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1 -terrible o terrific?-
Nota d'usoAttenzione a non confondere terrible e terrific. Terrific non si usa mai per cose orribili e spaventose, non significa “terrificante”; si utilizza per descrivere cose fantastiche, stupende: have a terrific time on holidays! passa delle vacanze grandiose! Il significato principale di terrible è “spaventoso, terribile”: to suffer terribile injuries, riportare tremende ferite; to have a terribile headache, avere un mal di testa terribile. Terrible e terrific si utilizzano pure per enfatizzare qualcosa, il primo soprattutto in tono di disapprovazione: a terribile waste of money, una perdita di denaro tremenda; il secondo solitamente in tono di approvazione: There's a terrific amount of information available on the Internet, c'è una grandiosa quantità di informazioni disponibili in Internet. -
2 ♦ terrible
♦ terrible /ˈtɛrəbl/a.1 terribile; tremendo; spaventoso; orribile; (fam.) eccessivo, straordinario: a terrible bore, un tremendo seccatore; a terrible cold, un raffreddore terribile3 (fam.) ► terrific, def. 2 e 3terriblenessn. [u]NOTA D'USO: - terrible o terrific?- -
3 terrific
[tə'rɪfɪk]1) (huge) [amount, pleasure, size] enorme; [pain, heat] tremendo, terribile; [ noise] spaventoso; [ argument] acceso; [ speed] folle; [accident, problem, shock, worry] terribile; [ struggle] accanito2) colloq. (wonderful) formidabile, fantasticoto look terrific — (healthy) sembrare in ottima forma; (attractive) essere bellissimo, stupendo
* * *[tə'rifik]1) (marvellous; wonderful: a terrific party.) formidabile, eccezionale2) (very great, powerful etc: He gave the ball a terrific kick.) tremendo* * *terrific /təˈrɪfɪk/a.1 (fam.) tremendo; eccessivo; formidabile; eccezionale; straordinario: The heat was really terrific, c'era davvero un caldo tremendo2 (fam.) tremendo; stupendo; meraviglioso; fantastico; favoloso: a terrific party, una festa favolosa3 (fam.) ben fatto; ottimo; bravissimo: In the first half they were terrific, nel primo tempo sono stati bravissimi4 terribile; spaventoso● (fam.) terrific speed, velocità folleterrificallyavv.1 (fam.) terribilmente; tremendamente2 (fam.) molto, moltissimo* * *[tə'rɪfɪk]1) (huge) [amount, pleasure, size] enorme; [pain, heat] tremendo, terribile; [ noise] spaventoso; [ argument] acceso; [ speed] folle; [accident, problem, shock, worry] terribile; [ struggle] accanito2) colloq. (wonderful) formidabile, fantasticoto look terrific — (healthy) sembrare in ottima forma; (attractive) essere bellissimo, stupendo
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