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1 sick ***
[sɪk]1) (ill) malato (-a), ammalato (-a)to fall or take sick — ammalarsi
to be (off) sick — (from work) essere assente (per malattia)
to be sick — (vomiting) vomitare, rimettere
I was sick twice last night — ho vomitato due volte, ieri notte
to be sick (and tired) of sb/sth — averne fin sopra i capelli di qn/qc
to be sick to death of sb/sth — essere stufo (-a) marcio (-a) di qn/qc
to be sick of the sight of sb/sth — non poterne più di qn/qc
2. n1) (fam: vomit) vomito2)•- sick up -
2 sickliness sick·li·ness n
['sɪklɪnɪs](of person) salute f malferma, (of cake, sweet) sapore m stucchevole -
3 sickly sick·ly adj
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4 pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi* * *1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) imparare2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) prendere su3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) trovare4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rialzarsi5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) prendere6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ricevere7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) ritrovare; prendere* * *1. vt + adv1) (lift: sth dropped) raccogliere, raccattare, (sb fallen) tirar suto pick o.s. up — rialzarsi
2) (collect: goods, person) passare a prenderewe'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare
the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato
3) (acquire: sale bargain) trovare, (information, points in exam, germ) prendere, (learn: habit, ideas) prendere, (skill, language, tricks) impararecan you pick up some information while you're there? — puoi prendere delle informazioni mentre sei lì?
4) Radio TV Telec captare2. vi + adv1) (improve: gen) migliorare, (wages) aumentare, (invalid, business) riprendersi, (weather) rimettersi2) (continue) continuare, riprendere* * *1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi -
5 take to
take to [sb., sth.]1) (develop liking for) essere preso da [person, job]2) (begin)to take to doing — mettersi o cominciare a fare
to take to one's bed — [ sick person] mettersi a letto
to take to the streets — = diventare un barbone
* * *1) (to find acceptable or pleasing: I soon took to her children/idea.) affezionarsi2) (to begin to do (something) regularly: He took to smoking a pipe.) mettersi a* * *vi + prep1) (develop liking for: person) prendere in simpatia, (games, surroundings, activity) prendere gusto a2)to take to sth — darsi a qcto take to doing sth — prendere or cominciare a fare qc
3) (escape to) fuggire verso* * *take to [sb., sth.]1) (develop liking for) essere preso da [person, job]2) (begin)to take to doing — mettersi o cominciare a fare
to take to one's bed — [ sick person] mettersi a letto
to take to the streets — = diventare un barbone
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6 fade away
[ sound] smorzarsi; [ sick person] deperire, spegnersi* * *[ sound] smorzarsi; [ sick person] deperire, spegnersi -
7 invalid in·va·lid
I ['ɪnvəlɪd]1. n(sick person) infermo (-a), (disabled person) invalido (-a)2. adj(see n), infermo (-a), invalido (-a)•II [ɪn'vælɪd] adj(document, cheque) invalido (-a), non valido (-a), (excuse, argument) non valido (-a), (marriage) nullo (-a) -
8 pull round
vi + adv(unconscious person) rinvenire, (sick person) ristabilirsi -
9 care *****
[kɛə(r)]1. n1) (worry) preoccupazione f2) (carefulness) attenzione f, cura, (charge) cura, custodia"with care" — "fragile", "con cura"
to take care to do sth — fare attenzione a or badare a fare qc
take care! — (as warning) (stai) attento!, (as good wishes) stammi bene!
to take care of — (details, arrangements) occuparsi di, curarsi di
to take care of sb — (child) badare a qn, (sick person) curare qn
care of — (on letter) presso
I'll leave it/him in your care — te lo affido
2. vito care (about) — interessarsi (di), preoccuparsi (di)I don't care — non m'importa, non me ne importa
who cares? — chi se ne frega? fam!, chi se ne importa?
