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1 ♦ whole
♦ whole /həʊl/A a.1 tutto; intero; completo: Tell me the whole truth, dimmi tutta la verità; The whole town was destroyed by fire, l'intera città è stata distrutta dal fuoco; (mat.) whole numbers, numeri interi; It kept snowing for a whole week, continuò a nevicare per una settimana intera; John has eaten a whole pie, John s'è mangiato una torta intera; a whole set of Dickens, un'edizione completa dei romanzi di Dickens4 (scherz.) tutto d'un pezzo; sano e salvo; incolume: I hope you'll come back whole, spero che ritornerai tutto d'un pezzo (o che porterai a casa la pelle)B n.– the whole, l'intero; il complesso; il tutto; l'insieme; il totale: The whole is equal to the sum of its parts, l'intero è uguale alla somma delle parti; They form a harmonic whole, formano un complesso armonico● ( di un volume) whole-bound, rilegato in tutta pelle □ whole coffee beans, caffè in grani □ whole-coloured, a tinta unita □ (meteor., naut.) whole gale, burrasca forte; burrasca stabile □ whole-hearted, generoso; cordiale; espansivo; ( di un atto, ecc.) sentito, di tutto cuore □ whole-heartedness, generosità; cordialità; espansività □ (fam.) whole-hogger, chi va fino in fondo ( a una faccenda); persona risoluta; (polit.) sostenitore fanatico □ (pitt.) a whole-length portrait, un ritratto a tutta figura □ whole milk, latte intero □ (mus., USA) whole note, semibreve □ whole number, numero intero □ the whole of, tutto, tutta ( quando l'espressione che segue rifiuta l'articolo): the whole of my life, tutta la (mia) vita; the whole of France, tutta la Francia □ «whole pounds only» ( scritto su un modulo), «arrotondare alla sterlina» □ (econ.) whole-time job, lavoro a tempo pieno □ (mus.) whole-tone scale, scala diatonica □ as a whole, nell'insieme; come un tutto unico: Let's consider these matters as a whole, not one by one, consideriamo queste faccende nell'insieme e non una alla volta □ to do st. with one's whole heart, fare qc. di tutto cuore □ to get off with a whole skin, salvare la pelle; tornare sano e salvo □ (fam.) to go the whole hog, andare fino in fondo; impegnarsi a fondo □ on (o upon) the whole, nel complesso; complessivamente; tutto sommato □ (fig.) to swallow st. whole, bersi qc. senza fiatare (fig.); bersela □ He has eaten the whole lot, s'è mangiato tutto (fam. tutto quanto) □ He talked a whole lot of nonsense, diceva un sacco di sciocchezze.
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