) [ weather] rigido; [ wind] pungente5) (hard to accept) [disappointment, truth] amaro, crudele; [ blow] duro2. 3.••to the bitter end — [fight, carry on] fino in fondo
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['bɪtə(r)]1. adj1) (taste: gen) amaro (-a), (of fruit) aspro (-a)2) (icy: weather) gelido (-a), (wind) pungente3) (enemy, hatred) acerrimo (-a), (quarrel) aspro (-a), (disappointment) amaro (-a), (person) risentito (-a)to the bitter end — fino all'ultimo, a oltranza
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♦ pill /pɪl/n.1 ( anche fig.) pillola; compressa; pastiglia: DIALOGO → - Feeling ill- Take a couple of pills and see how you feel in the morning, prendi un paio di pillole e vedi come ti senti domattina8 – the pill, la pillola (anticoncezionale): to be on the pill, prendere la pillola; to go on the pill, cominciare a prendere la pillola; to come off the pill, smettere di prendere la pillola● (fig.) a pill to cure an earthquake, una mezza misura; un provvedimento del tutto inadeguato □ ( slang spreg. USA) pill peddler (o pill pusher), farmacista; ( anche) medico □ ( slang) pill-popper ► pillhead □ booster pill, stimolante □ ( slang) courage pill, pillola di barbiturico □ to gild the pill, indorare la pillola □ (fig.) to sugar (o to sweeten) the pill, addolcire la pillola □ (fig.) to swallow a bitter pill, mandar giù un boccone amaro □ to take ( sleeping) pills, prendere sonniferi; impasticcarsi ( anche per suicidarsi).(to) pill /pɪl/v. t.
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