3. vt1)I don't care what you think — non mi interessa quello che pensi2) (frm: like) volere, desiderare•- care for -
10 first aid
1) Uto give sb. first aid — prestare i primi soccorsi a qcn
2) (as skill) pronto soccorso m.* * *treatment of a wounded or sick person before the doctor's arrival: We should all learn first aid; (also adjective) (first-aid treatment.) pronto soccorso* * *n* * *1) Uto give sb. first aid — prestare i primi soccorsi a qcn
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11 minister ***** min·is·ter
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12 tend ****
I [tɛnd] viII [tɛnd] vtto tend to or towards sth — (colour) tendere a, (characteristic) propendere per qc
(sick person) prendersi cura di, (cattle, machine) badare a, occuparsi di -
13 up *****
[ʌp]1. adv1) (upwards, higher) su, in altohe's been up and down all evening — non è stato fermo un momento, stasera
she's still a bit up and down — (sick person) ancora non si è ripresa del tutto
my office is five floors up — il mio ufficio è al quinto piano
up in the sky/mountains — su nel cielo/in montagna
they've got the road up — la strada è interrotta
"this side up" — "alto"
he goes up to Oxford next year — va a Oxford l'anno prossimo
2)(installed, built)
to be up — (building) essere terminato (-a), (tent) essere piantato (-a), (shutters) essere sollevato (-a), (wallpaper) essere su, (picture) essere appeso (-a), (notice) essere esposto (-a)3)to be up — essersi alzato (-a)to be up late — (at night) fare tardi
4)(in price, value)
to be up (by) — essere andato (-a) su (di)(standard, level)
to be up — essere salito (-a)are up on last year — i prezzi sono più alti dell'anno scorso5)up — il tempo è scaduto6)up in Scotland — su in Scozia
to live/go up North — vivere/andare su al Nord
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Brit: knowledgeable) I'm not very well up on what's going on — non sono molto al corrente di ciò che sta succedendohe's well up in or on politics — è informatissimo sulla politica
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fam: wrong) there's something up with him/with the TV — (lui)/la TV ha qualcosa che non vaup? — cosa c'è che non va?up with him? — che ha?, che gli prende?10)up to — (as far as) fino a
up to £100 — fino a 100 sterline
11)is he up to? fam — (pej: doing) cosa sta combinando?he's up to no good; he's up to something — sta architettando qualcosa
12)up to — (equal to) all'altezza di
13)it's up to you to decide — (depends on) sta or tocca a te decidere
I'd go, but it's up to you — io ci andrei, ma dipende da te
14)to be up against opposition — (faced with) trovarsi di fronte una forte opposizione
he's really up against it — sta in un bell'impiccio
2. prepto travel up and down the country — viaggiare su e giù per il paese
up the page — più su nella stessa paginaup the stairs — a metà scala3. n4. adj(train, line) per la città5. vi6. vt(fam: price) alzare -
14 diagnose
['daɪəgnəʊz] [AE ˌdaɪəg'nəʊs]1) med. diagnosticarehe was diagnosed (as a) diabetic, as having Aids — gli diagnosticarono il diabete, l'AIDS
2) fig. diagnosticare, individuare [ problem]* * *(to say what is wrong (with a sick person etc) after making an examination; to identify (an illness etc): The doctor diagnosed her illness as flu.) diagnosticare* * *['daɪəgnəʊz] [AE ˌdaɪəg'nəʊs]1) med. diagnosticarehe was diagnosed (as a) diabetic, as having Aids — gli diagnosticarono il diabete, l'AIDS
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15 gag
I [gæg]1) (piece of cloth) bavaglio m.2) (censorship)to put a gag on the press — mettere il bavaglio alla stampa, imbavagliare la stampa
3) colloq. (joke) gag f., battuta f.II 1. [gæg]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) imbavagliare [ hostage]; giorn. imbavagliare [media, journalist]2.1) (choke) soffocare, strozzarsi2) (feel sick) avere conati di vomito* * *[ɡæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - gagged; verb1) (to prevent (a person) talking or making a noise, by putting something in or over his mouth: The guards tied up and gagged the prisoners.) imbavagliare2) (to choke and almost be sick.) avere conati di vomito2. noun(something which is put in or over a person's mouth to prevent him talking or making a noise.) bavaglio* * *[ɡæɡ]1. n1) (over mouth) bavaglio2) (fam: joke) battuta, gag f inv2. vt(silence: prisoner etc) imbavagliare3. vi* * *gag /gæg/n.1 fazzoletto (o sim.) appallottolato e infilato in bocca; bavaglio: to put a gag in sb. 