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1 ♦ 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). -
2 wahrscheinlich
I Adv. probably; wahrscheinlich hat sie’s verloren she’s probably lost it; wahrscheinlich wird er verlieren auch (the) chances are he’ll lose; er hat sich sehr wahrscheinlich das Leben genommen he very probably committed suicide ( oder took his own life)II Adj. probable, likely; (glaubhaft) plausible; es ist sehr / nicht wahrscheinlich, dass... it’s highly ( oder very probable oder likely) / unlikely that...; die wahrscheinlichste Ursache für das Unglück ist... the most likely cause of the accident is...* * *probable (Adj.); probably (Adv.); likely (Adj.)* * *wahr|schein|lich [vaːɐ'ʃainlɪç, 'vaːɐ-]1. adjprobable, likely; (= glaubhaft) plausible2. advprobablyer kommt wahrschéínlich erst später — he probably won't come till later, he won't come till later most likely
* * *1) (probable: the likely result; It's likely that she'll succeed.) likely2) (probably: As likely as not, he won't remember to come.) as likely as not3) (that may be expected to happen or be true; likely: the probable result; Such an event is possible but not probable.) probable* * *wahr·schein·lich[va:ɐ̯ˈʃainlɪç]I. adj probable, likely▪ es ist \wahrscheinlich, dass it is probable [or likely] that▪ es ist nicht \wahrscheinlich, dass it is improbable [or unlikely] thatII. adv probably* * *1.Adjektiv probable; likely2.adverbial probably* * *A. adv probably;wahrscheinlich hat sie’s verloren she’s probably lost it;wahrscheinlich wird er verlieren auch (the) chances are he’ll lose;er hat sich sehr wahrscheinlich das Leben genommen he very probably committed suicide ( oder took his own life)es ist sehr/nicht wahrscheinlich, dass … it’s highly ( oder very probable oder likely)/unlikely that …;die wahrscheinlichste Ursache für das Unglück ist … the most likely cause of the accident is …* * *1.Adjektiv probable; likely2.adverbial probably* * *adj.likely adj.probable adj. adv.probably adv. -
3 fantastic
adjective* * *[fæn'tæstik]1) (unbelievable and like a fantasy: She told me some fantastic story about her father being a Grand Duke!) Phantasie-...* * *fan·tas·tic[fænˈtæstɪk]we had an absolutely \fantastic time on holiday unsere Ferien waren total super slthey've won a prize? \fantastic! sie haben etwas gewonnen? toll!I've just had a \fantastic idea! ich habe eine Superidee! fama \fantastic opportunity eine einzigartige Gelegenheitto look \fantastic person umwerfend aussehendto take a \fantastic effort to do sth unwahrscheinlich viel Mühe kosten, etw zu tun3. (not real, strange) Fantasie-\fantastic animal Fabeltier nt\fantastic figure/image Fantasiegestalt f/Fantasiebild ntby the most \fantastic coincidence durch absoluten Zufalla \fantastic plan ein absurder Plan* * *[fn'tstɪk]1. interj (inf)fantastisch!, toll! (inf)you're pregnant? fantastic! — du bist schwanger? (das ist ja) toll! (inf)
2. adj1) (inf: wonderful) fantastisch, toll (inf)it was a fantastic success — es war ein Riesenerfolg
to look fantastic — fantastisch or fabelhaft aussehen
a fantastic amount of, fantastic amounts of — unwahrscheinlich or wahnsinnig viel (inf)
at a fantastic speed — unwahrscheinlich or wahnsinnig schnell (inf)
3) (= fantastical, exotic) creature fantastisch, phantastischSee:→ academic.ru/76670/trip">tripfantastic though that may seem — so unglaublich das auch scheinen mag
* * *fantastic [fænˈtæstık] adj (adv fantastically) fantastisch:a) auf Fantasie beruhend, unwirklichb) absurd, aus der Luft gegriffenc) verstiegen, überspanntd) umg toll, großartig* * *adjective1) (grotesque, quaint) bizarr; (fanciful) fantastisch2) (coll.): (excellent, extraordinary) fantastisch (ugs.)* * *adj.fantastisch adj.phantastisch adj.
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