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1 ♦ fact
♦ fact /fækt/n.1 fatto; circostanza; evento; (al pl., anche) (l') accaduto: the plain facts, i nudi fatti; le cose come stanno; hard facts, fatti concreti; to marshal facts, ordinare i fatti; to state the facts, esporre i fatti; to stick to the facts, stare ai fatti; Give me the facts!, dammi i fatti!; dimmi quello che è successo!2 dato di fatto; realtà: Cloning is now a fact, la clonazione è ormai una realtà; to face facts, guardare in faccia la realtà; The fact remains that…, resta il fatto che; for a fact, per certo; con certezza: I know it for a fact that…, so per certo che…; in actual fact, in realtà; in effetti; per la verità; a dire il vero; in fact (o in point of fact) anzi; in realtà3 [u] realtà; fatti (pl.) realmente accaduti: Fact or fiction?, realtà o invenzione?; The film is based on fact, il film è basato su fatti realmente accaduti● ( editoria) fact-checker, redattore incaricato del controllo di dati, informazioni, ecc. □ fact file, scheda riassuntiva □ fact-finder, chi indaga sui fatti; (leg.) inquirente □ fact-finding, (sost.) indagine, investigazione, accertamento dei fatti; (agg.) che indaga sui fatti, (leg.) inquirente, conoscitivo, di inchiesta, di indagine; fact-finding inquiry, indagine conoscitiva; fact-finding commission, commissione inquirente (o d'inchiesta) □ a fact of life, una cosa che succede; una realtà della vita □ The fact is that…, il fatto è che… □ the fact of the matter, la verità; i fatti; la realtà delle cose: The fact of the matter is that…, la verità è che… □ fact sheet, foglio informativo (con i dati essenziali relativi a un'organizzazione, un evento, un programma radiotelevisivo, ecc.) □ facts and figures, dati e cifre; dati precisi □ (eufem.) the facts of life, la sessualità, le cose del sesso (spec. spiegate a un bambino); come nascono i bambini (eufem.) □ after the fact, a fatto compiuto □ as a matter of fact, in realtà; in effetti; per la verità; a dire il vero □ before the fact, prima del fatto (o dell'atto) □ (fam.) Is that a fact?, davvero?; sul serio? □ (fam.) It's a fact!, è un dato di fatto!; è la pura verità! □ (prov.) Fact is stranger than fiction, la realtà supera la fantasia. -
2 remain
[rɪ'meɪn]1) (be left) restare2) (stay) [person, memory] restare, rimanere; [problem, doubt] rimanere, sussistere"I remain, yours faithfully" — "distinti saluti"
* * *[rə'mein]1) (to be left: Only two tins of soup remain; Very little remained of the cinema after the fire; A great many things still remain to be done.) restare, rimanere2) (to stay; not to leave: I shall remain here.) restare3) (to continue to be: The problem remains unsolved.) restare•- remains* * *[rɪ'meɪn]1) (be left) restare2) (stay) [person, memory] restare, rimanere; [problem, doubt] rimanere, sussistere"I remain, yours faithfully" — "distinti saluti"
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3 remain ***** re·main vi
[rɪ'meɪn]rimanere, restareit remains to be seen whether... — resta da vedere se...
the fact remains that... — resta il fatto che...
I remain, yours faithfully — (Brit: in letters) distinti saluti
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4 unearth
[ʌn'ɜːθ]1) archeol. dissotterrare [remains, pottery]2) fig. (find) scoprire, rivelare [fact, evidence]* * *(to discover (something) or remove it from a place where it is put away or hidden: During his studies, he unearthed several new facts about the history of the place.) dissotterrare, scoprire* * *[ʌn'ɜːθ]1) archeol. dissotterrare [remains, pottery]2) fig. (find) scoprire, rivelare [fact, evidence]
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