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1 ♦ lift
♦ lift /lɪft/n.1 sollevamento; spinta: One more lift!, un'altra spinta!5 (autom.) passaggio; strappo (pop.): to give sb. a lift, dare un passaggio a q.; DIALOGO → - Going on holiday 1- I wanted to ask you if you could give me a lift to the airport, volevo chiederti se puoi darmi un passaggio all'aeroporto; Want a lift?, vuoi un passaggio?; to hitch a lift, farsi dare un passaggio NOTA D'USO: - passage o lift?-6 (fis.) sostentazione; (aeron., = aerodynamic lift) portanza, spinta aerostatica: (aeron.) jet lift, sostentazione a getto; gettosostentazione8 (fig.) sollievo; conforto: Hearing from him gave me a real lift, è stato per me un grande sollievo avere sue notizie10 (autom., mecc.) ponte elevatore; ponte (fam.)11 (naut.) amantiglio, mantiglio19 (fam.) cosa copiata; plagio● (tecn.) lift arm, braccio di sollevamento ( di una pala meccanica, ecc.) □ lift bridge, ponte sollevabile □ lift engineer, installatore di ascensori □ (aeron.) lift fan, ventola di sostentamento ( per decollo verticale) □ lift shaft, pozzo dell'ascensore □ (mecc.) lift truck, carrello elevatore □ (trasp.) lift van, contenitore; container.♦ (to) lift /lɪft/A v. t.1 alzare; sollevare; levare in alto; elevare; portare in alto: I cannot lift this box, non riesco a sollevare questo scatolone; to lift one's feet, alzare i piedi; to lift sb. 's spirits, sollevare il morale a q.; The church lifts its spire, la chiesa leva in alto la sua guglia5 abolire, revocare, sopprimere, togliere ( un divieto, ecc.): to lift an embargo [a siege], togliere un embargo [un assedio]; to lift a strike, revocare uno sciopero8 (aeron.) trasportareB v. i.1 alzarsi; levarsi; sollevarsi: The lid of the trapdoor won't lift, il coperchio della botola non vuole sollevarsi; The fog began to lift, la nebbia cominciava ad alzarsi2 ergersi; elevarsi; innalzarsi● to lift the hand, alzare la mano ( per giurare) □ (fam.) to lift one's hand against sb., alzare le mani su q. □ to lift one's hat, scappellarsi □ to lift one's hand in prayer, levare (o giungere) le mani in preghiera □ ( USA) to lift a mortgage, togliere un'ipoteca □ ( calcio) to lift a shot over the bar, calciare sopra la traversa □ to lift the tents, levare le tende □ not to lift a hand (o a finger) to help sb., non muovere un dito per aiutare q. -
2 pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi* * *1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) imparare2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) prendere su3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) trovare4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rialzarsi5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) prendere6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ricevere7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) ritrovare; prendere* * *1. vt + adv1) (lift: sth dropped) raccogliere, raccattare, (sb fallen) tirar suto pick o.s. up — rialzarsi
2) (collect: goods, person) passare a prenderewe'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare
the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato
3) (acquire: sale bargain) trovare, (information, points in exam, germ) prendere, (learn: habit, ideas) prendere, (skill, language, tricks) impararecan you pick up some information while you're there? — puoi prendere delle informazioni mentre sei lì?
4) Radio TV Telec captare2. vi + adv1) (improve: gen) migliorare, (wages) aumentare, (invalid, business) riprendersi, (weather) rimettersi2) (continue) continuare, riprendere* * *1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi -
3 ♦ weight
♦ weight /weɪt/n.1 [u] peso ( anche fig.); carico, gravame, onere; pesantezza; aggravio, affanno, molestia; fardello, responsabilità; influenza, importanza: What's your weight?, qual è il tuo peso?; to lose weight, dimagrire, perdere peso: DIALOGO → - Meeting an old friend- You've lost a bit of weight, haven't you?, sei dimagrito, vero?; to gain weight, ingrassare, prendere peso; to watch one's weight, stare attento alla linea; ( boxe: di un pugile) to make the weight, fare il peso; to put on weight, ingrassare; metter su peso; to bear a weight, sostenere un peso; to shift the weight, spostare il (proprio) peso; to sell goods by weight, vendere merce a peso; gross [net] weight, peso lordo [netto]; That's a great weight off my mind, mi sono liberato di (o mi hai tolto, ecc.) un gran peso dall'animo; (leg.) the weight of evidence, il peso (schiacciante) delle prove; matters of great weight, faccende che hanno gran peso; I feel the weight of my position, sento la responsabilità della mia posizione; I don't attach any weight to his decision, non do nessuna importanza alla sua decisione; to carry weight, essere importante; essere autorevole; valere2 peso; oggetto pesante5 [u] (fis., stat.) fattore ponderale; peso7 ( boxe, lotta) peso; categoria ( in base al peso all'atleta): weight limit, limite di peso; weight loss, perdita di peso8 (ipp.) handicap di peso; ‘peso’9 (fig.) potenza; forza; importanza● ( boxe, lotta) weight category (o weight class), categoria (o classe) di peso □ (ipp.) weight-cloth, handicap di peso; ‘peso’ □ (fis.) weight density, peso specifico □ (comm.) weight draft, abbuono per il peso □ (comm.) weight note (o weight slip), distinta (o bolletta) dei pesi □ weight scale, bilancia □ ( sport) weight training, allenamento con i pesi □ weight-watcher, chi sta attento al proprio peso; persona che segue una dieta dimagrante □ (fig.) to hang a weight round one's neck, darsi la zappa sui piedi □ over weight, di peso eccessivo; ( di persona) di peso superiore alla norma, sovrappeso □ (fig.) to pull one's weight, fare la propria parte; mettercela tutta □ ( atletica) to put the weight, lanciare il peso □ ( slang USA) to take the weight for st., prendersi la colpa di q.; essere incolpato per qc. □ (fam.) to throw one's weight about, farla da padrone; fare il prepotente; spadroneggiare □ under weight, ( di merce) di peso scarso; ( di persona) di peso inferiore alla norma, sottopeso □ (fig.) to be worth one's weight in gold, valere tanto oro quanto si pesa □ He is twice your weight, pesa il doppio di te.(to) weight /weɪt/v. t.1 appesantire ( anche fig.); gravare; rendere più pesante: to weight a fishing net with lead, rendere una rete da pesca più pesante con l'aggiunta di piombi; My eyelids were weighted with sleep, avevo le palpebre appesantite dal sonno2 (ind. tess.) caricare3 (stat.) ponderare● to weight against, calcare su ( un fatto, un argomento) contro (q.) □ to weight down, appesantire; gravare su (q.).
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