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1 horse
[hɔːs]1) cavallo m.the horses — colloq. (horseracing) le corse dei cavalli
3) U mil. cavalleria f.4) colloq. (heroin) ero(ina) f.••to flog — BE
beat — AE
a dead horse — colloq. pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth — [ information] di prima mano
to get on one's high horse — darsi delle arie, alzare la cresta
hold your horses! — colloq. calma!
it's horses for courses — = persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
* * *[ho:s]1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) cavallo2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) cavallo•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth* * *[hɔːs]1) cavallo m.the horses — colloq. (horseracing) le corse dei cavalli
3) U mil. cavalleria f.4) colloq. (heroin) ero(ina) f.••to flog — BE
beat — AE
a dead horse — colloq. pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth — [ information] di prima mano
to get on one's high horse — darsi delle arie, alzare la cresta
hold your horses! — colloq. calma!
it's horses for courses — = persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
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2 syllabus
['sɪləbəs]* * *['siləbəs](a programme or list, eg of a course of lectures, or of courses of study.) (programma di studio)* * *syllabus /ˈsɪləbəs/n. (pl. syllabi, syllabuses)1 catalogo; compendio; sommario3 (relig.) sillabo● syllabus design, preparazione dei programmi di studio.* * *['sɪləbəs] -
3 extension
[ɪk'stenʃn]1) (extra section) (of cable, table) prolunga f.; (of road) prolungamento m.3) (prolongation) (of visa, loan) proroga f.; (of deadline) proroga f.4) (widening) (of powers, services) ampliamento m.; (of knowledge) estensione f., ampliamento m.; (of business) allargamento m., ampliamento m.by extension — (logically) per estensione
5) (in hairdressing) extension f.6) inform. estensione f.* * *[-ʃən]1) (an added part: He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.) aggiunta; allungamento; interno2) ((a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.) (programma per studenti universitari che non possono frequentare a tempo pieno)3) (the process of extending.) estensione4) (a telephone that operates on the same line as another: They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.)* * *[ɪk'stenʃn]1) (extra section) (of cable, table) prolunga f.; (of road) prolungamento m.3) (prolongation) (of visa, loan) proroga f.; (of deadline) proroga f.4) (widening) (of powers, services) ampliamento m.; (of knowledge) estensione f., ampliamento m.; (of business) allargamento m., ampliamento m.by extension — (logically) per estensione
5) (in hairdressing) extension f.6) inform. estensione f.
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