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♦ football /ˈfʊtbɔ:l/n. ( sport)2 [u] (GB = association football) (gioco del) calcio: You'll see some impressive football tomorrow, domani vedrai giocare a calcio in modo eccezionale; football match, partita di calcio; football field, campo di calcio; football pitch, campo di calcio; football team, squadra di calcio; football club, società calcistica● football fan, tifoso del calcio □ football hooligans, hooligan; teppisti degli stadi di calcio □ football pools, totocalcio □ football season, stagione calcistica □ football shirt, maglia da calciatore □ football supporters, tifosi di calcio □ football violence, hooliganismo □ (fam., fig.) political football, questione che diventa oggetto di contesa politica. -
3 wing
I 1. [wɪŋ]1) (of bird, insect) ala f.2) (of building, plane) ala f.; (of car) parafango m.; (of armchair) orecchione m., poggiatesta m.3) (of army, party) ala f.; (unit in air force) stormo m.2.to play on the right wing — giocare (all')ala o sulla fascia destra
1) teatr.to be waiting in the wings — fig. attendere nell'ombra
2) aer.••to clip sb.'s wings — tarpare le ali a qcn.
to spread one's wings — (entering adult life) spiccare il volo, camminare con le proprie gambe; (entering wider career) sviluppare le proprie capacità
II 1. [wɪŋ]to take sb. under one's wings — prendere qcn. sotto le proprie ali
1)2.to wing one's way to — [ plane] volare verso; [ passenger] volare in aereo fino
verbo intransitivo (fly) volare••to wing it — AE colloq. improvvisare
* * *[wiŋ]1) (one of the arm-like limbs of a bird or bat, which it usually uses in flying, or one of the similar limbs of an insect: The eagle spread his wings and flew away; The bird cannot fly as it has an injured wing; These butterflies have red and brown wings.) ala2) (a similar structure jutting out from the side of an aeroplane: the wings of a jet.) ala3) (a section built out to the side of a (usually large) house: the west wing of the hospital.) ala4) (any of the corner sections of a motor vehicle: The rear left wing of the car was damaged.) parafango5) (a section of a political party or of politics in general: the Left/Right wing.) ala6) (one side of a football etc field: He made a great run down the left wing.) ala7) (in rugby and hockey, a player who plays mainly down one side of the field.) ala8) (in the air force, a group of three squadrons of aircraft.) aerobrigata•- winged- - winged
- winger
- wingless
- wings
- wing commander
- wingspan
- on the wing
- take under one's wing* * *I 1. [wɪŋ]1) (of bird, insect) ala f.2) (of building, plane) ala f.; (of car) parafango m.; (of armchair) orecchione m., poggiatesta m.3) (of army, party) ala f.; (unit in air force) stormo m.2.to play on the right wing — giocare (all')ala o sulla fascia destra
1) teatr.to be waiting in the wings — fig. attendere nell'ombra
2) aer.••to clip sb.'s wings — tarpare le ali a qcn.
to spread one's wings — (entering adult life) spiccare il volo, camminare con le proprie gambe; (entering wider career) sviluppare le proprie capacità
II 1. [wɪŋ]to take sb. under one's wings — prendere qcn. sotto le proprie ali
1)2.to wing one's way to — [ plane] volare verso; [ passenger] volare in aereo fino
verbo intransitivo (fly) volare••to wing it — AE colloq. improvvisare
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