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1 ♦ as
♦ as (1) /æz, əz/A avv., prep. e cong.1 (nei compar.: as… as) (così…) come; tanto… quanto; tutto… che: a bird as big as a cat, un uccello grosso come un gatto; You are as rich as he (is), tu sei (tanto) ricco quanto lui; I have as many books as you ( have), ho tanti libri quanti ne hai tu; I can give you as much money as you want, posso darti tutto il denaro che vuoi2 (correl. di such, so, same) che; di; da: The rain was so heavy as to force us to shelter under a tree, la pioggia era così forte da costringerci (o che fummo costretti) a ripararci sotto un albero; poets such as (o such poets as) Donne and Marvell, poeti quali Donne e Marvell; so as not to be seen, così da non essere visto; They had the same difficulties as you ( had), hanno incontrato le stesse difficoltà che avete incontrato voi (o le vostre stesse difficoltà); I work in the same firm as his wife, lavoro nella stessa ditta di sua moglie; He is the same as before, è lo stesso di prima3 come; in qualità di; in quanto; nel modo in cui: I like him as a person, mi piace come persona; She works as a fashion designer, lavora come disegnatrice di moda; his skill as a craftsman, la sua abilità come (o di) artigiano; speaking as a friend, per parlare da amico; I'm going to the masked ball as Dracula, vado al ballo in maschera vestito da Dracula; You're late as usual, sei in ritardo come al solito; as is obvious, com'è ovvio; as you can see, come puoi vedere; as I was saying, come dicevo; Do as I tell you!, fa' come ti dico! NOTA D'USO: - like o as?-4 poiché; dato che; siccome; giacché: As it was late, we hurried up, poiché era tardi, ci affrettammo5 mentre; quando; come: I saw them as I was getting into the cinema, li vidi mentre entravo nel cinema; as a child, da bambino6 benché; sebbene, per quanto; come: Rich as he is, he isn't happy, benché ricco (o ricco com'è), non è felice; Improbable as it may sound, per quanto sembri improbabile; per improbabile che possa sembrareB pron. relat. (correl. di such)(antiq.) che; quale: Such as don't know me, coloro che non mi conoscono● as against (o as compared with), in confronto a; di contro a □ as agreed upon, come d'accordo; secondo gli accordi presi □ as and when, a tempo debito; al momento opportuno □ as… as any…, non meno… di…; non inferiore a… per…; uno dei più…: as good a reason as any, un motivo non meno valido degli altri (o di qualunque altro); His new thriller is as gripping as any I've seen recently, il suo nuovo thriller è uno dei più emozionanti che abbia visto ultimamente □ as… as that, così; tanto: Is it really as late as that?, è davvero così tardi?; Come on, it's not as serious as all that, andiamo, non è poi tanto grave! □ as at (+ data), ( banca) «valuta»; (rag.: di bilancio) «chiuso al»: We have credited your account with $10,000 as at March 1st, abbiamo accreditato 10 000 dollari sul vostro conto, valuta 1В° marzo □ as far as ► far □ as for, quanto a; riguardo a: as for him, quanto a lui □ as from = as of ► sotto □ as if, come se; quasi che; quasi a: He acted as if he were mad, si è comportato come un pazzo; He shook his head as if to say: «Don't do it!», scosse il capo come per (o quasi a) dire: «Non farlo!»; It isn't as if he were rich, non che sia ricco; As if I cared!, sai che m'importa!; m'importa assai! □ (fam.) As if!, figurati!; macché! □ (leg.) as is, nello stato in cui si trova □ as it is, di fatto; in realtà; sta di fatto che; ( in fine frase) già: As it is, things are getting worse, in realtà le cose vanno per il peggio; I've plenty of things to do as it is, ho già abbastanza cose da fare □ as it were, per così dire; diciamo così □ as late as, as long as ► late, long (2) □ as many, as much ► many, much □ (form.) as of (+ giorno o data), a partire da; con inizio da: as of today, a partire da oggi; as of April 1, a partire dal 1В° aprile □ (comm.) as per, come da: as per sample, come da campione □ as recently as, non più tardi di □ as regards, per ciò che riguarda; quanto a □ as soon as ► soon □ as though = as if ► sopra □ as to, quanto a; riguardo a: as to me, quanto a me; No decision has been taken yet as to his appointment, quanto alla sua nomina, non è stata presa ancora una decisione □ as well, as well as ► well (2) □ as yet, ancora; finora; fino ad allora: He hasn't come as yet, non è ancora venuto; finora, non è venuto □ as you go, via via; gradatamente □ (mil.) As you were!, al tempo!NOTA D'USO: - as o such as?