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1 chin
[tʃɪn]nome mento m.••to keep one's chin up — colloq. stare su con la vita
chin up! — su, coraggio!
to take it on the chin — colloq. = affrontare le avversità con coraggio
* * *[ in](the part of the face below the mouth: His beard completely covers his chin.) mento* * *[tʃɪn]nome mento m.••to keep one's chin up — colloq. stare su con la vita
chin up! — su, coraggio!
to take it on the chin — colloq. = affrontare le avversità con coraggio
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2 weak **** adj
[wiːk]- er comp - est superl (gen) debole, (tea, coffee) leggero (-a), (health) precario (-a), (excuse, effort) inefficaceto grow weak(er) — weaken 2.
to have weak eyes or eyesight — avere la vista debole
her French is weak; she is weak at French — è scarsa in francese
weak in the head fam — tocco (-a), toccato (-a)
to go weak at the knees — (with excitement, hunger etc) avere le gambe che fanno giacomo giacomo
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3 weak
[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole* * *[wi:k]1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) debole2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) debole3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) allungato, diluito4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) debole5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) piatto•- weakly- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- have a weakness for* * *[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole
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