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♦ comfort /ˈkʌmfət/n.1 [u] comodità; agio; benessere: to dress for comfort, vestire all'insegna della comodità; portare vestiti comodi; to travel in reasonable comfort, viaggiare con una certa comodità; to live in comfort, vivere agiatamente; too… for comfort, troppo (per i propri gusti); sgradevolmente; pericolosamente: He kept his gun too close for comfort, teneva la pistola troppo vicina per i miei gusti2 (spec. al pl.) comodità; comfort, confort: I miss my comforts here, qui mi mancano le mie comodità; every modern comfort, tutti i comfort moderni3 [uc] conforto; consolazione: to bring [to seek] comfort, portare [cercare] conforto; to take comfort from the fact that, trovare conforto nel fatto che; consolarsi pensando che; to turn to alcohol for comfort, trovare conforto nell'alcol; You've been a great comfort to me, mi sei stato di grande conforto● comfort food, cibo che si mangia per sentirsi sereni, per tirarsi su di morale □ ( USA) comfort station, gabinetto pubblico □ comfort zone, situazione o luogo che dà sicurezza; ( per estens.) routine (di lavoro) □ cold comfort, una magra consolazione.(to) comfort /ˈkʌmfət/v. t.confortare; consolare. -
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[drɔː] drew vb: pt drawn pp1. n1) (lottery) lotteria, riffa, (picking of tickets) estrazione f, sorteggio, (for sporting events) sorteggio2) (Sport: equal score) pareggio3) (attraction) attrazione f4)to be quick on the draw — essere veloce con la pistola, fig avere i riflessi pronti
2. vt1) (pull: bolt, curtains) tirare, (caravan, trailer) trainare, rimorchiare, (bow) tendere la corda di2) (extract: from pocket, bag) tirar fuori, (from well, tap) attingere, (sword) sguainare, (teeth) estrarre, (cork) cavare, (salary, money from bank) ritirare, (cheque) cambiare, riscuotere, (Culin: fowl) pulireto draw blood — fare uscir il sangue, fig colpire nel vivo
3) (attract: attention, crowd, customer) attrarre, attirareto feel drawn to sb — sentirsi attratto (-a) verso qn, provare attrazione per qn
4) (sketch: picture, portrait) fare, (object, person) disegnare, (plan, line, circle) tracciare, (map) disegnare, fare, (fig: situation) fare un quadro di, (character) disegnare5)(formulate: conclusion)
to draw (from) — trarre (da), ricavare (da)(comparison, distinction)
to draw (between) — fare (tra)6) Ftbl etc3. vi1)to draw (towards) — avvicinarsi (a), avanzare (verso)he drew to one side — si è tirato da parte or in disparte
to draw to an end or to a close — volgere alla fine, avvicinarsi alla conclusione
2)to draw for trumps — scegliere il seme or la briscola3) (chimney) tirare4) (Sport: be equal: two teams) pareggiare5) (sketch) disegnare•- draw in- draw off- draw on- draw out- draw up
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