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1 logorante
logorante agg. wearing, exhausting, trying, nerve-racking: un'attesa logorante, a nerve-racking wait; una giornata logorante, an exhausting (o a trying) day // una guerra logorante, an exhausting war.* * *[logo'rante]aggettivo [lavoro, vita] back-breaking* * *logorante/logo'rante/[lavoro, vita] back-breaking. -
2 dannare
dannare v.tr. to damn // che Dio mi danni!, damn! // dannarsi l'anima, (fig.) to go crazy: si è dannato l'anima per convincerlo, he drove himself crazy trying to convince him.◘ dannarsi v.rifl.1 to be damned, to go* to hell: ti dannerai, you will be damned (o you will go to hell)2 ( affannarsi) to strive* hard; (fam.) to work oneself to death: mi sono dannato tutto il giorno su quella traduzione, I have been working myself to death (o slaving away) at that translation the whole day; si dannò tutta la vita per ottenere una certa agiatezza, ma morì prima di raggiungerla, all his life he strove for security, but he died before he achieved it; si sono dannati per cercare una nuova segretaria, ma non l'hanno trovata, they looked around like mad (o crazy) to find a new secretary but couldn't find one3 far dannare qlcu., (fam.) to drive* s.o. mad (o crazy).* * *[dan'nare]1. vtRel to damndannarsi l'anima per qc — (affannarsi) to work o.s. to death for sth
2. vr (dannarsi)dannarsi per fare qc — to wear o.s. out doing sth
* * *[dan'nare] 1.verbo transitivo lett. to damn2.verbo pronominale dannarsi1) lett. to be* damned2) colloq. (affaticarsi) to strive*••-rsi l'anima per qcs. — to sell one's soul for sth.
fare dannare qcn. — colloq. to drive sb. mad, to try sb.'s patience
* * *dannare/dan'nare/ [1]lett. to damnII dannarsi verbo pronominale1 lett. to be* damned2 colloq. (affaticarsi) to strive*-rsi l'anima per qcs. to sell one's soul for sth.; fare dannare qcn. colloq. to drive sb. mad, to try sb.'s patience. -
3 scervellarsi
scervellarsi v.intr.pron. to rack one's brains: mi scervellai tutto il giorno su quel problema, I racked my brains all day over that problem; si è scervellato per cercare di ricordare il suo nome, he racked his brains trying to remember her name.* * *[ʃervel'larsi, stʃervel'larsi]scervellarsi su qcs. — to puzzle over sth
* * *scervellarsi/∫ervel'larsi, st∫ervel'larsi/ [1](aus. essere) to beat one's brain out, to rack one's brains; scervellarsi su qcs. to puzzle over sth. -
4 arrovellare
arrovellare v.tr. to torment, to distress: il pensiero mi arrovella, the thought is tormenting me // arrovellarsi il cervello, to rack one's brains.◘ arrovellarsi v.rifl.1 ( stizzirsi) to get* angry, to loose* one's temper2 ( accanirsi) to strive*, to do* all one can: mi sono arrovellato tutto il giorno per trovare una soluzione, I slogged away all day trying to find a solution.* * *[arrovel'lare]1. vt2. vr (arrovellarsi)
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