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1 unpleasant
[ʌn'pleznt]* * *(disagreeable: an unpleasant task/smell.) sgradevole* * *unpleasant /ʌnˈplɛznt/a.1 sgradevole; spiacevole: an unpleasant experience, un'esperienza spiacevole; The food smelled and looked unpleasant, il cibo aveva un aspetto e un odore sgradevoli; unpleasant weather, brutto tempo2 scortese; sgarbato: What an unpleasant man!, che tipo sgarbato!; She said very unpleasant things about him, ha detto delle cose molto scortesi sul suo conto; to be unpleasant to sb., trattare q. in modo sgarbato; essere scortese con q.unpleasantlyavv.sgradevolmente: It was unpleasantly hot, faceva un caldo sgradevole.* * *[ʌn'pleznt] -
2 unpleasant un·pleas·ant adj
[ʌn'plɛznt](smell, task) sgradevole, spiacevole, (person, remark) antipatico (-a), (day, experience) brutto (-a) -
3 chore
[tʃɔː(r)]1) (routine task) lavoro m. (di routine)2) (unpleasant task) lavoro m. ingrato* * *[ o:](a piece of housework or other hard or dull job.) lavoro domestico* * *chore /tʃɔ:(r)/n.1 lavoro di routine; lavoro domestico; lavoretto: to do the chores, fare i lavori di casa (o le faccende domestiche)2 lavoro fastidioso, ingrato; lavoraccio.* * *[tʃɔː(r)]1) (routine task) lavoro m. (di routine)2) (unpleasant task) lavoro m. ingrato -
4 ■ get out of
■ get out ofA v. i. + avv. + prep.1 andare fuori da; uscire da (o di): Get out of my house!, esci dalla mia casa!; When did he get out of jail?, quando è uscito di prigione?2 fuggire, scappare, evadere da: One of the tigers has got out of the zoo, una delle tigri è scappata dallo zoo3 scendere, smontare da ( un veicolo, un automezzo, ecc.): Get out of my car!, scendi dalla mia macchina!; smonta!4 liberarsi di (qc. di sgradito); perdere ( un'abitudine): to get out of a bad habit, perdere una cattiva abitudine5 sottrarsi a; esimersi da; evitare (di fare qc.): I cannot get out of going to the funeral, non posso esimermi dall'andare al funeraleB v. t. + avv. + prep.1 fare uscire, tirare fuori da; cavare, togliere da; portare fuori di: I can't get you out of this muddle, non posso tirarti fuori da questo pasticcio; to get oneself out of a mess [out of trouble], togliersi dai pasticci [dai guai]2 esimere, esonerare da (qc. di sgradito): I'll see if I can get you out of this unpleasant task, vedrò se riesco a evitarti questo compito sgradevole3 tirare fuori, cavare da (fig.); strappare ( una confessione, un segreto, ecc.): The police couldn't get a word out of him, la polizia non è riuscita a cavargli una parola ( di bocca)4 cavare, ricavare, guadagnare da; trovare un utile in (qc.): I tried to read Finnegans Wake, but didn't get anything out of it, ho provato a leggere Finnegans Wake, ma non ci ho cavato niente □ to get a kick out of sb. [st.], ► kick (1), def. 4 □ to get out of debt, liberarsi dei debiti; sdebitarsi □ Get out of here!, vattene di qui!; esci!; fuori! □ (fam.) Get out of it!, ma va; va là!; ma piantala!; questa sì che è bella (o è grossa)! -
5 land with
(to burden (someone) with (an unpleasant task): She was landed with the job of telling him the bad news.) affibbiare -
6 son of a bitch
noun, interjection ((slang) an annoying and nasty person; an unpleasant task: The son of a bitch tried to cheat me!) figlio di puttana -
7 nasty
['nɑːstɪ] 1.aggettivo colloq.1) (unpleasant) [ crime] orribile, terribile; [suspicion, surprise, habit, experience, stain, weather] brutto; [sight, feeling, task, rumour] sgradevole; [ expression] cattivo; [ taste] disgustoso, nauseante; [affair, business] brutto, sporcoto taste nasty — essere disgustoso, avere un gusto schifoso
to turn nasty — [ dog] diventare cattivo; [ person] incattivirsi; [ weather] guastarsi
3) (serious) [cut, cold, accident, crack] brutto4) (ugly) [colour, shape] bruttissimo, orrendo2.* * *1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) sgradevole2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) scortese3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) cattivo, brutto4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) brutto5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) brutto6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) brutto•- nastily- nastiness* * *['nɑːstɪ] 1.aggettivo colloq.1) (unpleasant) [ crime] orribile, terribile; [suspicion, surprise, habit, experience, stain, weather] brutto; [sight, feeling, task, rumour] sgradevole; [ expression] cattivo; [ taste] disgustoso, nauseante; [affair, business] brutto, sporcoto taste nasty — essere disgustoso, avere un gusto schifoso
to turn nasty — [ dog] diventare cattivo; [ person] incattivirsi; [ weather] guastarsi
3) (serious) [cut, cold, accident, crack] brutto4) (ugly) [colour, shape] bruttissimo, orrendo2. -
8 disagreeable
[ˌdɪsə'griːəbl]* * *adjective (unpleasant: a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.) sgradevole* * *disagreeable /dɪsəˈgri:əbl/A a.1 sgradevole; spiacevole: disagreeable company, compagnia sgradevole; a disagreeable smell, un odore spiacevole; The task was extremely disagreeable to him, il compito era estremamente sgradevole per lui2 ( di persona) antipatico; scontroso: She can be very disagreeable sometimes, può essere molto scontrosa a volteB n.(pl.) fastidi; seccaturedisagreeableness n. [u] disagreeably avv.* * *[ˌdɪsə'griːəbl] -
9 grim
[grɪm]1) (depressing) [ news] sinistro, spiacevole; [ town] tetro, sinistro; [sight, conditions] opprimente, spaventoso; [ reality] duro; [ future] cupo2) (unrelenting) [ struggle] feroce, accanito; [ resolve] spietatoto hold onto sb. like grim death — aggrapparsi a qcn. con le unghie e con i denti
3) (unsmiling) [ expression] arcigno, severoto be grim-faced — avere un volto torvo o truce
4) colloq. (poor) [accommodation, food] pessimoI'm feeling pretty grim — (ill) mi sento malissimo; (depressed) ho il morale a terra
* * *[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) macabro2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) truce3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) risoluto•- grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *grim /grɪm/a.2 (lett.) deciso; feroce; risoluto; spietato: grim courage, risoluto coraggio; a grim battle, una battaglia feroce5 (fam.) sgradevole; spiacevole6 (fam.) assai brutto; orribile; pessimo● grim news, notizie deprimenti □ (fig.) the Grim Reaper, la morte □ like grim death, fino alla morte (fig.); a oltranza: to hold on like grim death, stare attaccato con le unghie e con i denti.* * *[grɪm]1) (depressing) [ news] sinistro, spiacevole; [ town] tetro, sinistro; [sight, conditions] opprimente, spaventoso; [ reality] duro; [ future] cupo2) (unrelenting) [ struggle] feroce, accanito; [ resolve] spietatoto hold onto sb. like grim death — aggrapparsi a qcn. con le unghie e con i denti
3) (unsmiling) [ expression] arcigno, severoto be grim-faced — avere un volto torvo o truce
4) colloq. (poor) [accommodation, food] pessimoI'm feeling pretty grim — (ill) mi sento malissimo; (depressed) ho il morale a terra
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