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1 adolescence
[ˌædə'lesns]nome adolescenza f.* * *noun adolescenza* * *adolescence /ædəˈlɛsns/n. [u]adolescenza.* * *[ˌædə'lesns]nome adolescenza f. -
2 adolescence ado·les·cence n
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3 girlhood
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4 verge
I [vɜːdʒ]1) BE (by road) ciglio m., bordo m.2) (brink)on the verge of tears, success — sul punto di piangere, sfondare
II [vɜːdʒ]to bring o drive sb. to the verge of portare qcn. sull'orlo di [bankruptcy, despair, suicide]; to bring o drive sb. to the verge of doing — portare qcn. sul punto di fare
to verge on — rasentare [panic, stupidity]
* * *[və:‹] 1. noun(the (grass) edging of a garden bed, a road etc: It's illegal to drive on the grass verge.) orlo2. verb(to be on the border (of): She is verging on insanity.) avvicinarsi* * *verge /vɜ:dʒ/n.1 margine; limitare; orlo ( anche fig.): on the verge of the cliff, sull'orlo del precipizio; on the verge of despair, sull'orlo della disperazione; on the verge of tears, sul punto di scoppiare in lacrime; on the verge of sixty, sulla soglia dei sessant'anni; to be on the verge of collapse, essere sull'orlo di un collasso; I was on the verge of accepting, ero sul punto d'accettare2 bordo; ciglio (erboso) ( di una strada): Do not park on the verge, vietato parcheggiare sul ciglio della strada; a grass verge, un bordo erboso lungo la strada(to) verge (1) /vɜ:dʒ/v. t.fare da confine (o da limite, da bordo) a; costeggiare: The road is verged with plane trees, la strada è costeggiata da platani.(to) verge (2) /vɜ:dʒ/v. i. (arc.)1 tendere; volgere3 (fig.) avvicinarsi (a)● to verge into (o on), tendere a: a hue verging on green, una tinta che tende al verde; The dusk was verging into the night, il crepuscolo stava lasciando il posto alla notte.* * *I [vɜːdʒ]1) BE (by road) ciglio m., bordo m.2) (brink)on the verge of tears, success — sul punto di piangere, sfondare
II [vɜːdʒ]to bring o drive sb. to the verge of portare qcn. sull'orlo di [bankruptcy, despair, suicide]; to bring o drive sb. to the verge of doing — portare qcn. sul punto di fare
to verge on — rasentare [panic, stupidity]
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5 awkward
['ɔːkwəd]1) (not practical) [ tool] poco maneggevole, scomodo; [shape, design] malfatto2) (clumsy) [person, movement] maldestro, goffo, impacciato3) (complicated, inconvenient) [arrangement, issue] complicato, difficile; [ choice] difficile; [moment, day] sfavorevole, inopportunoto make life awkward for sb. — complicare la vita a qcn
4) (embarrassing) [question, silence] imbarazzante; [ situation] delicato, imbarazzante5) (embarrassed) imbarazzato6) (uncooperative) [ person] difficile ( about riguardo a, a proposito di)the awkward age — (adolescence) l'età critica
* * *['o:kwəd]1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) goffo2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) imbarazzante, inopportuno•- awkwardness* * *['ɔːkwəd]1) (not practical) [ tool] poco maneggevole, scomodo; [shape, design] malfatto2) (clumsy) [person, movement] maldestro, goffo, impacciato3) (complicated, inconvenient) [arrangement, issue] complicato, difficile; [ choice] difficile; [moment, day] sfavorevole, inopportunoto make life awkward for sb. — complicare la vita a qcn
4) (embarrassing) [question, silence] imbarazzante; [ situation] delicato, imbarazzante5) (embarrassed) imbarazzato6) (uncooperative) [ person] difficile ( about riguardo a, a proposito di)the awkward age — (adolescence) l'età critica
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6 girl
[gɜːl]1) (child) bambina f.; (teenager) ragazza f.when I was a girl — (referring to childhood) quand'ero bambina; (referring to adolescence) quand'ero ragazza
the new girl — scol. la (bambina o ragazza) nuova
2) (daughter) figlia f.3) (servant) donna f.4) (sweetheart) ragazza f.* * *[ɡə:l]1) (a female child: Her new baby is a girl.) bambina2) (a young usually unmarried woman.) ragazza•- girlish- girl-friend
- Girl Guide* * *[gɜːl]1) (child) bambina f.; (teenager) ragazza f.when I was a girl — (referring to childhood) quand'ero bambina; (referring to adolescence) quand'ero ragazza
the new girl — scol. la (bambina o ragazza) nuova
2) (daughter) figlia f.3) (servant) donna f.4) (sweetheart) ragazza f. -
7 adolescent
[ˌædə'lesnt] 1.2) (childish) [ behaviour] da adolescente2.nome adolescente m. e f.* * *[ædə'lesnt] 1. adjective(in the stage between childhood and adulthood.) adolescente2. noun(a person at this stage of life: Adolescents often quarrel with their parents.) adolescente* * *adolescent /ædəˈlɛsnt/A n.B a.1 di (o da) adolescente; adolescenziale2 (spreg.) infantile; puerile.* * *[ˌædə'lesnt] 1.2) (childish) [ behaviour] da adolescente2.nome adolescente m. e f. -
8 ♦ transition
♦ transition /trænˈzɪʃn/n. [uc]1 transizione; passaggio; mutamento: a period of transition, un periodo di transizione; the transition from adolescence to adulthood, il passaggio dall'adolescenza all'età adulta● transition age, età di transizione □ (fis.) transition point, punto (o temperatura) di transizione.
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adolescence — [ adɔlesɑ̃s ] n. f. • fin XIIIe; lat. adolescentia, de adolescens → adolescent ♦ Âge qui succède à l enfance et précède l âge adulte (environ de 12 à 18 ans chez les filles, 14 à 20 ans chez les garçons), immédiatement après la puberté. « la plus … Encyclopédie Universelle
Adolescence — (lat adolescere = (to) grow) is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological (i.e. pubertal), social, and psychological changes, though the… … Wikipedia
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adolescence — (n.) age following childhood (especially the period from the 15th to the 21st year), early 15c., from M.Fr. adolescence (14c.), from L. adolescentia youth, noun of state from adolescentem (see ADOLESCENT (Cf. adolescent)) … Etymology dictionary
adolescence — ADOLESCENCE. s. f. L âge qui est entre la puberté & la majorité, c est à dire, depuis quatorze ans jusqu à vingt cinq. Dans son adolescence. Il ne se dit que des garçons … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Adolescence — Ad o*les cence, n. [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty one.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adolescence — I noun adulescentia, immaturity, juniority, juvenility, minority, nonage, puberty, pubescence, puerility, youth II index nonage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adolescence — *youth, puberty, pubescence Antonyms: senescence … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adolescence — [n] state of puberty, preadulthood boyhood, girlhood, greenness, juvenility, minority, pubescence, spring, teens, youth, youthfulness; concept 817 Ant. adulthood, infancy … New thesaurus
adolescence — [ad΄ə les′əns] n. [ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see ADOLESCENT] 1. the state or quality of being adolescent 2. the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth … English World dictionary