's mouth, tappare la bocca a q. con un fazzoletto appallottolato; to put a gag over sb. 's mouth, imbavagliare q.3 (fig.) restrizione alla libertà di parola; bavaglio; mordacchia: to put a gag on the press, imbavagliare la stampa; to put a gag on st., vietare la discussione pubblica di qc.7 (fam.) trovata comica; gag; battuta9 (mecc.) distanziatore● (fam. USA) gag comics, fumetti demenziali □ (fam. USA) gag law (o gag rule), legge (o norma) limitativa della libertà di parola e di stampa □ (polit.) gag order, divieto ufficiale di discutere pubblicamente di un argomento □ (med.) gag reflex, riflesso del vomito; riflesso faringeo.(to) gag /gæg/A v. t.1 imbavagliare; mettere il bavaglio aB v. i.1 avere conati di vomito; essere sul punto di soffocare: I gagged on a morsel of hard bread, stavo per soffocare per un boccone di pane secco● (fam.) to be gagging for st., morire dalla voglia di qc. □ (polit. GB) gagging order = gag order ► gag □ (scherz. USA) Gag me with a spoon!, che schifo!; roba da vomito!* * *I [gæg]1) (piece of cloth) bavaglio m.2) (censorship)to put a gag on the press — mettere il bavaglio alla stampa, imbavagliare la stampa
3) colloq. (joke) gag f., battuta f.II 1. [gæg]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) imbavagliare [ hostage]; giorn. imbavagliare [media, journalist]2.1) (choke) soffocare, strozzarsi2) (feel sick) avere conati di vomito -
16 nurse
I [nɜːs]1) med. infermiere m. (-a)2) nursemaidII 1. [nɜːs]to nurse sb. through an illness — prendersi cura di qcn. durante una malattia
2.to nurse one's drink — sorseggiare o centellinare una bevanda
1) (be a nurse) fare l'infermiere, l'infermiera* * *[nə:s] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital: She wants to be a nurse.) infermiere2) (a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children: The children have gone out with their nurse.) balia, bambinaia2. verb1) (to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital: He was nursed back to health.) assistere2) (to give (a baby) milk from the breast.) allattare3) (to hold with care: She was nursing a kitten.) stringere, coccolare4) (to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.) nutrire, alimentare•- nursery- nursing
- nursemaid
- nurseryman
- nursery rhyme
- nursery school
- nursing-home* * *I [nɜːs]1) med. infermiere m. (-a)2) nursemaidII 1. [nɜːs]to nurse sb. through an illness — prendersi cura di qcn. durante una malattia
2.to nurse one's drink — sorseggiare o centellinare una bevanda
1) (be a nurse) fare l'infermiere, l'infermiera -
17 report
I 1. [rɪ'pɔːt]1) (written or verbal account) resoconto m., relazione f., rapporto m.4) giorn. rad. telev. servizio m.; (longer) reportage m.5) BE scol. pagella f. (scolastica)6) (noise) detonazione f.2.nome plurale reports (unsubstantiated news)II 1. [rɪ'pɔːt]according to reports... — corre voce che...
to report [sth.] to sb. — riferire [qcs.] a qcn. [decision, news]
only one paper reported their presence in London — un solo giornale ha parlato della loro presenza a Londra
3) amm. (notify authorities) segnalare, denunciare [theft, accident]to be reported missing — essere dato per o dichiarato disperso
4) (allege)5) (make complaint about) fare rapporto contro; spreg. denunciare [ person]2.to report on — fare un resoconto di [talks, progress]; giorn. fare un servizio su [ event]
2) (present findings) [committee, group] fare rapporto3) (present oneself) presentarsito report to one's unit — mil. presentarsi al proprio reparto
4) amm. (have as superior)to report to — essere agli ordini di [ superior]
•* * *[rə'po:t] 1. noun1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) rapporto2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) diceria, voce3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) colpo, detonazione2. verb1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) raccontare, comunicare2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) segnalare3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) denunciare4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) presentarsi•- reporter- reported speech
- report back* * *I 1. [rɪ'pɔːt]1) (written or verbal account) resoconto m., relazione f., rapporto m.4) giorn. rad. telev. servizio m.; (longer) reportage m.5) BE scol. pagella f. (scolastica)6) (noise) detonazione f.2.nome plurale reports (unsubstantiated news)II 1. [rɪ'pɔːt]according to reports... — corre voce che...
