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1 least
[liːst] 1.(the) least — (il) meno; (in negative constructions) (il) minimo
2.they had the least food — hanno ricevuto meno cibo di tutti o la minor quantità di cibo
pronome il meno, il minimo3.he was surprised, to say the least (of it) — era sorpreso, a dir poco
2) (with verbs) menonobody knew it, Tom least of all o least of all Tom — nessuno lo sapeva, Tom meno di tutti o meno di tutti Tom
3) at least almeno, perlomenosuch people are at the very least guilty of negligence — tali persone sono come minimo colpevoli di negligenza
4)I'm not worried in the least I'm not in the least (bit) worried non sono minimamente preoccupato, non sono preoccupato neanche un po'; it doesn't bother me in the least — non mi disturba affatto
••••last but not least last but by no means least — ultimo, ma non meno importante
Note:When the least is used as a quantifier followed by a noun to mean the smallest quantity of, it is translated by (il) meno, (il) più piccolo, (il) minore: they had the least food = hanno ricevuto meno cibo di tutti / la minor quantità di cibo. - But when the least is used as a quantifier to mean the slightest, it is translated by il minimo or la minima: I haven't the least idea about it = non ne ho la minima idea. For examples of these and particular usages, see below. - For translations of least as a pronoun or adverb see II and III below. - The phrase at least is usually translated by almeno. For examples and exceptions, see III 3 below. - For the phrase in the least, see III 4 below* * *[li:st] 1. adjective, pronoun((something) which is the smallest or the smallest amount that exists, is possible etc: I think the least you can do is apologize!; She wanted to know how to do it with the least amount of bother.) minimo2. adverb((somethimes with the) to the smallest or lowest degree: I like her (the) least of all the girls; That is the least important of our problems.) meno- at least- not in the least* * *[liːst] 1.(the) least — (il) meno; (in negative constructions) (il) minimo
2.they had the least food — hanno ricevuto meno cibo di tutti o la minor quantità di cibo
pronome il meno, il minimo3.he was surprised, to say the least (of it) — era sorpreso, a dir poco
2) (with verbs) menonobody knew it, Tom least of all o least of all Tom — nessuno lo sapeva, Tom meno di tutti o meno di tutti Tom
3) at least almeno, perlomenosuch people are at the very least guilty of negligence — tali persone sono come minimo colpevoli di negligenza
4)I'm not worried in the least I'm not in the least (bit) worried non sono minimamente preoccupato, non sono preoccupato neanche un po'; it doesn't bother me in the least — non mi disturba affatto
••••last but not least last but by no means least — ultimo, ma non meno importante
Note:When the least is used as a quantifier followed by a noun to mean the smallest quantity of, it is translated by (il) meno, (il) più piccolo, (il) minore: they had the least food = hanno ricevuto meno cibo di tutti / la minor quantità di cibo. - But when the least is used as a quantifier to mean the slightest, it is translated by il minimo or la minima: I haven't the least idea about it = non ne ho la minima idea. For examples of these and particular usages, see below. - For translations of least as a pronoun or adverb see II and III below. - The phrase at least is usually translated by almeno. For examples and exceptions, see III 3 below. - For the phrase in the least, see III 4 below -
2 ♦ might
♦ might (1) /maɪt/v. modalemight, come tutti i verbi modali, ha caratteristiche particolari:● ha significato di condizionale;● non ha forme flesse (-s alla 3a pers. sing. pres., - ing, -ed), non è mai usato con ausiliari e non ha quindi tempi composti;● forma le domande mediante la semplice posposizione del soggetto;● l'infinito che segue non ha la particella to;1 ( esprime eventualità, probabilità) – You might be right, potresti aver ragione; It might prove difficult, la cosa potrebbe dimostrarsi difficile; He might not agree, potrebbe non essere d'accordo; You might have underestimated her, potresti averla sottovalutata2 ( nel discorso indiretto) – He said he might be late, (rif. al futuro) ha detto che potrebbe tardare; (rif. al pass.) disse che avrebbe potuto tardare; We thought you might have already left, pensavamo che tu potessi essertene già andata3 ( dopo i verbi di timore, speranza, ecc., al passato) – I was afraid he might hurt himself, temevo che si facesse (o che si sarebbe fatto) male; I hoped he might succeed, speravo che riuscisse; I feared she might have been arrested, temevo che potessero averla arrestata4 ( esprime possibilità non realizzata) – I might have been killed, avrei potuto essere ucciso; If we hadn't given the alarm, there might have been casualties, se non avessimo dato l'allarme, ci sarebbero potute essere (o forse ci sarebbero state) delle vittime5 ( esprime un suggerimento) – We might go to the cinema, potremmo andare al cinema; You might like to have a look at this, forse ti interessa dare un'occhiata a questo6 (antiq. o form.) ( esprime richiesta cortese) – Might I ask you your name?, posso chiederle come si chiama?; Might I make a suggestion?, potrei suggerire una cosa?; Might I ask you what you're doing here?, potrei sapere che cosa ci fate qui?; che cosa fate qui, se è lecito?7 ( esprime una concessione) – She might be clever, but…, sarà intelligente, ma…; He might have lots of money, but his manners are atrocious, sarà anche pieno di soldi, ma ha maniere pessime8 (esprime rammarico o rimprovero per qc. di non avvenuto) – He might at least apologize, potrebbe almeno chiedere scusa; You might have told me, avresti potuto dirmelo● might as well ► well (2) □ They might well change their minds, potrebbero benissimo cambiare idea □ as you might expect, come ci si potrebbe aspettare □ as you might imagine, come puoi immaginare □ as well he [she, etc.] might (be), a buon diritto; comprensibilmente □ I might have guessed (o I might have known)!, avrei dovuto immaginarlo!; me lo sarei dovuto aspettare!NOTA D'USO: - might o may?- might (2) /maɪt/n.forza; potenza; potere; vigore: He fought with all his might, ha lottato con tutte le sue forze● (prov.) Might is right, la ragione è del più forte; contro la forza la ragion non vale.
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