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♦ clean /kli:n/A a.4 netto; nitido; preciso; accurato: a clean cut, un taglio netto; clean profile, profilo puro; the clean lines of a car, la linea pulita di un'auto; clean fracture, frattura netta5 decente; innocente; pulito: clean jokes, barzellette pulite; It's all good clean fun, è un divertimento innocente6 ( sport) corretto; leale; sportivo; pulito: clean fight, combattimento leale; ( boxe) clean blow, colpo pulito9 (relig.) puro; incontaminato10 (leg.) senza precedenti; pulito; onesto: clean life, vita onesta; (autom.) clean driving licence, patente pulita ( senza annotazioni di infrazioni); He has had a clean record for three years, sono tre anni che ha la fedina penale pulita11 (fam.) non armato; pulito12 (fam.) senza un soldo; ripulito; pulito: They left him clean of money, lo hanno lasciato al verde; lo hanno pulito ( di denaro)B avv.1 in modo da pulire bene; a fondo: to scrub the floor clean, strofinare il pavimento fino a pulirlo bene2 (fam.) completamente, interamente; del tutto: to be clean wrong, aver torto marcio; I clean forgot about it, me ne sono dimenticato completamente; They got clean away, se la sono filata; The knife went clean through his arm, il coltello gli ha trapassato il braccio da parte a parte4 ( sport) in modo pulito (o regolare); senza commettere errori: ( tiro a segno) to shoot clean, sparare senza commettere erroriC n.(solo al sing.) (fam.) pulita; ripulita: to give st. a clean, dare una pulita a qc.; DIALOGO → - Chores- I'll give the bathroom a good clean when this programme finishes, darò una bella pulita al bagno appena finisce questo programma; DIALOGO → - Dental fees- If it's just a checkup and a clean it's £60, se è solo controllo e pulizia costa £60● (comm.) clean acceptance, accettazione incondizionata ( di una cambiale) □ ( sollevamento pesi) clean and jerk, slancio □ (med., naut.) clean bill of health, patente sanitaria netta; certificato di sana costituzione; (fig.) approvazione, nullaosta □ clean copy, bella (o buona) copia □ clean-cut, netto, ben delineato, nitido; ( di persona) perbene, (dall'aria) ammodo: clean-cut features, fattezze ben delineate; clean-cut precision, estrema precisione; a clean-cut young man, un giovanotto dall'aria ammodo □ (fig.) clean-handed, che ha le mani pulite; innocente □ clean-handedness, coscienza pulita; onestà □ clean-limbed, (ben) proporzionato; snello □ clean-living, che conduce una vita sana o morigerata □ clean-minded, pulito (fig.); onesto □ (naut.) clean on board, netto a bordo □ (elettron.) clean room, camera bianca □ clean room suit, tuta sterile □ clean-shaven, sbarbato; ben rasato; senza barba o baffi □ (fig.) clean sheet, pagina bianca; fedina penale pulita □ (naut.) clean ship, nave pulita (spec. una petroliera); nave in libera pratica □ clean suit = clean room suit ► sopra □ clean timber, legno pulito ( senza nodi) □ (fig.) a clean tongue, un linguaggio castigato □ (fam.) as clean as a new pin (o as a whistle), pulitissimo; pulito come uno specchio □ (fam.) to come clean ( about st.), confessare (qc.); dire la verità (su qc.) □ (fig.) to have a clean slate, essere libero da debiti, impegni, ecc. □ (fam.) Keep it clean!, niente volgarità, per favore! □ to make a clean breast of st., confessare qc. interamente; liberarsi di un peso □ to make a clean sweep of st., fare piazza pulita di qc. □ to show a clean pair of heels, fuggire a gambe levate; scappare; ( sport) staccare □ (fig.) to start off with a clean slate, ripartire da zero ( senza pendenze o trascorsi alle spalle).♦ (to) clean /kli:n/A v. t.pulire: to clean one's shoes, pulirsi le scarpe; to clean one's teeth, pulirsi (o lavarsi) i denti; to clean fish, pulire il pesceB v. i.1 fare le pulizie; pulire● (fam. USA) to clean house, fare piazza pulita; fare un repulisti (fam.) □ to clean one's plate, vuotare (o ripulire) il piatto.NOTA D'USO: - to clean o to wash?-
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