to report [sth.] to sb. — riferire [qcs.] a qcn. [decision, news]
only one paper reported their presence in London — un solo giornale ha parlato della loro presenza a Londra
3) amm. (notify authorities) segnalare, denunciare [theft, accident]to be reported missing — essere dato per o dichiarato disperso
4) (allege)5) (make complaint about) fare rapporto contro; spreg. denunciare [ person]2.to report on — fare un resoconto di [talks, progress]; giorn. fare un servizio su [ event]
2) (present findings) [committee, group] fare rapporto3) (present oneself) presentarsito report to one's unit — mil. presentarsi al proprio reparto
4) amm. (have as superior)to report to — essere agli ordini di [ superior]
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18 call in
1) (pay a visit) fare una visita2) (telephone) chiamare, telefonareto call in sick — [ employee] telefonare per dire che si è malati; call in [sb.], call [sb.] in
3) (summon inside) fare entrare [person, animal]; chiamare, fare entrare [candidate, client, patient]4) (send for) chiamare, fare intervenire [expert, police]; call in [sth.], call [sth.] in6) econ. richiedere il pagamento di [ loan]* * *1. vt + adv1) (doctor, expert, police) chiamare, far venire2) (Comm etc: faulty goods) riprendere, (currency) mettere fuori corso2. vi + advSee:call 3., 3)* * *1) (pay a visit) fare una visita2) (telephone) chiamare, telefonareto call in sick — [ employee] telefonare per dire che si è malati; call in [sb.], call [sb.] in
3) (summon inside) fare entrare [person, animal]; chiamare, fare entrare [candidate, client, patient]4) (send for) chiamare, fare intervenire [expert, police]; call in [sth.], call [sth.] in6) econ. richiedere il pagamento di [ loan] -
19 get along
1) (progress)how are you getting along? — (in job) come te la stai cavando? (to sick or old person) come va? come stai? (in school) stai facendo progressi? vai bene?
2) (be suited as friends) andare d'accordo3) (go)* * *( often with with) (to be friendly or on good terms (with someone): I get along very well with him; The children just cannot get along together.) andare d'accordo con* * *vi + adv1) (leave) andarsene, scappare2) (progress) procedere, (manage) farcela, cavarsela3) (to be on good terms) essere in buoni rapporti* * *1) (progress)how are you getting along? — (in job) come te la stai cavando? (to sick or old person) come va? come stai? (in school) stai facendo progressi? vai bene?
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20 death
[deθ]to burn, freeze to death — morire bruciato, assiderato
to put sb. to death — mandare a morte qcn.
a fall would mean o spell death una caduta sarebbe fatale; "Deaths" — giorn. "Necrologi"
••to die a o the death [entertainer, play] essere un fiasco; that child will be the death of me! quel bambino mi farà morire! it's a matter of life or death è una questione di vita o di morte; to look like death warmed up sembrare un cadavere ambulante; to be at death's door essere in punto di morte; worried, bored to death preoccupato, annoiato da morire ( about per); to frighten sb. to death fare morire qcn. di paura; I'm sick to death of this! ne ho fin sopra i capelli! you'll catch your death (of cold) ti prenderai un malanno; that joke has been done to death — è una barzelletta vecchia come il cucco
* * *[deƟ]1) (the act of dying: There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.) morte2) (something which causes one to die: Smoking too much was the death of him.) morte3) (the state of being dead: eyes closed in death.) morte•- deathly- death-bed
- death certificate
- at death's door
- catch one's death of cold
- catch one's death
- put to death
- to death* * *[deθ]to burn, freeze to death — morire bruciato, assiderato
to put sb. to death — mandare a morte qcn.
a fall would mean o spell death una caduta sarebbe fatale; "Deaths" — giorn. "Necrologi"
••to die a o the death [entertainer, play] essere un fiasco; that child will be the death of me! quel bambino mi farà morire! it's a matter of life or death è una questione di vita o di morte; to look like death warmed up sembrare un cadavere ambulante; to be at death's door essere in punto di morte; worried, bored to death preoccupato, annoiato da morire ( about per); to frighten sb. to death fare morire qcn. di paura; I'm sick to death of this! ne ho fin sopra i capelli! you'll catch your death (of cold) ti prenderai un malanno; that joke has been done to death — è una barzelletta vecchia come il cucco
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