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1 cull
I [kʌl]nome (for livestock) selezione f., abbattimento m. selettivo; (of seals, whales) massacro m.II [kʌl]1) selezionare [ livestock]; massacrare [seals, whales]2) (gather) selezionare [ information]* * *1. verb1) (to gather or collect.) raccogliere2) (to select and kill (surplus animals): They are culling the kangaroos.) eliminare2. noun(an act of killing surplus animals.) eliminazione* * *[kʌl]1. vt(select: fruit) scegliere, (kill selectively: animals) selezionare e abbattere2. n* * *cull /kʌl/n.(to) cull /kʌl/v. t.2 scegliere; fare una cernita di (qc.)* * *I [kʌl]nome (for livestock) selezione f., abbattimento m. selettivo; (of seals, whales) massacro m.II [kʌl]1) selezionare [ livestock]; massacrare [seals, whales]2) (gather) selezionare [ information] -
2 school
I 1. [skuːl]1) scuola f.2) (college) (of music, education etc.) facoltà f.to go to medical, law school — studiare medicina, legge
3) AE (university) università f.4) (of painting, literature, thought) scuola f.2.modificatore [holiday, outing, life, uniform, year, fees] scolastico; (of particular school) [canteen, library, playground] della scuola••II [skuːl]to learn sth. in a hard school — imparare qcs. alla dura scuola della vita
1) (educate)III [skuːl]to school sb. in [sth.] — insegnare [qcs.] a qcn. [art, trick]
nome (of whales, dolphins etc.) branco m.* * *I 1. [sku:l] noun1) (a place for teaching especially children: She goes to the school; He's not at university - he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.)2) (the pupils of a school: The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.)3) (a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc: She runs a sewing school; a driving school.)4) (a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject: the School of Mathematics.)5) ((American) a university or college.)6) (a group of people with the same ideas etc: There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.)2. verb(to train through practice: We must school ourselves to be patient.)- schoolboy
- schoolgirl
- schoolchild
- school-day
- schooldays
- schoolfellow
- school-leaver
- schoolmaster
- schoolmate
- school-teacher II [sku:l] noun(a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about: a school of porpoises.)* * *I 1. [skuːl]1) scuola f.2) (college) (of music, education etc.) facoltà f.to go to medical, law school — studiare medicina, legge
3) AE (university) università f.4) (of painting, literature, thought) scuola f.2.modificatore [holiday, outing, life, uniform, year, fees] scolastico; (of particular school) [canteen, library, playground] della scuola••II [skuːl]to learn sth. in a hard school — imparare qcs. alla dura scuola della vita
1) (educate)III [skuːl]to school sb. in [sth.] — insegnare [qcs.] a qcn. [art, trick]
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3 blubber
I ['blʌbə(r)] II ['blʌbə(r)]verbo intransitivo colloq. singhiozzare, piangere a dirotto* * *(the fat of whales and other sea animals.) grasso di balena* * *blubber /ˈblʌbə(r)/n.1 [u] grasso di balena2 [u] (fam.) grasso animale; ciccia(to) blubber /ˈblʌbə(r)/A v. i.piagnucolare; frignareB v. t.dire piangendo (o singhiozzando): He blubbered ( out) the whole truth, piangendo confessò tutta la verità.* * *I ['blʌbə(r)] II ['blʌbə(r)]verbo intransitivo colloq. singhiozzare, piangere a dirotto -
4 harpoon
I [hɑː'puːn]nome arpione m., fiocina f.II [hɑː'puːn]verbo transitivo arpionare, fiocinare* * *1. noun(a spear fastened to a rope, used especially for killing whales.) arpione2. verb(to strike with a harpoon: He has harpooned the whale.) arpionare* * *harpoon /hɑ:ˈpu:n/n.arpione; fiocina; rampone● ( pesca) harpoon gun, lanciafiocina, cannone lanciarpioni.(to) harpoon /hɑ:ˈpu:n/v. t.arpionare; fiocinare; colpire con la fiocina (o col rampone).* * *I [hɑː'puːn]nome arpione m., fiocina f.II [hɑː'puːn]verbo transitivo arpionare, fiocinare -
5 stranded
[strændɪd]aggettivo [climber, traveller] bloccatoto leave sb. stranded — lasciare qcn. a piedi, piantare qcn. in asso
* * *stranded /ˈstrændɪd/a.1 (naut.) arenato; incagliato; in secca2 (ecol.: di cetaceo, ecc.) spiaggiato: There were three whales stranded on the island, c'erano tre balene spiaggiate sull'isola3 (trasp.) a piedi, appiedato, bloccato ( dalla neve, da uno sciopero, ecc.); lasciato a terra: The taxi driver left us stranded in the dead of night, il tassista ci lasciò a piedi nel cuore della notte; There were lots of stranded passengers at the airport, nell'aeroporto c'erano tanti viaggiatori lasciati a terra4 (fig.) in difficoltà; abbandonato da tutti: I found myself stranded in a foreign country, with no friends or money, mi sono trovato abbandonato in un paese straniero, senza denaro né amici● (elettr.) stranded wire, corda; treccia; trecciola.* * *[strændɪd]aggettivo [climber, traveller] bloccatoto leave sb. stranded — lasciare qcn. a piedi, piantare qcn. in asso
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6 ■ swim out
■ swim outv. i. + avv.uscire (a nuoto): The whales swam out of the bay, le balene sono uscite dalla baia □ to swim out to sea, andare a nuoto al largo; nuotare al largo. -
7 whale
I [weɪl] [AE hweɪl]1) zool. balena f.2) colloq.II [weɪl] [AE hweɪl]verbo intransitivo andare a caccia di baleneIII [weɪl] [AE hweɪl]* * *[weil](a type of very large mammal that lives in the sea.) balena- whalebone
- whale oil
- have a whale of a time* * *whale /weɪl/3 (fam.) gran mangiatore; mangione● (fam.) to be a whale at (o on, for) st., essere un'aquila (o un mostro di scienza) in qc.: to be a whale on correctness, conoscere il galateo a menadito □ ( un tempo) whale-boat, baleniera □ whale calf, balenotto; balenottero □ whale fishing, caccia alla balena □ whale-line, sagola di arpione □ (fam.) a whale of a book, un libro coi fiocchi; ( anche) un libro lunghissimo □ whale oil, olio di balena □ whale watching, osservazione (o avvistamento) delle balene ( come hobby) □ bull whale, balena maschio □ cow whale, balena femmina □ (fam.) to have a whale of a time, spassarsela un mondo; divertirsi un sacco.(to) whale /weɪl/v. i.● ( slang USA) to whale into sb., attaccare, aggredire q. □ ( slang USA) to whale into st., gettarsi (a corpo morto) su qc., tuffarsi in ( un lavoro) □ to go whaling, andare a caccia di balene.* * *I [weɪl] [AE hweɪl]1) zool. balena f.2) colloq.II [weɪl] [AE hweɪl]verbo intransitivo andare a caccia di baleneIII [weɪl] [AE hweɪl] -
8 whalebone
['weɪlbəʊn] [AE 'hweɪl-]nome (in corset) stecca f., osso m. di balena* * *noun, adjective ((of) a light bendable substance got from the upper jaw of certain whales.) fanone, osso di balena* * *whalebone /ˈweɪlbəʊn/n.1 (zool.) fanone2 stecca di balena.* * *['weɪlbəʊn] [AE 'hweɪl-]nome (in corset) stecca f., osso m. di balena -
9 blubber blub·ber
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