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♦ trouble /ˈtrʌbl/n.1 agitazione; afflizione; ansietà; dolore; preoccupazione; pena: Life is full of small troubles, la vita è piena di piccole afflizioni3 [uc] disturbo; fastidio; incomodo; molestia; seccatura: It will be no trouble, non sarà di nessun fastidio; I'm afraid that boy is a great trouble to you, temo che quel ragazzo sia una gran seccatura per voi; to make trouble, dar fastidio; combinare guai; essere un seccatore; to put sb. to a lot of trouble, procurare molto disturbo a q.; to take the trouble to do st., prendersi il fastidio (o darsi la pena) di fare qc.: He never takes the trouble to write, non si dà certo la pena di scrivere; It isn't worth the trouble, non ne vale la pena; to spare sb. the trouble, risparmiare il fastidio a q.4 [u] guaio; imbroglio; impiccio; pasticcio (fig.): to be in trouble, essere nei guai (o nei pasticci, negli impicci); Are you asking for trouble?, vai in cerca di guai?; I told you you would get into trouble, te l'avevo detto che ti saresti cacciato nei guai; to get out of trouble, cavarsi da un imbroglio; tirarsi fuori dai guai; He's nothing but trouble, non sa dare altro che guai; mechanical trouble, guai meccanici5 [uc] (med.) disturbo; disturbi; disordine; disfunzione: to suffer from liver trouble, soffrire di disturbi di fegato6 [u] (mecc.) inconveniente; guasto: I've had some trouble with the engine of my car, ho avuto dei guasti (o delle noie) al motore dell'auto; engine trouble, guai al motore7 difetto; punto debole; brutto vizio: Your trouble is that you don't listen, hai il brutto vizio di non ascoltare8 (pl.) (polit., stor.) – the Troubles, i disordini e la guerra civile in Irlanda nel 1919-23; i disordini nell'Irlanda del Nord dopo il 1968● (scherz. ingl.) trouble and strife, la propria moglie; la moglie □ trouble-free, senza problemi; privo di difficoltà □ (autom., ecc.) trouble light, lampada d'emergenza □ (polit.) a trouble spot, un punto caldo □ (fam. USA) to borrow trouble, farsi preoccupazioni senza una vera ragione; essere troppo ansioso □ (fig.) to drown one's troubles, affogare i dispiaceri nell'alcol □ (fam.) to get a girl into trouble, mettere nei guai una ragazza; metterla incinta □ to get sb. into trouble, metter q. nei guai; cacciare q. in un imbroglio; inguaiare q. □ to give oneself trouble, darsi da fare; darsi pena □ No trouble ( at all), non è affatto un disturbo!(to) trouble /ˈtrʌbl/A v. t.1 agitare; turbare; affliggere; preoccupare; tormentare: I was troubled by the news of his illness, sono stato turbato dalla notizia della sua malattia; He is troubled with ( o by) a bad cold, è tormentato da un brutto raffreddore2 disturbare; importunare; infastidire; creare problemi a; incomodare; seccare: ( I am) sorry to trouble you, mi dispiace di doverti disturbare; You don't trouble me at all, non mi disturbi affatto; May I trouble you to change seats with me?, posso darle l'incomodo di cambiar posto con me?B v. i.1 agitarsi; affliggersi; turbarsi; preoccuparsi: Don't trouble about it, non preoccuparti!; non prendertela!2 disturbarsi; incomodarsi; darsi (o prendersi) la pena: Don't trouble to see me off at the airport, non incomodarti ad accompagnarmi all'aeroporto!● to be troubled about (o with) money matters, avere delle preoccupazioni finanziarie □ to trouble oneself, disturbarsi; incomodarsi; darsi (o prendersi) la pena: He didn't even trouble himself to thank me, non si prese neanche la pena di ringraziarmi □ to be troubled with a bad back, soffrire di mal di schiena □ (form.) May I trouble you for a glass of water?, potrebbe gentilmente darmi un bicchiere d'acqua? □ (form.) May I trouble you to shut the door?, Le dispiacerebbe chiudere la porta? -
2 bother *** both·er
['bɒðə(r)]1. n(nuisance) seccatura, noia, (trouble) fastidio, disturbo(it's) no bother, I'll see to it — non c'è problema, ci penso io
it wasn't any bother — (don't mention it) si figuri!, s'immagini!
2. vtto bother doing or to do sth — darsi la pena di fare qc
I can't be bothered going out or to go out — proprio non mi va di uscire
3. vito bother (about) — preoccuparsi (di or per)
please don't bother — non si scomodi, lasci perdere
4. excluffa!, accidenti!
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