- as (2) /æs/n. (pl. asses)(stor.) asse ( misura e moneta romana). -
2 ♦ nature
♦ nature /ˈneɪtʃə(r)/n.1 [uc] natura; carattere, indole, disposizione, temperamento; (form.) genere, qualità, specie, sorta: human nature, la natura umana; Nature is at its best in spring, la natura assume il suo aspetto più bello a primavera; in nature, nel regno della natura; nella realtà, nel mondo; It's the nature of a cat to miaow, miagolare è nella natura del gatto; That man is honest by nature, quell'uomo è onesto per natura; bad nature, cattivo carattere; good nature, indole buona; buon cuore; in sb. 's nature, nella natura di q.: It's not in her nature to give up so easily, non è nella sua natura arrendersi tanto facilmente; It's a question of a serious nature, è una questione di natura seria; 100 boxes of each nature of shot, cento scatole d'ogni sorta di munizioni3 [u] bisogni di natura: Such a diet will not support nature, una dieta simile non è sufficiente a soddisfare i bisogni di natura4 [u] (irl.) amor di patria e della propria gente; patriottismo● nature and wildlife parks, parchi naturali □ ( slang USA) nature's call, bisogno fisiologico; bisognino (fam.) □ nature lover, amante della natura □ nature poets, poeti della natura □ nature study, studio (o osservazione) della natura; ( a scuola) scienze ( materia di studio) □ nature trail, percorso naturalistico ( con segnalazioni della flora, ecc.) □ nature worship, adorazione delle forze della natura □ against nature, contro natura; innaturale; immorale □ by the nature of things, secondo la natura delle cose □ to ease nature, andar di corpo; ( anche) orinare □ ( arte) from nature, dal vero; dal naturale □ to get back to nature, tornare alla natura □ getting back to nature, ritorno alla natura □ to pay the debt of nature (o one's debt to nature), pagare il tributo alla natura; morire □ Honesty is second nature to him, per lui è cosa naturale essere onesto □ This is in the course of nature, ciò è nella natura delle cose, è naturale. -
3 rendezvous
I ['rɒndɪvuː]II ['rɒndɪvuː]to have a rendezvous with sb. — avere un rendez-vous con qcn
to rendezvous with sb. — incontrarsi con qcn
* * *['rondivu:]plural - rendezvous; noun1) (an agreement to meet someone somewhere: They had made a rendezvous to meet at midnight.) appuntamento2) (the place where such a meeting is to be: The park was the lovers' usual rendezvous.) (luogo d'incontro)3) (the meeting itself: The rendezvous took place at midnight.) incontro, appuntamento4) (a place where a certain group of people meet or go regularly: This pub is the rendezvous for the local artists and poets.) (luogo d'incontro)* * *rendezvous /ˈrɒndɪvu:/n. (inv. al pl.)1 appuntamento; incontro: He arranged a rendezvous with her in Paris, ha organizzato un incontro con lei a Parigi2 luogo di ritrovo: The club is a popular rendezvous for journalists and critics, il locale è un famoso luogo di ritrovo per giornalisti e critici4 (miss.) rendez-vous, appuntamento spaziale● place of rendezvous, luogo d'incontro.(to) rendezvous /ˈrɒndɪvu:/A v. i.1 incontrarsi; trovarsiB v. t.(mil., naut.) adunare; radunare● (miss.) to rendezvous in space, effettuare un rendez-vous (in orbita).* * *I ['rɒndɪvuː]II ['rɒndɪvuː]to have a rendezvous with sb. — avere un rendez-vous con qcn
to rendezvous with sb. — incontrarsi con qcn
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