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1 ♦ act
♦ act /ækt/n.1 atto; azione; gesto: an act of cruelty, un atto di crudeltà; un azione crudele; act of faith, atto di fede; a criminal act, un atto criminoso; the act of a desperate man, il gesto di un disperato; in the act of doing st., nell'atto di fare qc.2 – (leg.) Act, legge ( approvata da un parlamento): (in GB) Act of Parliament, legge del Parlamento; (in USA) Act of Congress, legge del Congresso; (in USA) the Freedom of Information Act, la legge sulla libertà dell'informazione5 (teatr.) atto: Act 3, Scene 1, atto terzo, scena prima; five-act tragedy, tragedia in cinque atti; one-act play, atto unico7 (fig.) finzione; finta; scena; commedia; manfrina; numero: It's all an act, è tutta scena; è tutta una commedia; finge; to put on an act, fare la commedia; fingere; fare la scena; She did her naive schoolgirl act, fece la ragazzina ingenua● (leg.) act of bankruptcy, azione ( del debitore insolvente) che consente di dare inizio alla procedura fallimentare □ (relig.) act of contrition, atto di dolore (o di contrizione) □ (stor. ingl.) Act of Supremacy, Atto di Supremazia NOTE DI CULTURA: Act of Supremacy: è la legge del 1534 che sancì la supremazia religiosa del sovrano inglese (allora Enrico VIII), segnando lo scisma tra la Chiesa di Roma e la Chiesa Anglicana □ (stor., GB) Act of Union, Trattato di Unione NOTE DI CULTURA: Act of Union ► Scotland □ (leg.) act of God, evento imprevedibile; caso di forza maggiore; calamità naturale □ act of war, atto di guerra □ (leg.) by act of law, «ope legis» (lat.) □ (fam. USA) to class up one's act, fare meglio; migliorare le proprie prestazioni □ (fam. USA) to clean up one's act, darsi una regolata; mettersi in riga □ to be caught in the act, essere colto sul fatto (o in flagrante) □ (fam.) to get one's act together, organizzarsi; fare mente locale; prepararsi □ (fam.) to get in on (o into) the act, imitare (o sfruttare) un'idea di successo; sfruttare l'idea □ (fam.) a hard (o tough) act to follow, persona o prestazione difficile da emulare.
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