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1 except **** ex·cept
[ɪk'sɛpt]1. prepexcept for, excepting — eccetto, salvo, tranne
except that/if/when — salvo che/se/quando
except for one old lady — ad eccezione di or tranne una vecchia signora
2. vtalways excepting the possibility... — sempre se si esclude la possibilità...
not excepting... — senza esclusione di...
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2 -besides, except o apart from?-
Nota d'usoBesides significa “a parte” nel senso di “oltre a, in aggiunta”: He speaks three other languages besides English and Italian, parla altre tre lingue, oltre all'inglese e all'italiano. Except si usa quando si parla o scrive di qualcosa o qualcuno che non è incluso, quindi significa “a parte” nel senso di “tranne, eccetto”: Everyone understood except me, tutti hanno capito tranne me. Apart from può essere utilizzato con entrambi i significati: He speaks three other languages apart from English and Italian, parla altre tre lingue, oltre all'inglese e l'italiano; Everyone understood apart from me, tutti hanno capito tranne me.English-Italian dictionary > -besides, except o apart from?-
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3 common
I 1. ['kɒmən]1) (land) terreno m. comune2) in common in comune2.to have sth. in common — avere qcs. in comune
1) (the people)2) pol. (anche Commons)II ['kɒmən]1) (frequent) [mistake, problem, reaction] comune, frequenteit is common among — è comune fra [children, mammals]
3) (ordinary) [ man] comunethe common herd — spreg. il gregge, la massa
4) spreg. (low-class) mediocre, ordinario5) (minimum expected) [ courtesy] normale; [ decency] elementare6) zool. bot. mat. comune••to be as common as muck — colloq. (vulgar) essere volgarissimo; (widespread) essere comunissimo
* * *['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) comune2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) comune3) (publicly owned: common property.) comune, pubblico4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) volgare5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) comune6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) comune2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) terreno comunale- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common* * *I 1. ['kɒmən]1) (land) terreno m. comune2) in common in comune2.to have sth. in common — avere qcs. in comune
1) (the people)2) pol. (anche Commons)II ['kɒmən]1) (frequent) [mistake, problem, reaction] comune, frequenteit is common among — è comune fra [children, mammals]
3) (ordinary) [ man] comunethe common herd — spreg. il gregge, la massa
4) spreg. (low-class) mediocre, ordinario5) (minimum expected) [ courtesy] normale; [ decency] elementare6) zool. bot. mat. comune••to be as common as muck — colloq. (vulgar) essere volgarissimo; (widespread) essere comunissimo
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