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1 -statist o statesman?-
Nota d'usoNon è corretto tradurre la parola “statista” con statist, che significa “statalista”. Un grande politico a livello internazionale è chiamato statesman (al maschile) o stateswoman (al femminile): Margaret Thatcher was a great stateswoman, Margaret Thatcher è stata una grande statista (non Margaret Thatcher was a great statist). -
2 go down
the plane went down over Normandy, the Channel — l'aereo si è schiantato in Normandia, è caduto nella Manica
to go down well, badly — essere accolto bene, male
4) (become lower) [water level, temperature, price] scendere, abbassarsi, diminuire; [ standard] peggiorare, calare; [ tide] abbassarsi; [storm, wind] calmarsi5) (become deflated) [swelling, tyre] sgonfiarsihe will go down as a great statesman — verrà ricordato o passerà alla storia come un grande uomo di stato
9) (be recorded) essere annotato10) (be stricken)11) BE colloq. (go to prison) andare dentro, in prigione12) inform. [computer, system] piantarsi; go down [sth.] scendere da, per [ hill]; scendere in [ mine]* * *1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) essere accolto bene/male2) ((of a ship) to sink: They were lost at sea when the ship went down.) affondare3) ((of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.) tramontare4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) passare alla storia5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) degradarsi* * *vi + adv1) (sun) tramontare, calare, (person: downstairs) scendere, andar giù, (sink: ship) affondare, (person) andar sotto, (be defeated) crollare2) (be written down) venire registrato (-a)to go down in history/to posterity — passare alla storia/ai posteri
3) (decrease: price, temperature etc) scendere, calare* * *the plane went down over Normandy, the Channel — l'aereo si è schiantato in Normandia, è caduto nella Manica
to go down well, badly — essere accolto bene, male
4) (become lower) [water level, temperature, price] scendere, abbassarsi, diminuire; [ standard] peggiorare, calare; [ tide] abbassarsi; [storm, wind] calmarsi5) (become deflated) [swelling, tyre] sgonfiarsihe will go down as a great statesman — verrà ricordato o passerà alla storia come un grande uomo di stato
9) (be recorded) essere annotato10) (be stricken)11) BE colloq. (go to prison) andare dentro, in prigione -
3 ♦ vision
♦ vision /ˈvɪʒn/n.1 [u] vista: to have excellent [poor, impaired] vision, avere una vista ottima [debole, difettosa]; blurred vision, vista offuscata; field of vision, campo visivo; beyond sb. 's vision, fuori vista per q.; night vision, visione notturna ( capacità di vederci di notte)2 [uc] visione: to have visions, avere delle visioni; visions of power, visioni di gloria; He has no clear vision of where the party should be going, non aveva una visione chiara della direzione che il partito doveva prendere3 [u] lungimiranza; intuizione (spec. politica): a statesman of great vision, uno statista di grande lungimiranza4 (psic., relig.) visione: She had a vision of the Virgin Mary, ha avuto una visione della Vergine Maria5 (fig. fam.) visione; spettacolo: The garden was a vision of beauty, il giardino era uno spettacolo tanto era bello; She was a vision of loveliness, era splendida a vedersi6 [u] immagine (al cinema, in TV); (TV) (il) video: There is interference to vision, c'è un'interferenza sul video● vision statement, «vision statement»; manifesto della visione (sorta di motto che sintetizza gli obiettivi di un'azienda per il grande pubblico).(to) vision /ˈvɪʒn/v. t.
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