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1 cortina
f curtain* * *cortina1 s.f.1 curtain, hanging: una cortina di broccato, a brocade curtain; cortina di fumo, (anche fig.) smokescreen; (mil.) cortina di fuoco, barrage; cortina di nebbia, screen of fog // (pol.): cortina di bambù, bamboo curtain; cortina di ferro, iron curtain; paesi oltre cortina, iron curtain countries2 ( di fortificazione) curtain.* * *[kor'tina]sostantivo femminile1) (tenda) curtain2) (di nebbia, fumo) sheet, veil, curtain•cortina di ferro — stor. Iron Curtain
* * *cortina/kor'tina/sostantivo f.1 (tenda) curtain2 (di nebbia, fumo) sheet, veil, curtain; una cortina di mistero a veil of mystery -
2 squarciare
squarciare v.tr.1 to tear*, to rend*, to rip up: squarciare le vesti a qlcu., to rend s.o.'s garments; la pallottola gli squarciò il petto, the bullet ripped through his chest2 (fig.) to dispel: il sole squarciò le nubi, the sun dispelled the clouds; squarciare il velo del mistero, to dispel a mystery (o to tear aside the veil of mystery).◘ squarciarsi v.intr.pron. to be torn, to be rent: le nubi si squarciarono, there was a break in the clouds; la vela si squarciò, the sail was rent.* * *[skwar'tʃare]1. vt2. vip (squarciarsi)* * *[skwar'tʃare] 1.verbo transitivo1) to tear* up [ lenzuolo]; to rip open [materasso, sacco]; to slash [ pneumatico]squarciare la gola a qcn. — to cut sb.'s throat
2) fig. (turbare) [ rumore] to shatter, to rend* [ silenzio]; [ luce] to pierce [ buio]; [ lampo] to split* [ cielo]; [ sole] to burst* through [ nuvole]2.* * *squarciare/skwar't∫are/ [1]1 to tear* up [ lenzuolo]; to rip open [materasso, sacco]; to slash [ pneumatico]; squarciare la gola a qcn. to cut sb.'s throat2 fig. (turbare) [ rumore] to shatter, to rend* [ silenzio]; [ luce] to pierce [ buio]; [ lampo] to split* [ cielo]; [ sole] to burst* through [ nuvole]II squarciarsi verbo pronominale[velo, lenzuolo] to rip; [ sacco] to burst* open. -
3 una cortina di mistero
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