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1 die hard
(to take a long time to disappear: Old habits die hard.) essere duro a morire -
2 die *****
I [daɪ]vi dying prp(person, animal, plant)
to die (of or from) — morire (di), (engine) spegnersi, fermarsi, (fig: friendship) finire, (interest, enthusiasm) spegnersito be dying for sth/to do sth — morire dalla voglia di qc/di fare qc
to die a natural/violent death — morire di morte naturale/violenta
never say die fig fam — non bisogna disperare
I nearly died — (laughing) per poco non morivo (dal ridere), (with embarrassment) avrei voluto sprofondare
•- die away- die back- die down- die off- die outII [daɪ] n1) dice pl2) (in minting) conio, Tech matrice f, (in press forging) stampo -
3 ♦ habit
♦ habit /ˈhæbɪt/n.1 [cu] abitudine; vezzo: Smoking is a bad habit, il fumo è una brutta abitudine; eating habits, abitudini alimentari; He has an irritating habit of repeating every question, ha il vezzo irritante di ripetere ogni domanda; to be in the habit (o to have the habit) of, avere l'abitudine di; essere abituato a; to break the habit of doing st., smettere l'abitudine (o rinunciare all'abitudine) di fare qc.; to do st. out of (o from) habit, fare qc. per abitudine; to get (o to fall) into the habit of, prendere l'abitudine di; abituarsi a; to get out of a habit, perdere un'abitudine; OK, you can leave at five, but don't make a habit of it, d'accordo, puoi uscire alle cinque, ma che non diventi un'abitudine2 cattiva abitudine; assuefazione; vizio; (fam.) dipendenza (da droga): ( anche med.) habit-forming, che dà assuefazione; to have a cocaine habit, essere cocainomane; (fam.) to kick the habit, liberarsi dal vizio; smettere ( di fumare, bere ecc.)● habit of mind, mentalità; modo di pensare; atteggiamento mentale □ habit of thought = habit of mind ► sopra □ to be a creature of habit, essere un abitudinario □ (prov.) Habit is second nature, l'abitudine è una seconda natura □ (prov.) Old habits die hard, le vecchie abitudini sono dure a morire.(to) habit /ˈhæbɪt/v. t.2 (arc.) abitareFALSI AMICI: nell'inglese attuale to habit non significa abitare.
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old traditions die hard — old ˌhabits, ˌtraditions, etc. die ˈhard idiom used to say that things change very slowly Main entry: ↑dieidiom … Useful english dictionary
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