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61 family
['fæməlɪ] 1. 2.••to be in the family way — colloq. scherz. essere incinta
* * *['fæməli]plural - families; noun1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) famiglia2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) famiglia3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) famiglia4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) famiglia•- family tree* * *['fæməlɪ] 1. 2.••to be in the family way — colloq. scherz. essere incinta
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62 language
['læŋgwɪdʒ] 1.1) U (system) linguaggio m.2) (of a particular nation) lingua f.3) U (used by a particular group) linguaggio m. (anche inform.)formal, legal language — linguaggio formale, giuridico
2.bad o strong o foul language linguaggio volgare; mind your language! bada a come parli! don't use that language with me! — non usare questo linguaggio con me!
* * *['læŋɡwi‹]1) (human speech: the development of language in children.) linguaggio2) (the speech of a particular nation: She is very good at (learning) languages; Russian is a difficult language.) lingua3) (the words and way of speaking, writing etc usually connected with a particular group of people etc: the language of journalists; medical language.) linguaggio, lingua•* * *['læŋgwɪdʒ] 1.1) U (system) linguaggio m.2) (of a particular nation) lingua f.3) U (used by a particular group) linguaggio m. (anche inform.)formal, legal language — linguaggio formale, giuridico
2.bad o strong o foul language linguaggio volgare; mind your language! bada a come parli! don't use that language with me! — non usare questo linguaggio con me!
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63 linguistic
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64 many
['menɪ] 1.(compar. more; superl. most) quantisostantivo femminile molti, tantimany people, cars — molta gente, molte macchine
many times — molte volte, spesso
how many people, times? — quanta gente, quante volte?
too many people, times — troppa gente, troppe volte
a good many people, times — parecchia gente, parecchie volte
many a man would be glad of... — più di un uomo sarebbe felice di...
2.I've been there many a time many's the time I've been there — ci sono stato molte volte o più di una volta
pronome molti m. (-e)not many — pochi, non molti
3.there were too many of them — ce n'erano troppi, erano troppo numerosi
the many — (the masses) la folla, le masse
to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many — sacrificare gli interessi di pochi a favore di molti
••to have had one too many — colloq. avere bevuto un bicchiere di troppo
* * *['meni] 1. comparative - more; adjective(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) molti, molte2. pronoun(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) molti, molte- many-- many a* * *['menɪ] 1.(compar. more; superl. most) quantisostantivo femminile molti, tantimany people, cars — molta gente, molte macchine
many times — molte volte, spesso
how many people, times? — quanta gente, quante volte?
too many people, times — troppa gente, troppe volte
a good many people, times — parecchia gente, parecchie volte
many a man would be glad of... — più di un uomo sarebbe felice di...
2.I've been there many a time many's the time I've been there — ci sono stato molte volte o più di una volta
pronome molti m. (-e)not many — pochi, non molti
3.there were too many of them — ce n'erano troppi, erano troppo numerosi
the many — (the masses) la folla, le masse
to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many — sacrificare gli interessi di pochi a favore di molti
••to have had one too many — colloq. avere bevuto un bicchiere di troppo
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65 science
['saɪəns] 1.1) scienza f.2) (skill) abilità f., tecnica f.2.modificatore [ subject] scientifico; [faculty, teacher, textbook, exam] di scienze••to blind sb. with science — confondere qcn. facendo sfoggio di parole difficili
* * *1) (knowledge gained by observation and experiment.) scienza2) (a branch of such knowledge eg biology, chemistry, physics etc.) scienza3) (these sciences considered as a whole: My daughter prefers science to languages.) scienza•- scientifically
- scientist
- science fiction* * *['saɪəns] 1.1) scienza f.2) (skill) abilità f., tecnica f.2.modificatore [ subject] scientifico; [faculty, teacher, textbook, exam] di scienze••to blind sb. with science — confondere qcn. facendo sfoggio di parole difficili
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66 vowel
['vaʊəl] 1.nome vocale f.2.modificatore [ sound] vocalico* * *1) (in English and many other languages, the letters a, e, i, o, u.) vocale2) ((also vowel sound) any of the sounds represented by these five letters or by y, or by combination of these with each other and/or w.) vocale* * *['vaʊəl] 1.nome vocale f.2.modificatore [ sound] vocalico
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