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1 brick-built
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2 brick-built adj
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3 ♦ brick
♦ brick /brɪk/n.1 [cu] mattone; laterizio: built in brick (o brick-built) (costruito) in mattoni; di mattoni; a brick wall, un muro di mattoni2 pezzo rettangolare; cubetto; blocchetto5 (fam. GB, antiq.) vero amico; angelo; tesoro: Celia, you're a brick!, Celia, sei un angelo!● bricks and mortar, edifici (pl.); case (pl.); ( come investimento) il mattone, la casa, gli immobili (pl.); ( anche) il settore immobiliare □ (comput., econ.) brick-and-mortar, tradizionale (ossia non appartenente alla «new economy») □ brick-earth, argilla per mattoni □ brick flooring, ammattonato □ brick hammer, martello da muratore □ brick kiln, fornace da mattoni □ brick pavement, ammattonato □ brick red, rosso mattone □ brick veneer, rivestimento di mattoni (di casa, su una struttura di legno); (Austral.) casa con questo rivestimento □ (fam.) to be a brick (o a few bricks) short of a load, essere un po' picchiato; non essere tutto giusto □ (fam.) to come down on sb. like a ton of bricks, fare una sfuriata a q.; levare il pelo a q.; mangiarsi vivo q. □ to come up against a brick wall, andare a sbattere contro un muro (fig.) □ (fam.) to drop a brick, fare una gaffe; dirla grossa □ ( slang USA) to hit the bricks, uscire in strada; scioperare, scendere in strada; uscire di prigione □ to make bricks without straw, fare qc. senza avere i mezzi necessari.(to) brick /brɪk/v. t.costruire, pavimentare con mattoni; ammattonare, mattonare● to brick up, murare ( con mattoni: una finestra, ecc.) □ ( slang) to be bricking it, cacarsi sotto (dalla paura). -
4 built
[bɪlt] 1. 2.1) (made)2) (designed)to be built for — [car, equipment] essere progettato per [efficiency, speed]
3) - built in composti* * *[-t]past tense, past participle; = build* * *built /bɪlt/A pass. e p. p.di to buildB a.1 (nei composti:) fatto; costruito; fabbricato: brick-built, (fatto) di mattoni; German-built, fatto (o fabbricato) in Germania2 (nei composti:) ( di persona) di corporatura; dal fisico: heavily built, di grossa corporatura; dal fisico pesante; lightly built, dal fisico esile; well-built, robusto, ben piantato● built-in, (edil.) incassato, a muro; (mecc.) incorporato; (comput.) integrato, incorporato; predefinito; interno; (fig.) incorporato, incluso, automatico, intrinseco, implicito, connaturato: built-in wardrobe, armadio a muro; built-in antenna, antenna incorporata; (comput.) built-in check, controllo interno (o automatico); (comput.) built-in test, test integrato; (comput.) built-in toolbar, barra degli strumenti predefinita; (fin.) built-in flexibility, flessibilità automatica ( dei tassi di cambio); (econ.) built-in stabilizer, stabilizzatore automatico; built-in escape clause, clausola risolutiva inserita ( in un contratto); built-in resistance, resistenza connaturata □ built-up, (edil.) edificato, coperto di edifici; ( anche) composto, a strati; ( di tacco, ecc.) rialzato: built-up area, agglomerato urbano; abitato; built-up beam, trave metallica composta; built-up heels, rialzi ( per scarpe).* * *[bɪlt] 1. 2.1) (made)2) (designed)to be built for — [car, equipment] essere progettato per [efficiency, speed]
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5 shithouse shit·house
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6 wall
I [wɔːl]1) muro m., parete f.2) (of cave, tunnel) parete f.3) anat. biol. parete f.4) (of tyre) fianco m.5) fig. muro m., barriera f.••to be off the wall — colloq. [ person] essere matto; [ comments] essere insensato
to drive sb. up the wall — colloq. fare arrabbiare qcn., fare saltare i nervi a qcn.
to go to the wall — BE fallire, essere rovinato
II [wɔːl]to have sb. up against the wall — mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro
verbo transitivo cingere di mura- wall in- wall off- wall up* * *[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) muro, parete2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) murare, (circondare con un muro)- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) (mettere la carta da parati)- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *I [wɔːl]1) muro m., parete f.2) (of cave, tunnel) parete f.3) anat. biol. parete f.4) (of tyre) fianco m.5) fig. muro m., barriera f.••to be off the wall — colloq. [ person] essere matto; [ comments] essere insensato
to drive sb. up the wall — colloq. fare arrabbiare qcn., fare saltare i nervi a qcn.
to go to the wall — BE fallire, essere rovinato
II [wɔːl]to have sb. up against the wall — mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro
verbo transitivo cingere di mura- wall in- wall off- wall up
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