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I 1. [skeɪl]nome bilancia f.2. II [skeɪl]1) (extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, defeat, violence, development, recession) dimensioni f.pl., ampiezza f.; (of reform, task, activity, operation) portata f.2) (grading system) scala f.pay o salary scale scala retributiva; social scale scala sociale; on a scale of 1 to 10 — in una scala da 1 a 10
3) (for maps, models) scala f.4) (on thermometer, gauge) scala f., gradazione f.5) mus. scala f.III [skeɪl]verbo transitivo (climb) scalare [wall, peak, tower]- scale upIV [skeɪl]1) zool. squama f.2) (deposit) (in kettle, pipes) (deposito di) calcare m.; (on teeth) tartaro m.••V [skeɪl]1) (take scales off) squamare [ fish]2) (in kettle, pipes) togliere il calcare a* * *I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.)2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.)3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.)4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.)5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.)II [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.)III [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.)- scaly* * *I 1. [skeɪl]nome bilancia f.2. II [skeɪl]1) (extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, defeat, violence, development, recession) dimensioni f.pl., ampiezza f.; (of reform, task, activity, operation) portata f.2) (grading system) scala f.pay o salary scale scala retributiva; social scale scala sociale; on a scale of 1 to 10 — in una scala da 1 a 10
3) (for maps, models) scala f.4) (on thermometer, gauge) scala f., gradazione f.5) mus. scala f.III [skeɪl]verbo transitivo (climb) scalare [wall, peak, tower]- scale upIV [skeɪl]1) zool. squama f.2) (deposit) (in kettle, pipes) (deposito di) calcare m.; (on teeth) tartaro m.••V [skeɪl]1) (take scales off) squamare [ fish]2) (in kettle, pipes) togliere il calcare a -
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(something unimportant: This is small beer compared with his usual work.) inezia, cosa di poca importanza
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