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1 travel
I 1. ['trævl] 2. 3.modificatore [plans, expenses] di viaggio; [brochure, company] di viaggi; [ business] di viaggi, turistico; [ writer] di libri di viaggi, di letteratura di viaggiII 1. ['trævl]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - ll-, -l- AE) attraversare [ country]; percorrere [road, distance]2.to travel abroad, to Brazil — fare un viaggio all'estero, in Brasile
2) (move) [ person] andare, spostarsi; [ object] muoversi, spostarsi; [plane, boat, car, train] viaggiare, procedere; fis. [light, sound] propagarsito travel at 50 km/h — viaggiare o procedere a 50 km/h
to travel a long way — [ person] percorrere molta strada
3) comm. (as sales rep)to travel in — fare il rappresentante di [ product]
4)to travel well — [cheese, wine] non soffrire o non patire (nel trasporto)
* * *['trævl] 1. past tense, past participle - travelled; verb1) (to go from place to place; to journey: I travelled to Scotland by train; He has to travel a long way to school.) viaggiare2) (to move: Light travels in a straight line.) viaggiare3) (to visit places, especially foreign countries: He has travelled a great deal.) viaggiare2. noun(the act of travelling: Travel to and from work can be very tiring.) viaggio- travelogue
- travels
- travel agency
- travel bureau
- travel agent
- traveller's cheque* * *travel /ˈtrævl/n.1 [u] (il) viaggiare; (i) viaggi: Travel was slow in ancient times, nei tempi antichi i viaggi erano lenti (o si viaggiava lentamente); space travel, navigazione nello spazio; foreign travel, viaggi all'estero4 [u] (mecc.) gioco ( in questo senso, = free travel): I have improved the travel of the valves, ho corretto il gioco delle valvole● travel agency, agenzia di viaggi □ travel agent, titolare d'agenzia di viaggi □ travel clock-radio, radiosveglia da viaggio □ travel consultant, consulente turistico □ travel goods, articoli da viaggio □ travel insurance, assicurazione per i viaggi □ travel iron, ferro da stiro da viaggio □ travel literature, letteratura turistica; dépliant turistici □ (cinem.) travel-shot, carrellata □ travel-sick, che soffre il mal d'auto □ travel-sickness, mal d'auto; mal di mare; (med.) cinetosi □ ( USA) travel trailer, roulotte ( usabile anche durante il viaggio).NOTA D'USO: - travel, journey o trip?- ♦ (to) travel /ˈtrævl/A v. i.1 viaggiare; fare un viaggio: He has travelled a lot, ha viaggiato molto; (fam.) to travel light, viaggiare leggero (o con poco bagaglio)2 andare; circolare; diffondersi, propagarsi; viaggiare: Trains travel along rails, i treni vanno sulle rotaie; Light travels at a speed of 300,000 kilometres per second, la luce viaggia alla velocità di 300 000 kilometri al secondo; Sound travels much faster in water than in the air, il suono si propaga assai più rapidamente nell'acqua che nell'aria3 (comm.) fare il commesso viaggiatore (o il rappresentante): He travels for his company, fa il commesso viaggiatore per la sua ditta4 (mecc.) compiere la corsa7 (fam.) fare comunella (con q.)B v. t.1 viaggiare in; percorrere: He has travelled the whole world, ha viaggiato per tutto il mondo; to travel Italy from end to end, percorrere l'Italia da un capo all'altro2 viaggiare alla velocità di; fare (fam.): Our train was travelling seventy miles an hour, il nostro treno faceva settanta miglia all'ora● to travel backwards and forwards, andare avanti e indietro, fare la spola ( in treno, traghetto, ecc.).* * *I 1. ['trævl] 2. 3.modificatore [plans, expenses] di viaggio; [brochure, company] di viaggi; [ business] di viaggi, turistico; [ writer] di libri di viaggi, di letteratura di viaggiII 1. ['trævl]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - ll-, -l- AE) attraversare [ country]; percorrere [road, distance]2.to travel abroad, to Brazil — fare un viaggio all'estero, in Brasile
2) (move) [ person] andare, spostarsi; [ object] muoversi, spostarsi; [plane, boat, car, train] viaggiare, procedere; fis. [light, sound] propagarsito travel at 50 km/h — viaggiare o procedere a 50 km/h
to travel a long way — [ person] percorrere molta strada
3) comm. (as sales rep)to travel in — fare il rappresentante di [ product]
4)to travel well — [cheese, wine] non soffrire o non patire (nel trasporto)
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2 clock
I [klɒk]1) orologio m.to put the clocks forward, back one hour — portare gli orologi avanti, indietro di un'ora
to work around the clock — lavorare 24 ore su 24 o giorno e notte
2) (timer) (in computer) clock m., temporizzatore m.; (for central heating system) temporizzatore m.3) aut. colloq. contachilometri m.a car with 40,000 kilometers on the clock — un'auto che ha 40.000 km
4) sport cronometro m.••II [klɒk]1) sporthe clocked 9.6 seconds in the 100 metres — ha percorso i 100 metri in 9,6 secondi
2) BE colloq. (hit)to clock sb. (one) — mollarne uno a qcn
•- clock on- clock upIII [klɒk]nome abbigl. baguette f.* * *[klok] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) orologio2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) contachilometri2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) cronometrare- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
- round the clock* * *I [klɒk]1) orologio m.to put the clocks forward, back one hour — portare gli orologi avanti, indietro di un'ora
to work around the clock — lavorare 24 ore su 24 o giorno e notte
2) (timer) (in computer) clock m., temporizzatore m.; (for central heating system) temporizzatore m.3) aut. colloq. contachilometri m.a car with 40,000 kilometers on the clock — un'auto che ha 40.000 km
4) sport cronometro m.••II [klɒk]1) sporthe clocked 9.6 seconds in the 100 metres — ha percorso i 100 metri in 9,6 secondi
2) BE colloq. (hit)to clock sb. (one) — mollarne uno a qcn
•- clock on- clock upIII [klɒk]nome abbigl. baguette f.
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