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1 ♦ silent
♦ silent /ˈsaɪlənt/A a.1 silenzioso; silente (poet.); taciturno; tacito; zitto: He is always silent, è sempre silenzioso; silent longing, tacito desiderio; to be silent, tacere; to remain silent, rimanere zitto; far silenzio; to be silent about (o on) passar sotto silenzio; non parlare di; non toccare (fig.): The report was silent on this matter, la relazione non ha toccato (o ha sorvolato su) questo argomento; to fall silent, azzittirsi; tacere; to keep silent, tacere; stare zitto; Keep silent!, silenzio!; zitti!2 (fig., anche fon.) muto: a silent prayer, una muta preghiera; a silent film, un film muto; a silent letter, una lettera muta ( che non si pronuncia)B n. (fam.)● (fin., USA) silent partner, socio accomandante; socio non operante ( che dà soltanto un apporto di capitale) □ (fam.) the Silent Service, l'Arma sottomarina □ (leg.) silent vote, voto segreto □ (leg., di un indagato) the right to remain silent, il diritto di non parlaresilently avv. silentness n. [u]. -
2 silent
['saɪlənt]1) (quiet) [engine, person, room] silenziosoto remain o stay silent rimanere silenzioso; to fall silent — [room, person] farsi silenzioso
2) (taciturn) taciturno3) (unexpressed) [disapproval, prayer] muto4) cinem.5) ling. muto••* * *[-t]1) (free from noise: The house was empty and silent.) silenzioso2) (not speaking: He was silent on that subject.) silenzioso3) (not making any noise: This lift is quite silent.) silenzioso* * *['saɪlənt]1) (quiet) [engine, person, room] silenziosoto remain o stay silent rimanere silenzioso; to fall silent — [room, person] farsi silenzioso
2) (taciturn) taciturno3) (unexpressed) [disapproval, prayer] muto4) cinem.5) ling. muto•• -
3 fall *****
[fɔːl] fell vb: pt fallen pp1. na fall of snow Brit — una nevicata
a heavy/light fall of rain — una pioggia forte/leggera
2) (Am: autumn) autunnoSee:2. vito fall to or on one's knees — cadere in ginocchio
to let fall that... — lasciar capire che...
to fall into bad habits or bad ways — prendere delle cattive abitudini
to fall from grace Rel — perdere la grazia di Dio, fig cadere in disgrazia
he fell to wondering if... — si mise a pensare se...
it falls to me to say... frm — tocca a me or è mio compito dire...
to fall short of — (sb's expectations) non corrispondere a, (perfection) non raggiungere
to fall flat — (on one's face) cadere bocconi, (subj), (joke, party) essere un fiasco, (plan) fallire, fare cilecca
2)to fall asleep — addormentarsito fall in love (with sb/sth) — innamorarsi (di qn/qc)
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4 silent *** si·lent adj
['saɪlənt]silent "h" — "h" muta
to keep or remain silent — tacere, stare zitto (-a)
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5 quieten down
1) (become calm) [person, activity] calmarsi2) (fall silent) tacere; quieten down [sb., sth.], quieten [sb., sth.] down3) (calm) calmare [baby, animal]4) (silence) fare tacere [child, class]* * *1) (become calm) [person, activity] calmarsi2) (fall silent) tacere; quieten down [sb., sth.], quieten [sb., sth.] down3) (calm) calmare [baby, animal]4) (silence) fare tacere [child, class] -
6 dry up
1) [river, well] prosciugarsi; [ ground] asciugarsi2) fig. (run out) [supply, source, funds] prosciugarsi, esaurirsi3) (wipe crockery) asciugare le stoviglie4) colloq. (be unable to speak) [speaker, interviewee] ammutolire, restare senza paroleoh, dry up will you! — BE vuoi stare zitto? dry up [sth.], dry [sth.] up
5) [heat, drought] prosciugare, inaridire [puddle, river]* * *1) (to lose water; to cease running etc completely: All the rivers dried up in the heat.) seccarsi2) (to become used up: Supplies of bandages have dried up.) esaurirsi3) (to make dry: The sun dried up the puddles in the road.) asciugare4) ((of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say: He dried up in the middle of his speech.) (non ricordare la battuta)* * *vi + adv1) (river, well) seccarsi, (moisture) asciugarsi, (source of supply) esaurirsi, (fig: imagination) inaridirsi2) (dry the dishes) asciugare (i piatti)3) (fall silent: speaker) azzittirsidry up! fam — chiudi il becco!
* * *1) [river, well] prosciugarsi; [ ground] asciugarsi2) fig. (run out) [supply, source, funds] prosciugarsi, esaurirsi3) (wipe crockery) asciugare le stoviglie4) colloq. (be unable to speak) [speaker, interviewee] ammutolire, restare senza paroleoh, dry up will you! — BE vuoi stare zitto? dry up [sth.], dry [sth.] up
5) [heat, drought] prosciugare, inaridire [puddle, river]
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