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1 homesick
['həʊmsɪk]to be homesick — [ child] avere nostalgia di casa, della propria famiglia; [ adult] (for country) avere nostalgia del proprio paese
* * *adjective (missing one's home: When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick.) nostalgico, (che soffre di nostalgia per la propria patria)* * *homesick /ˈhəʊmsɪk/a.nostalgico, che soffre di nostalgia ( per la propria casa o patria) NOTA D'USO: - nostalgic o homesick?-homesicknessn. [u]* * *['həʊmsɪk]to be homesick — [ child] avere nostalgia di casa, della propria famiglia; [ adult] (for country) avere nostalgia del proprio paese
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2 homesick home·sick adj
['həʊmˌsɪk]to be homesick — sentire la mancanza di casa, avere nostalgia di casa
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3 -nostalgic o homesick?-
Nota d'usoPer esprimere il sentimento di nostalgia di casa, famiglia o paese di origine, in inglese si usa l'aggettivo “homesick”: Sentì nostalgia di casa per la prima volta dopo tutti gli anni passati all'estero, she felt (o was) homesick for the first time after all the years she had spent abroad. Il sostantivo inglese “nostalgia” e l'aggettivo corrispondente “nostalgic” si riferiscono solo alla nostalgia per il passato: Si sentì nostalgica e desiderò essere di nuovo giovane, she felt nostalgic and wished to be young again. Il sentimento generico di nostalgia può essere espresso anche con il verbo “to miss”: Ho nostalgia dei miei amici, I miss my friends. -
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I 1. [həʊm]1) (dwelling) abitazione f.; (house) casa f., alloggio m.2) (for residential care) ricovero m.retirement, nursing home — casa di riposo, casa di cura
3) (family base) focolare m. domestico, famiglia f."good home wanted" — "cercasi famiglia rispettabile"
4) (country) patria f., paese m. natale2.home of — [ country] patria di [ speciality]
2) (national) [market, affairs, news] interno3.1) [come, go, arrive] (to house) a casa; (to country) in patriaon the journey home — tornando a casa; (by boat, plane) nel viaggio di ritorno
2) fig. (to required effect)to bring sth. home to — fare comprendere qcs. a
3) at home (in house) [work, stay] a casa; sport (on own ground) [ play] in casa; fig. (comfortable) [be, feel] a proprio agio••it's home from home — BE
II [həʊm]it's home away from home — AE è una seconda casa
- home in* * *[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) casa; habitat2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) patria3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) casa, dimora4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) casa5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domestico2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) nazionale, nostrano3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) locale, di/in casa3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) a casa2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) a fondo, nel segno•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *(Surnames) Home /həʊm, hju:m/* * *I 1. [həʊm]1) (dwelling) abitazione f.; (house) casa f., alloggio m.2) (for residential care) ricovero m.retirement, nursing home — casa di riposo, casa di cura
3) (family base) focolare m. domestico, famiglia f."good home wanted" — "cercasi famiglia rispettabile"
4) (country) patria f., paese m. natale2.home of — [ country] patria di [ speciality]
2) (national) [market, affairs, news] interno3.1) [come, go, arrive] (to house) a casa; (to country) in patriaon the journey home — tornando a casa; (by boat, plane) nel viaggio di ritorno
2) fig. (to required effect)to bring sth. home to — fare comprendere qcs. a
3) at home (in house) [work, stay] a casa; sport (on own ground) [ play] in casa; fig. (comfortable) [be, feel] a proprio agio••it's home from home — BE
II [həʊm]it's home away from home — AE è una seconda casa
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5 homesickness
['həʊmsɪknɪs]nome nostalgia f. di casa* * *noun nostalgia (per la propria patria)* * *homesickness► homesick* * *['həʊmsɪknɪs]nome nostalgia f. di casa -
6 nostalgia
[nɒ'stældʒə]nome nostalgia f.* * *[no'stæl‹ə](a longing for past times: She felt a great nostalgia for her childhood.) nostalgia- nostalgically* * *nostalgia /nɒˈstældʒə/n. [u]nostalgica.nostalgicallyavv.nostalgicamente.* * *[nɒ'stældʒə]nome nostalgia f.
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