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♦ desert /ˈdɛzət/A n.deserto ( anche fig.): the Sahara Desert, il deserto del Sahara; This place is a desert in the winter, questo posto è un deserto d'inverno; a cultural desert, un deserto culturaleB a.● desert boots, scarponcini di pelle scamosciata con suola di para; (mil.) stivaletti da deserto □ (zool.) desert rat ( Jaculus jaculus) topo delle piramidi; jerboa; (fig.) soldato della 7a Divisione Corazzata Britannica ( nella guerra del Nord Africa del 1941-42).(to) desert /dɪˈzɜ:t/A v. t.abbandonare; lasciare: He has deserted his family, ha abbandonato la famiglia; to desert one's party, lasciare il proprio partito; His courage deserted him, gli è venuto meno il coraggio; Consumers are deserting newspapers for new media, i consumatori stanno abbandonando i giornali a vantaggio di nuovi mediaB v. i.● (mil.) to desert the colours, disertare □ (econ.) to desert the land, abbandonare la terra □ (mil.) to desert one's post, abbandonare il posto.
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Desert Island Discs — Genre Biographical/Musical Running time 43 minutes Country United Kingdom Languages English Home station … Wikipedia
Desert Island (álbum) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Desert Island LP de Cusco Publicación 1981 Grabación – … Wikipedia Español
Desert Island Discs — ist der Titel einer wöchentlichen Kultursendung der BBC. Sie wurde erstmals am 29. Januar 1942 ausgestrahlt und zählt damit zu den am längsten laufenden Hörfunksendungen der Welt. Derzeit wird Desert Island Discs sonntags von 11.15 bis 12.00 Uhr… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Desert Island Discs — [Desert Island Discs] a popular ↑BBC radio programme in which famous people are asked to choose the eight pieces of music they would most like to have with them if they were alone on an island. It has been broadcast since the 1940s … Useful english dictionary
Desert Island Teacher — is an occasional Viz strip created and drawn by John Fardell. The strip features a school teacher (Brian Chalkwright) stranded on a tiny rocky islet after a shipwreck. Stuck for anything else to do, he continues to teach with the assorted… … Wikipedia
Desert Island Discs — Desert Is|land Discs a British radio programme in which famous people talk with the ↑presenter about their lives and choose the eight records they would like to have with them if they were left alone on a ↑desert island (=a small tropical island… … Dictionary of contemporary English
desert island — n a small tropical island that is far away from other places and has no people living on it … Dictionary of contemporary English
Desert island — A desert island in Palau. A desert island or uninhabited island is an island that has yet to be (or is not currently) populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often used in movies or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as… … Wikipedia
Desert Island (album) — Infobox Album Name = Desert Island Type = studio Artist = Cusco Released = 1980 Recorded = Genre = cross cultural new age Length = Label = Prudence Producer = Reviews = Last album = Inner Journeys (2003) This album = Desert Island (1980) Next… … Wikipedia
desert island — UK [ˌdezə(r)t ˈaɪlənd] / US [ˌdezərt ˈaɪlənd] noun [countable] Word forms desert island : singular desert island plural desert islands a small tropical island with no people living on it … English dictionary
desert island — [[t]de̱zə(r)t a͟ɪlənd[/t]] desert islands N COUNT A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives … English dictionary