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1 dam
I [dæm] II [dæm]verbo transitivo ing. arginare [river, lake]; (to prevent flooding) costruire dighe su [river, lake]- dam upIII [dæm]nome (of animals) madre f.* * *[dæm] 1. noun1) (a bank or wall of earth, concrete etc to keep back water: A new dam was being built at the mouth of the valley.) barriera, diga2) (the water kept back.) bacino d'acqua2. verb(to hold back by means of a dam: The river has been dammed up.) arginare* * *[dæm]1. n(wall) diga, sbarramento, (reservoir) bacino artificiale2. vt(also: dam up) (river) sbarrare con una diga, (lake) costruire una diga su, fig arginare, frenare* * *dam (1) /dæm/n.1 diga2 (region.) bacino d'acqua trattenuta da una diga3 (metall.) dama; piastra.dam (2) /dæm/n.2 (arc.) madre● (fig.) the devil and his dam, le forze del male.(to) dam /dæm/2 arginare; contenere* * *I [dæm] II [dæm]verbo transitivo ing. arginare [river, lake]; (to prevent flooding) costruire dighe su [river, lake]- dam upIII [dæm]nome (of animals) madre f. -
2 face *****
[feɪs]1. n(gen) faccia, Anat faccia, volto, viso, (expression) faccia, espressione f, (grimace) smorfia, (of dial, watch, clock) quadrante m, (surface: of the earth) superficie f, faccia, (of building) facciata, (of mountain, cliff) parete fface down(wards) — (person) a faccia in giù, bocconi, (object) a faccia in giù, (card) coperto (-a)
face up(wards) — (person, object) a faccia in su, (card) scoperto (-a)
in the face of — (difficulties etc) di fronte a
you can shout till you're black or blue in the face... — puoi urlare fino a sgolarti...
to pull a long face — fare la faccia lunga, fare il muso
to make or pull faces (at sb) — fare le boccacce (a qn)
to lose/save face — perdere/salvare la faccia
2. vtto sit facing the engine — (on train) sedersi nella direzione della marcia
2) (confront: attacker, danger) affrontare, fronteggiareI can't face him — (ashamed) non ho il coraggio di guardarlo in faccia, (reluctant) non ho nessuna voglia di vederlo
to face the fact that... — riconoscere or ammettere che...
3) Tech rivestire, ricoprire3. vito face this way — girarsi da questa parteit faces east/towards the east — è esposto (-a) a/guarda verso est
•- face out
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