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1 the age of majority
(legal adulthood (in Britain, eighteen years of age): He has not yet reached the age of majority.) maggiore età -
2 ♦ age
♦ age /eɪdʒ/n.1 [cu] età; anni (pl.) ( di vita): age of retirement, età pensionabile; age gap, differenza di età; She's 30 years of age, ha trent'anni (di età); John is my age, John ha la mia stessa età; a man of middle age, un uomo di mezza età; at the age of 42, all'età di 42 anni; a 42 anni d'età; at an early age, in giovane età; age range, fascia d'età; age limit, limite d'età; in our old age, da vecchi; quando saremo vecchi; ora che siamo vecchi; to feel one's age, sentire l'età (o il peso degli anni); under age (pred.), under-age (agg.), minorenne; What age are you?, quanti anni hai?; che età hai?2 età; epoca; periodo; evo; era: the Stone Age, l'età della pietra; the Victorian Age, il periodo vittoriano; our age, il nostro tempo; la nostra epoca; through the ages, attraverso i secoli4 (al pl.) (fam.) secoli; un secolo; un sacco di tempo; un'eternità: DIALOGO → - Hearing from an old friend- I haven't heard from you in ages, sono secoli che non ti sento; It went on for ages, è durato un'eternità; ages ago, un secolo fa; DIALOGO → - Coursework- I thought we had ages to do the essay, pensavo di avere un sacco di tempo per fare il tema● (stat.) age bracket, fascia d'età □ (demogr.) age distribution, distribuzione per età □ age group, gruppo di coetanei; classe; (stat.) gruppo d'età □ (metall.) age hardening, aumento di durezza causato dall'invecchiamento □ age-long, che esiste (o che dura) da molto tempo; lungo; antico □ (leg.) age of consent, età a cui si può consentire legalmente a rapporti sessuali □ age of discretion, l'età della ragione □ age-old, vecchissimo; secolare; ( di problema, ecc.) annoso □ age-related, legato all'età; dovuto all'età □ (leg.) to be of age, essere maggiorenne □ to be of an age, essere coetanei; avere la stessa età □ to be of an age to do st., avere l'età per fare qc. □ to be over-age, avere superato i limiti d'età □ (leg.) to come of age, diventare maggiorenne □ (leg.) full age, maggiore età □ the golden age, (mitol.) l'età dell'oro; (fig.) periodo aureo ( di un paese, ecc.) □ to look one's age, dimostrare la propria età □ (fam.) ripe old age, veneranda età □ (scherz.) Age before beauty!, prima i più vecchi! ( invito ironico a passare per primi) □ (fam.) Be (o Act) your age!, non fare il bambino!(to) age /eɪdʒ/A v. i.B v. t.1 invecchiare; far sembrare più vecchio2 far invecchiare; far stagionare -
3 age
[eɪdʒ] I1) (length of existence) età f.act o be your age! non fare il bambino! men of retirement age uomini in età pensionabile; to come, be of age diventare, essere maggiorenne; to be under age — dir. essere minorenne
2) (latter part of life) età f., vecchiaia f.3) (era) età f., era f., epoca f.4) colloq. (long time)II 1.it takes ages o an age to ci vuole una vita per; I've been waiting for ages — aspetto da un'eternità
verbo transitivo [hairstyle, experiences etc.] invecchiare [ person]2.to age sb. 10 years — invecchiare qcn. di 10 anni
verbo intransitivo [ person] invecchiare* * *[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) età2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) epoca, età3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) età4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) secoli, eternità2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) invecchiare- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age* * *[eɪdʒ] I1) (length of existence) età f.act o be your age! non fare il bambino! men of retirement age uomini in età pensionabile; to come, be of age diventare, essere maggiorenne; to be under age — dir. essere minorenne
2) (latter part of life) età f., vecchiaia f.3) (era) età f., era f., epoca f.4) colloq. (long time)II 1.it takes ages o an age to ci vuole una vita per; I've been waiting for ages — aspetto da un'eternità
verbo transitivo [hairstyle, experiences etc.] invecchiare [ person]2.to age sb. 10 years — invecchiare qcn. di 10 anni
verbo intransitivo [ person] invecchiare -
4 age *****
[eɪdʒ]1. n1) età f inv, (of thing) anni mplwhat's his age? or what age is he? — quanti anni ha?
he doesn't look his age — non dimostra la sua età or i suoi anni
to come of age — diventare maggiorenne, raggiungere la maggiore età
2) (period) epoca, era3)(
fam: long time) we waited (for) ages — abbiamo aspettato per oreit's an age or ages since I saw him — sono secoli che non lo vedo
2. vtfare invecchiare, invecchiare3. vi -
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6 the ***** weak form
[ð(ə)]1. def art1) il (lo, l') m, la (l') f, i (gli) mpl, le fplin this age of the computer... — in quest'era di computer...
did you see the photographs? — hai visto le fotografie?
the rich and the poor — i ricchi e i poveri
do you know the Smiths? — conosci gli Smith?
could you pass me the sugar? — mi passi lo zucchero?
it was the year of the student riots — quello era l'anno delle manifestazioni studentesche
2)0.8 euros to the dollar — 0,8 euro per un dollaro3)he's THE man for the job — è proprio l'uomo adatto al lavoro4)2. advshe looks all the better for it — adesso ha un aspetto molto più sano
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7 middle age
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8 old age
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9 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) età matura -
10 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) età matura -
11 Ice Age
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12 pack(age) to suit the machine
Imballaggio m adattato alia macchinaDictionary of packaging machinery and equipment > pack(age) to suit the machine
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13 Bronze Age
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14 Iron Age
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15 Stone Age
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16 image **** im·age n
['ɪmɪdʒ](of person, group, organization) immagine fto be the very or the spitting image of sb — essere il ritratto sputato di qn
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17 manage **** man·age
['mænɪdʒ]1. vt1) (direct: company, organization, hotel) dirigere, (shop, restaurant) gestire, (household, property, affairs) amministrare, (football team, pop star) essere il manager di2) (handle, control: tool) maneggiare, (ship, vehicle) manovrare, (person, child) saper prendere or trattareI can manage him — so come trattarlo or prenderlo
3)£5 is the most I can manage — posso metterci 5 sterline ma non di più
2. viI have to manage on £20 — mi devo arrangiare con 20 sterline
to manage without sb/sth — fare a meno di qn/qc
we haven't got much money, but we manage — non abbiamo molto denaro, ma ci arrangiamo
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18 wreckage wreck·age n
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19 average **** av·er·age
['ævərɪdʒ]1. adjmedio (-a), pej qualsiasi inv, ordinario (-a)2. nabove/below (the) average — sopra/sotto la media
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20 courage *** cour·age n
['kʌrɪdʒ]
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