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1 drapery dra·pery n
['dreɪpərɪ](hanging folds) drappeggio, (shop) negozio di tessutidraperies npl (rich and heavy) drappi mpl -
2 ♦ as
♦ as (1) /æz, əz/A avv., prep. e cong.1 (nei compar.: as… as) (così…) come; tanto… quanto; tutto… che: a bird as big as a cat, un uccello grosso come un gatto; You are as rich as he (is), tu sei (tanto) ricco quanto lui; I have as many books as you ( have), ho tanti libri quanti ne hai tu; I can give you as much money as you want, posso darti tutto il denaro che vuoi2 (correl. di such, so, same) che; di; da: The rain was so heavy as to force us to shelter under a tree, la pioggia era così forte da costringerci (o che fummo costretti) a ripararci sotto un albero; poets such as (o such poets as) Donne and Marvell, poeti quali Donne e Marvell; so as not to be seen, così da non essere visto; They had the same difficulties as you ( had), hanno incontrato le stesse difficoltà che avete incontrato voi (o le vostre stesse difficoltà); I work in the same firm as his wife, lavoro nella stessa ditta di sua moglie; He is the same as before, è lo stesso di prima3 come; in qualità di; in quanto; nel modo in cui: I like him as a person, mi piace come persona; She works as a fashion designer, lavora come disegnatrice di moda; his skill as a craftsman, la sua abilità come (o di) artigiano; speaking as a friend, per parlare da amico; I'm going to the masked ball as Dracula, vado al ballo in maschera vestito da Dracula; You're late as usual, sei in ritardo come al solito; as is obvious, com'è ovvio; as you can see, come puoi vedere; as I was saying, come dicevo; Do as I tell you!, fa' come ti dico! NOTA D'USO: - like o as?-4 poiché; dato che; siccome; giacché: As it was late, we hurried up, poiché era tardi, ci affrettammo5 mentre; quando; come: I saw them as I was getting into the cinema, li vidi mentre entravo nel cinema; as a child, da bambino6 benché; sebbene, per quanto; come: Rich as he is, he isn't happy, benché ricco (o ricco com'è), non è felice; Improbable as it may sound, per quanto sembri improbabile; per improbabile che possa sembrareB pron. relat. (correl. di such)(antiq.) che; quale: Such as don't know me, coloro che non mi conoscono● as against (o as compared with), in confronto a; di contro a □ as agreed upon, come d'accordo; secondo gli accordi presi □ as and when, a tempo debito; al momento opportuno □ as… as any…, non meno… di…; non inferiore a… per…; uno dei più…: as good a reason as any, un motivo non meno valido degli altri (o di qualunque altro); His new thriller is as gripping as any I've seen recently, il suo nuovo thriller è uno dei più emozionanti che abbia visto ultimamente □ as… as that, così; tanto: Is it really as late as that?, è davvero così tardi?; Come on, it's not as serious as all that, andiamo, non è poi tanto grave! □ as at (+ data), ( banca) «valuta»; (rag.: di bilancio) «chiuso al»: We have credited your account with $10,000 as at March 1st, abbiamo accreditato 10 000 dollari sul vostro conto, valuta 1В° marzo □ as far as ► far □ as for, quanto a; riguardo a: as for him, quanto a lui □ as from = as of ► sotto □ as if, come se; quasi che; quasi a: He acted as if he were mad, si è comportato come un pazzo; He shook his head as if to say: «Don't do it!», scosse il capo come per (o quasi a) dire: «Non farlo!»; It isn't as if he were rich, non che sia ricco; As if I cared!, sai che m'importa!; m'importa assai! □ (fam.) As if!, figurati!; macché! □ (leg.) as is, nello stato in cui si trova □ as it is, di fatto; in realtà; sta di fatto che; ( in fine frase) già: As it is, things are getting worse, in realtà le cose vanno per il peggio; I've plenty of things to do as it is, ho già abbastanza cose da fare □ as it were, per così dire; diciamo così □ as late as, as long as ► late, long (2) □ as many, as much ► many, much □ (form.) as of (+ giorno o data), a partire da; con inizio da: as of today, a partire da oggi; as of April 1, a partire dal 1В° aprile □ (comm.) as per, come da: as per sample, come da campione □ as recently as, non più tardi di □ as regards, per ciò che riguarda; quanto a □ as soon as ► soon □ as though = as if ► sopra □ as to, quanto a; riguardo a: as to me, quanto a me; No decision has been taken yet as to his appointment, quanto alla sua nomina, non è stata presa ancora una decisione □ as well, as well as ► well (2) □ as yet, ancora; finora; fino ad allora: He hasn't come as yet, non è ancora venuto; finora, non è venuto □ as you go, via via; gradatamente □ (mil.) As you were!, al tempo!NOTA D'USO: - as o such as?- as (2) /æs/n. (pl. asses)(stor.) asse ( misura e moneta romana). -
3 too ***** adv
[tuː]1) (excessively) troppoit's too sweet for me to drink — non lo bevo, è troppo dolce per me
it's too heavy for me to lift — non riesco a sollevarlo, è troppo pesante per me
too bad! — (unsympathetic) tanto peggio!, (expressing regret) che peccato!
2) (also) anche, (moreover) per di piùnot only that, he's blind too! — non solo, ma è anche cieco!
he's famous, intelligent and rich too — è famoso, intelligente e per di più anche ricco
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