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1 death
[deθ]to burn, freeze to death — morire bruciato, assiderato
to put sb. to death — mandare a morte qcn.
a fall would mean o spell death una caduta sarebbe fatale; "Deaths" — giorn. "Necrologi"
••to die a o the death [entertainer, play] essere un fiasco; that child will be the death of me! quel bambino mi farà morire! it's a matter of life or death è una questione di vita o di morte; to look like death warmed up sembrare un cadavere ambulante; to be at death's door essere in punto di morte; worried, bored to death preoccupato, annoiato da morire ( about per); to frighten sb. to death fare morire qcn. di paura; I'm sick to death of this! ne ho fin sopra i capelli! you'll catch your death (of cold) ti prenderai un malanno; that joke has been done to death — è una barzelletta vecchia come il cucco
* * *[deƟ]1) (the act of dying: There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.) morte2) (something which causes one to die: Smoking too much was the death of him.) morte3) (the state of being dead: eyes closed in death.) morte•- deathly- death-bed
- death certificate
- at death's door
- catch one's death of cold
- catch one's death
- put to death
- to death* * *[deθ]to burn, freeze to death — morire bruciato, assiderato
to put sb. to death — mandare a morte qcn.
a fall would mean o spell death una caduta sarebbe fatale; "Deaths" — giorn. "Necrologi"
••to die a o the death [entertainer, play] essere un fiasco; that child will be the death of me! quel bambino mi farà morire! it's a matter of life or death è una questione di vita o di morte; to look like death warmed up sembrare un cadavere ambulante; to be at death's door essere in punto di morte; worried, bored to death preoccupato, annoiato da morire ( about per); to frighten sb. to death fare morire qcn. di paura; I'm sick to death of this! ne ho fin sopra i capelli! you'll catch your death (of cold) ti prenderai un malanno; that joke has been done to death — è una barzelletta vecchia come il cucco
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2 life-and-death
[ˌlaɪfən'deθ]* * *adjective (serious and deciding between life and death: a life-and-death struggle.) di vita o di morte* * *[ˌlaɪfən'deθ]
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