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1 ♦ burden
♦ burden /ˈbɜ:dn/n.1 carico; fardello; peso; soma: beast of burden, bestia da soma; ( anche fig.) to carry a burden, portare un peso2 (fig.) fardello; peso; carico; gravame: a burden of care, un fardello di affanni; the burden of years, il peso degli anni; tax burden, gravame fiscale, carico tributario; to bear a heavy burden, portare un grosso fardello; to make sb. 's life a burden, rendere la vita insopportabile a q.5 (mus.) ritornello6 [u] (naut.) portata; portata lorda7 (elettr.) carico totale(to) burden /ˈbɜ:dn/v. t.2 opprimere; affliggere; imporre (qc.) a: I won't burden you with the whole story, non voglio affliggerti con tutta la storia3 ► burdened. -
2 beast
[biːst]1) (animal) bestia f., animale m.to bring out the beast in sb. — (make lustful, brutal) risvegliare la bestia o l'animale che c'è in qcn
••it's in the nature of the beast — scherz. è la legge della natura, così vanno le cose
it's a beast of a job! — colloq. è un lavoro da bestie!
* * *[bi:st]1) (a four-footed (especially large) animal: beasts of the jungle.) bestia2) (a cruel, brutal person.) bestia, animale3) (an unpleasant person: Arthur is a beast for refusing to come!) bestia, animale•- beastly- beastliness* * *beast /bi:st/n.● beast of burden, bestia da soma □ beast of a cold, brutto raffreddore □ beast of prey, animale da predaFALSI AMICI: beast non significa bestia nel senso di persona ignorante.* * *[biːst]1) (animal) bestia f., animale m.to bring out the beast in sb. — (make lustful, brutal) risvegliare la bestia o l'animale che c'è in qcn
••it's in the nature of the beast — scherz. è la legge della natura, così vanno le cose
it's a beast of a job! — colloq. è un lavoro da bestie!
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3 burden
I ['bɜːdn]1) (responsibility) peso m., fardello m. (to sb. per qcn.)to ease the burden on sb. — scaricare il peso su qcn.
the burden of proof — dir. l'onere della prova
2) (load) carico m.II 1. ['bɜːdn]verbo transitivo (anche burden down)1) fig. caricare ( with di)2) sovraccaricare ( with di)2.to burden oneself — ( with di)
* * *['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) carico, soma2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) fardello, carico2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) caricare* * *I ['bɜːdn]1) (responsibility) peso m., fardello m. (to sb. per qcn.)to ease the burden on sb. — scaricare il peso su qcn.
the burden of proof — dir. l'onere della prova
2) (load) carico m.II 1. ['bɜːdn]verbo transitivo (anche burden down)1) fig. caricare ( with di)2) sovraccaricare ( with di)2.to burden oneself — ( with di)
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4 beast n
[biːst](animal, fam: disagreeable person) bestia, animale m, (cruel person) bruto
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