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1 nothing to write home about
(not very good: The concert was nothing to write home about.) (niente di speciale) -
2 ■ write home
■ write homev. i. + avv.scrivere a casa (alla famiglia, ecc.) □ (fig.) nothing to write home about, niente di speciale: The film was good, but nothing to write home about, il film era buono, ma niente di speciale. -
3 Home
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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[həʊm]1. n1) (residence, house) casa, (country, area) patria, paese m natale or natio, Bot Zool habitat m invto give sb/sth a home — prendersi in casa qn/qc
2) (institution) istituto, (for old people) casa di riposo2. adv1) a casato stay home — stare a or restare in casa
it's nothing to write home about fam — non è gran che, non è niente di speciale
2) (right in) a fondo, fino in fondo3. vi(pigeons) tornare alla base4. adj(life) familiare, (cooking) casalingo (-a), (improvements) alla casa, (comforts) di casa, (native: village) natale, natio (-a), (Econ: trade, market) nazionale, interno (-a), (product, industries) nazionale, (news) dall'interno, (Sport: team) di casa, (match, win) in casa• -
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At home SchoolHow was school today? Com'è andata a scuola oggi?What did you do? Che cosa hai fatto?We did nothing really. Non abbiamo fatto niente di speciale.You can't have done nothing. Non puoi non aver fatto niente.What subjects did you have at school today? Che materie avevi oggi a scuola?We had English and physics before morning break. Abbiamo avuto inglese e fisica prima dell'intervallo del mattino.We had games before lunch and double maths in the afternoon. Abbiamo fatto ginnastica prima di pranzo e abbiamo avuto due ore di matematica nel pomeriggio.Is everything all right? Va tutto bene?You look a bit fed up. Hai l'aria un po' scocciata.I got told off for not having done some maths exercises for homework. Sono stata sgridata perché non avevo fatto alcuni esercizi di matematica assegnati per casa.The teacher had a right go at me in front of everyone. L'insegnante mi ha dato una bella sgridata davanti a tutti.Why didn't you do the exercises? Perché non avevi fatto gli esercizi?I didn't write it down in my diary and totally forgot about it. Non l'avevo scritto sul diario e me ne sono totalmente dimenticata.It was all my own fault. È stata tutta colpa mia. -
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I [siː]1) (gen) vedereI saw him writing the letter — l'ho visto scrivere or mentre scriveva la lettera
let me see — (show me) fammi vedere, (let me think) vediamo (un po')
see you soon/later/tomorrow! — a presto/più tardi/domani!
now see here! — (in anger) ma insomma!
so I see — sì, vedo
I must be seeing things fam — devo avere le allucinazioni or le traveggole
I see in the paper that... — vedo che sul giornale è scritto che...
(go and) see who it is — vai a vedere chi è, vedi chi è
I never thought I'd see the day when... — non avrei mai creduto che un giorno...
2) (understand, perceive) vedere, capire, (joke) afferrarethe way I see it — a parer mio, a mio giudizio
3) (accompany) accompagnareto see sb to the door/home — accompagnare qn alla porta/a casa
4) (ensure, check) vedere, assicurarsito see if — vedere se + indic
to see that — vedere or badare che + sub
5) (imagine) vedereI can't see myself as... — non mi vedo come...
•- see in- see off- see out- see over- see toII [siː] nRel sede f vescovile
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