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♦ bread /brɛd/n. [u]1 pane: a loaf of bread, una pagnotta; un pane; bread and cheese, pane e formaggio; bread roll, panino; to bake bread, cuocere il pane; fare il pane; DIALOGO → - In a sandwich bar- white bread, pane bianco; brown (o wholemeal) bread, pane integrale; crusty bread, pane crostoso3 (relig.) pane; ostia● bread and butter, pane imburrato; (fig.) mezzi di sussistenza, (il) pane: to earn one's bread and butter, guadagnarsi il pane □ bread-and-butter letter, lettera di ringraziamento per ospitalità ricevuta □ ( cucina) bread-and-butter pudding, dolce al forno fatto con fette di pane imburrate, uvetta, latte e uova □ bread and circuses, panem et circenses (lat.) □ bread-basket, cestino del pane; (fig.) regione che produce molto grano, granaio; ( slang) stomaco □ bread bin ( USA: bread box), contenitore per il pane; scatola del pane □ ( cucina) bread coating, impanatura □ bread knife, coltello per il pane □ ( cucina) bread pudding, budino di pane □ ( cucina) bread sauce, salsa al latte addensata con pane grattugiato □ bread-stick ► breadstick □ (relig.) to break bread, somministrare la comunione; ( anche) comunicarsi, fare la comunione □ (form.) to break bread with sb., mangiare con q. □ to cast one's bread upon the waters, dare senza attendersi nulla in cambio □ to know which side one's bread is buttered (on), saper fare il proprio interesse; saper bene dalla parte di chi conviene stare □ to be on bread and water, essere a pane e acqua □ to take the bread out of sb. 's mouth, levare il pane di bocca a q. □ to want one's bread buttered on both sides, volere più del dovuto; volere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca □ (prov.) Man cannot live by bread alone, non si vive di solo pane.(to) bread /brɛd/v. t.breadeda.breadingn. [u]impanatura.
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bread-and-butter letter — {n.} A written acknowledgment of hospitality received. * /Jane wrote the Browns a bread and butter letter when she returned home from her visit to them./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bread-and-butter\ letter — noun A written acknowledgment of hospitality received. Jane wrote the Browns a bread and butter letter when she returned home from her visit to them … Словарь американских идиом
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