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1 ♦ cry
♦ cry /kraɪ/n.1 grido: a cry of joy [of pain], un grido di gioia [di dolore]; hostile cries, grida ostili; to give a cry, dare un grido; to utter a cry, lanciare un grido7 (= war cry) slogan; motto; parola d'ordine: «Africa to the Africans» is their cry, «l'Africa agli africani» è il loro slogan● a cry from the heart, un grido dal cuore □ (fig.) a far cry from, tutt'altro che; ben altro che; tutt'altra cosa che: It was a far cry from the holiday we had been led to expect, è stata tutt'altro che la (o c'era una bella differenza rispetto alla) vacanza che ci avevano prospettato □ to be in full cry, ( di muta di cani) abbaiare e correre all'inseguimento; ( di gruppo di persone) essere lanciato all'inseguimento; (fig.) essere lanciato, scatenato, accanito (a fare qc.); chiedere a gran voce qc. □ to be [to keep] within cry, essere [tenersi] a portata di voce.♦ (to) cry /kraɪ/A v. i.1 gridare; esclamare: to cry with alarm, gridare allarmato; to cry with pain, gridare dal dolore; to cry for help, gridare aiuto; lanciare grida di aiuto2 – to cry for, chiedere a gran voce; reclamare; ( di cosa) avere urgente bisogno di: The people are crying for justice, la gente reclama giustizia; The fields are crying for rain, i campi hanno urgente bisogno di pioggia3 piangere: The baby is crying, il bambino sta piangendo; Stop crying!, smettila di piangere!; (fam.) I'll give you something to cry for, te la do io una (buona) ragione per piangere!; She was crying for her mother, chiamava piangendo la mamma; piangeva perché voleva la mammaB v. t.1 gridare: «Silence!» Lucy cried, «Silenzio!» gridò Lucy3 piangere; versare: to cry tears of joy [bitter tears], piangere lacrime di gioia [lacrime amare]● (fam.) to cry all the way to the bank, incassare i soldi e ignorare le critiche □ to cry one's eyes (o heart) out, piangere a dirotto; piangere tutte le proprie lacrime □ to cry for the moon, chiedere la luna; volere la luna (nel pozzo) □ It cries for vengeance, grida vendetta (al cospetto di Dio) □ to cry foul, protestare ( per un'ingiustizia, un torto) □ to cry halves, reclamare una parte (o metà) di ( una cosa trovata, ecc.) □ (fam.) to cry in one's beer, piangersi addosso □ to cry for mercy, implorare pietà □ to cry over one's lost opportunities, rimpiangere le occasioni mancate □ to cry oneself to sleep, addormentarsi per il gran piangere □ to cry over spilt milk, piangere sul latte versato □ to cry quits, gridare che se ne è avuto abbastanza; arrendersi □ (fam. GB) to cry stinking fish, sminuire i propri sforzi, i propri meriti; sminuirsi; deprezzare la propria merce □ (fig.) to cry wolf, gridare al lupo. -
2 stinking
['stɪŋkɪŋ]1) (foul-smelling) [place, person, clothes] puzzolente, fetido2) colloq. spreg. (emphatic) attrib. [place, car] che fa schifo, schifoso••* * *stinking /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/a.1 puzzolente; fetente; fetido2 (fam.) disgustoso; che fa schifo: a stinking cold, un terribile raffreddore; stinking rich, ricco sfondato● to cry stinking fish, deprezzare la propria merce (fig.).* * *['stɪŋkɪŋ]1) (foul-smelling) [place, person, clothes] puzzolente, fetido2) colloq. spreg. (emphatic) attrib. [place, car] che fa schifo, schifoso••
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