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1 goat
[gəʊt] 1.1) zool. gastr. capra f.2) astrol.4) colloq. (lecher) (vecchio) porco m.2.modificatore [cheese, meat, milk] di capra••he really gets my goat — colloq. mi dà veramente sui nervi
* * *[ɡəut](an animal of the sheep family, with horns and a long-haired coat.) capra* * *goat /gəʊt/n.1 capra3 (fig.) persona libidinosa, licenziosa; satiro (fig.)● (bot.) goat's beard, ( Spiraea ulmaria) regina dei prati; ( Tragopogon pratensis) barba di becco □ (mitol.) the goat-god, il dio Pan □ goat's wool, lana caprina; cosa inesistente, assurda □ (fam.) to get sb. 's goat, far perdere la pazienza a q.; far uscire dai gangheri q. □ he-goat (o billy goat), capro; caprone; becco □ nanny goat, capra ( femmina) □ to play (o to act) the ( giddy) goat, fare lo scemo (o lo stupido).* * *[gəʊt] 1.1) zool. gastr. capra f.2) astrol.4) colloq. (lecher) (vecchio) porco m.2.modificatore [cheese, meat, milk] di capra••he really gets my goat — colloq. mi dà veramente sui nervi
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2 giddy
['gɪdɪ]1) (dizzy)to feel giddy — avere le vertigini o il capogiro
2) (exhilarating) [height, speed, success] vertiginoso3) (frivolous) [ person] volubile; [ behaviour] frivolo* * *['ɡidi](feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round: I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling.) (che ha le vertigini), stordito- giddily- giddiness* * *giddy /ˈgɪdɪ/a.1 che ha il capogiro (o le vertigini); stordito: to be giddy with success, essere stordito dal successo● giddy go-round, giostra □ giddy head, persona scervellata □ to feel giddy, avere il capogiro (o le vertigini) □ to play the giddy goat, fare il buffone □ You make me feel giddy, mi dai il capogiro; mi fai girare la testa.(to) giddy /ˈgɪdɪ/A v. t.dare il capogiro, far venire le vertigini, far girare la testa a (q.)B v. i.* * *['gɪdɪ]1) (dizzy)to feel giddy — avere le vertigini o il capogiro
2) (exhilarating) [height, speed, success] vertiginoso3) (frivolous) [ person] volubile; [ behaviour] frivolo
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