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1 person
['pɜːsn]1) (human being) (pl. people, persons form.) persona f., individuo m.to do sth. in person — fare qcs. di persona
2) (type)I didn't know he was a horsey person! — colloq. non sapevo che andasse matto per i cavalli!
I'm not a wine person myself — non amo molto il vino, io
3) (body)to have sth. about one's person — avere qcs. su di sé o addosso
offences against the person — dir. delitti contro la persona
her person was pleasing — ant. aveva un bel personale
4) ling. persona f.* * *['pə:sn]plural - people; noun1) (a human being: There's a person outside who wants to speak to you.) persona2) (a person's body: He never carried money on his person (= with him; in his pockets etc).) sé, persona•- personal- personality
- personally
- personal computer
- personal pronoun
- personal stereo
- personal watercraft
- in person* * *['pɜːsn]1) (human being) (pl. people, persons form.) persona f., individuo m.to do sth. in person — fare qcs. di persona
2) (type)I didn't know he was a horsey person! — colloq. non sapevo che andasse matto per i cavalli!
I'm not a wine person myself — non amo molto il vino, io
3) (body)to have sth. about one's person — avere qcs. su di sé o addosso
offences against the person — dir. delitti contro la persona
her person was pleasing — ant. aveva un bel personale
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2 ♦ about
♦ about /əˈbaʊt/A prep.1 riguardo a; circa; su; di; intorno a; sul conto di: Tell me about your holidays, raccontami delle tue vacanze; I've found out about their movements, ho scoperto quali sono stati i loro movimenti; I don't know anything about him, non so nulla di lui (o sul suo conto); a book about Japan, un libro sul Giappone; what I like about him, quello che mi piace di lui; I'm ringing about my TV set, telefono per sapere del mio televisore; DIALOGO → - Damaged goods- What are you going to do about it?, cosa pensi di fare al riguardo?; Do something about it!, fa' qualcosa ( per risolvere il problema)!; There's nothing I can do about it, non posso farci niente; I feel guilty about the whole thing, mi sento in colpa per tutta la faccenda; to be about st., riguardare qc.; avere a che fare con qc.; (di libro, film, ecc.) parlare di qc., trattare di qc.: Teaching is about transferring knowledge and skills, l'insegnamento riguarda il trasferimento di conoscenze e abilità; This book is about organic food, questo libro parla di cibi biologici NOTA D'USO: - to speak o to be about?-2 (in giro) per; intorno a: Newspapers were strewn about the floor, c'erano giornali sparsi per pavimento3 addosso a; su; con: I haven't any money about me, non ho denaro con me; about one's person, su di sé; addosso4 in: There is something odd about that man, c'è qualcosa di strano in quell'uomo; quell'uomo ha un che di strano; something unpleasant about her voice, una nota sgradevole nella sua voceB avv.1 intorno; attorno; in giro; qua e là: to look about, guardarsi attorno; Don't leave your things lying about, non lasciare le tue cose in giro; There was nobody about, non c'era nessuno; il posto era deserto; There's a lot of flu about, c'è in giro (o circola) un sacco di influenza; to find one's way about, sapere dove andare; sapersi orizzontare4 (naut.) con le mure opposte: to put a ship about, virare di bordo; cambiare le mure; Ready about!, pronti a virare!5 quasi; circa; all'incirca; pressappoco: It's about two o'clock, sono le due circa; sono circa le due; DIALOGO → - Car problems 2- Give me a call about five, fammi uno squillo verso le cinque; about twenty, circa venti; una ventina; They're about the same age, hanno all'incirca la stessa età; That looks about right, direi che va bene; dovrebbe andar bene; ha l'aria di essere giustoC a.2 prossimo (a); sul punto (di): about to start, che sta per comunciare; He is about to leave, sta per partire● About ship!, pronti a virare! □ How about…? ► how □ just about ► just □ What about…? ► what □ while you are about it, già che ci sei □ to be about one's business, essere occupato dalla proprie faccende □ (fam. USA) not to be about to, non avere intenzione di; non intendere, non essere intenzionato a: He's not about to give up, non ha intenzione di (o non intende) rinunciare □ That's about it, è tutto; e questo è quanto. -
3 person ***** per·son n
['pɜːsn]pl2) persons, Gram, Law persona3) (body, physical presence) figura, personale m, (appearance) aspetto -
4 play about
(person) divertirsito play about or around with — (fiddle with) giocherellare con, (idea) accarezzare
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5 knock about
knock around: knock about colloq. girovagareto knock about with sb. — colloq. andare in giro con o frequentare qcn.; knock about [sth.] colloq. [ object] essere lasciato in giro per [ house]
* * *1. vt + adv(person, object) maltrattare2. vi + adv(fam: person) vagabondareit's knocking around here somewhere — è qui in giro, da qualche parte* * *knock around: knock about colloq. girovagare -
6 lie about
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7 move about
move around: move about, around1) (to different position) spostarsi, muoversi (qua e là)2) (to different home) traslocare; move [sb., sth.] about, around spostare [ object]* * *1. vt + adv(furniture) spostare, (person) far spostare2. vi + adv* * *move around: move about, around1) (to different position) spostarsi, muoversi (qua e là)2) (to different home) traslocare; move [sb., sth.] about, around spostare [ object] -
8 roll about
roll around [animal, person] rotolarsi; [marbles, tins] rotolare (qua e là)* * ** * *roll around [animal, person] rotolarsi; [marbles, tins] rotolare (qua e là) -
