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1 ♦ rather
♦ rather /ˈrɑ:ðə(r)/A avv.1 piuttosto; alquanto: I am rather tired, sono piuttosto stanco; It's rather cold today, fa piuttosto freddo oggi; He's rather a nice man, è un uomo piuttosto simpatico; This holiday has gone rather quickly, questa vacanza è passata piuttosto in fretta; She seems rather young to be his mother, sembra un po' troppo giovane per essere sua madre2 anzi; ma piuttosto: We have not lost; rather, we have won, non abbiamo perso; anzi, abbiamo vintoB inter.(antiq.) altroché: «Would you like to go?» «Rather!», «ti piacerebbe andarci?» «altroché!»● rather than, piuttosto che: pretty rather than beautiful, grazioso piuttosto che veramente bello □ rather better [bigger, more, less] than, un po' meglio [più grande, più, meno] di: Their house is rather bigger than ours, la loro casa è un po' più grande della nostra □ anything rather than…, tutto piuttosto che…; tutto fuorché… □ rather you (him, her, ecc.) than me –: They've got to clean up all this mess: rather them than me!, devono sistemare tutto questo disordine: non vorrei essere al posto loro! □ I [you, etc.] had rather, (antiq.) = would rather ► sotto □ I rather enjoy singing, non mi dispiace affatto cantare □ I rather think that…, ho l'impressione che…; sono dell'idea che… □ I would (o I'd) rather not, preferirei di no □ It's rather a pity, è proprio un peccato □ I rather like Jenny, nel complesso, Jenny mi è simpatica □ would rather, preferisco, preferisci, ecc.; preferirei, preferiresti, ecc.: I would rather wait, if you don't mind, preferisco (o preferirei) aspettare, se non ti dispiace; DIALOGO → - Discussing university- I'd rather go to Bristol, preferirei andare a Bristol; I'd rather not speak about it, preferirei non parlarne; Would you rather I stayed?, preferisci che io rimanga?; Would you rather he had lied to you?, avresti preferito che ti mentisse?
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