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brain trust nome brain trust m., trust m. di cervelli* * *ntrust m inv dei cervelli* * *brain trust nome brain trust m., trust m. di cervelli -
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3 ♦ brain
♦ brain /breɪn/n.1 (anat.) cervello: brain cell, cellula cerebrale: brain injury, lesione cerebrale; (med.) brain damage, cerebropatia; danno cerebrale; (med.) brain-damaged, cerebroleso; che ha subito un danno cerebrale2 (al pl.) (alim.) cervella3 [cu] (anche al pl.) capacità intellettuale; intelligenza; mente; cervello; testa: to have brains, avere cervello; essere intelligente; a fine brain (o plenty of brain) una testa notevole4 (anche al pl.) ( di persona) cervello; mente direttiva: the best brains in the country, i migliori cervelli del paese; He's the brains of the enterprise, è il cervello dell'impresa● brain-dead, (med.) che presenta morte cerebrale, che presenta un encefalogramma piatto; (fig. fam.) deficiente, decerebrato, che ha l'encefalogramma piatto □ (med.) brain death, morte cerebrale □ brain drain, fuga dei cervelli □ (fam., USA) brain fart, vuoto di memoria (o di amnesia) □ (med.) brain fever, febbre cerebrale; meningite □ (med.) brain haemorrhage, emorragia cerebrale; ictus □ brain-sick (agg.), malato di mente □ brain surgeon, neurochirurgo □ brains trust, ( USA: brain trust), équipe di esperti; squadra di consulenti; brain trust □ to beat (o to cudgel, to rack) one's brains, lambiccarsi il cervello; scervellarsi □ to blow out one's brains, farsi saltare le cervella □ to have st. on the brain, avere il chiodo fisso di qc.; essere ossessionato da qc. □ to make sb. 's brain reel, far girare il cervello a q. □ to pick sb. 's brains, ricorrere all'esperienza di q.; consultare q.; chiedere lumi a q. NOTA D'USO: - cerebral o brain?-.(to) brain /breɪn/v. t.dare una botta in testa a; spaccare la testa a.
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