9 mess about
1) (act the fool) fare lo stupido, fare fesserieto mess around with — pasticciare o armeggiare con [chemicals, matches]
2) (potter)3) (sexually)he messes around — è un donnaiolo; mess [sb.] around colloq. trattare male
* * *fam1. vi + adv(waste time) perdere tempo, trastullarsi, (play the fool) far confusione, (in water, mud) pasticciarewhat are you doing? — just messing about — cosa fai? — niente di speciale
2. vt + adv* * *1) (act the fool) fare lo stupido, fare fesserieto mess around with — pasticciare o armeggiare con [chemicals, matches]
2) (potter)3) (sexually)he messes around — è un donnaiolo; mess [sb.] around colloq. trattare male
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10 float about
1) (circulate) [idea, rumour] circolare2) colloq. (be nearby)* * *1) (circulate) [idea, rumour] circolare2) colloq. (be nearby) -
11 toss about
toss around: toss around [boat, person] essere sballottato; toss [sth.] around [ people] fare dei passaggi con, passarsi [ ball]; fig. lanciare [ ideas]* * *toss around: toss around [boat, person] essere sballottato; toss [sth.] around [ people] fare dei passaggi con, passarsi [ ball]; fig. lanciare [ ideas] -
12 wriggle about
wriggle around [ fish] dimenarsi; [worm, snake] dimenarsi, contorcersi; [ person] agitarsi, dimenarsi* * *wriggle around [ fish] dimenarsi; [worm, snake] dimenarsi, contorcersi; [ person] agitarsi, dimenarsi -
13 hang about/around
1) (to stand around, doing nothing: I don't like to see all these youths hanging about (street-corners).) bighellonare, ciondolare2) (to be close to (a person) frequently: I don't want you hanging around my daughter.) ronzare intorno -
14 pull about
vt + adv(handle roughly: object) strapazzare, (person) malmenare -
15 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) (mandare via in malo modo)English-Italian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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16 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) (mandare via in malo modo)English-Italian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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17 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) (mandare via in malo modo)English-Italian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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18 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) (mandare via in malo modo)English-Italian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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19 dubious
['djuːbɪəs] [AE 'duː-]1) (showing doubt) [response, look] incerto, dubbiosoto be dubious (about sth.) — [ person] essere dubbioso, incerto (su qcs.)
2) (arguable) [translation, answer] discutibile3) (suspect) [motive, claim] sospetto; [reputation, person] dubbio* * *['dju:biəs]1) (doubtful: I am dubious about the wisdom of this action.) dubbioso, incerto2) (probably not honest: dubious behaviour.) equivoco•- dubiety- dubiousness* * *dubious /ˈdju:bɪəs/, ( USA) /ˈdu:bɪəs/a.1 dubbioso; incerto: to look [to feel] dubious, sembrare [sentirsi] dubbioso; You seem a bit dubious about accepting, sembri un po' dubbioso sul fatto di accettare; I am dubious as to what to do [about your plan], sono dubbioso sul da farsi [riguardo il tuo progetto]; a dubious undertaking, un'impresa dall'esito incerto2 equivoco, sospetto: a dubious business, una faccenda sospetta; a dubious character, un tipo equivoco; a dubious company, una società di dubbia reputazione; Some of his assumptions are highly dubious, alcune delle sue supposizioni sono tutt'altro che fondate3 discutibile: The remark was in dubious taste, l'osservazione era di gusto discutibile; goods of dubious quality, merce di qualità discutibile● the dubious distinction [honour], il triste primato [onore]: They have the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of inflation in Europe, hanno il triste primato di possedere il più alto tasso d'inflazione in Europa □ the dubious pleasure, l'incombenza tutt'altro che piacevole: I had the dubious pleasure of spending the evening with him, mi è toccata l'incombenza tutt'altro che piacevole di passare la serata con lui.* * *['djuːbɪəs] [AE 'duː-]1) (showing doubt) [response, look] incerto, dubbiosoto be dubious (about sth.) — [ person] essere dubbioso, incerto (su qcs.)
2) (arguable) [translation, answer] discutibile3) (suspect) [motive, claim] sospetto; [reputation, person] dubbio -
20 slander
I ['slɑːndə(r)] [AE 'slæn-]1) С (statement) calunnia f., maldicenza f.2) U dir. calunnia f.II ['slɑːndə(r)] [AE 'slæn-]verbo transitivo calunniare (anche dir.)* * *1. noun((the act of making) an untrue spoken, not written, statement about a person with the intention of damaging that person's reputation: That story about her is nothing but a wicked slander!) calunnia, maldicenza; diffamazione2. verb(to make such statements about (a person etc).) calunniare; diffamare* * *slander /ˈslɑ:ndə(r)/n.1 atto diffamatorio; denigrazione; calunnia; maldicenza: His words are a slander on the trade unions, le sue parole sono una denigrazione dei sindacati2 [u] (leg.) diffamazione, calunnia (cfr. libel): an action for slander, una querela per diffamazione● (leg.) slander of goods, denigrazione dei prodotti della concorrenza.NOTA D'USO: - slander o libel?- (to) slander /ˈslɑ:ndə(r)/v. t.( anche leg.) calunniare; diffamareslanderern.calunniatore; diffamatore.* * *I ['slɑːndə(r)] [AE 'slæn-]1) С (statement) calunnia f., maldicenza f.2) U dir. calunnia f.II ['slɑːndə(r)] [AE 'slæn-]verbo transitivo calunniare (anche dir.)
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