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1 desperately
['despərətlɪ]to need, want sth. desperately — avere un bisogno disperato di qcs., volere qcs. con tutte le proprie forze
2) (as intensifier) [ poor] estremamente, tremendamente; [ ill] gravemente* * *adverb disperatamente* * *desperately /ˈdɛspərətlɪ/avv.1 disperatamente: They tried desperately to reach the stranded climbers, hanno tentato disperatamente di raggiungere gli alpinisti bloccati; He wants desperately to be liked, vuole piacere a tutti i costi2 estremamente: desperately unhappy [worried, poor], estremamente infelice [preoccupato, povero].* * *['despərətlɪ]to need, want sth. desperately — avere un bisogno disperato di qcs., volere qcs. con tutte le proprie forze
2) (as intensifier) [ poor] estremamente, tremendamente; [ ill] gravemente -
2 desperately des·per·ate·ly adv
['dɛsp(ə)rɪtlɪ]desperately ill — gravemente malato (-a), tra la vita e la morte
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3 frantically
['fræntɪklɪ]1) (wildly) freneticamente2) (desperately) disperatamente, affannosamente* * *adverb freneticamente* * *frantically► frantic* * *['fræntɪklɪ]1) (wildly) freneticamente2) (desperately) disperatamente, affannosamente -
4 scrabble
['skræbl]1) (anche scrabble around) (search) rovistare, frugare* * *['skræbl](a kind of word-building game.)* * *scrabble /ˈskræbl/n.1 grattata; raspata3 (fam.) ► scramble● scrabble board, tabellone dello Scarabeo.(to) scrabble /ˈskræbl/v. t. e i.2 scarabocchiare; scribacchiare3 (fam.) ► to scramble, A● to scrabble about for st., cercare a tentoni qc. □ to scrabble for a foothold, cercare un appiglio per il piede □ (fig.) to scrabble for a living, darsi da fare per guadagnarsi da vivere.* * *['skræbl]1) (anche scrabble around) (search) rovistare, frugare -
5 cry out
(with pain, grief etc.) lanciare, emettere un grido; (call) gridareto cry out to sb. — chiamare qcn. gridando o ad alta voce
to cry out for — (beg for) invocare, implorare [ mercy]; (need desperately) chiedere a gran voce [help, reform]
* * *1. vi + adv(shout) urlare, gridarethis car is crying out to be resprayed fam — questa macchina ha un gran bisogno di essere riverniciata
2. vt + adv1) (call) gridare, urlare2)to cry one's eyes or heart out — piangere tutte le proprie lacrime
* * *(with pain, grief etc.) lanciare, emettere un grido; (call) gridareto cry out to sb. — chiamare qcn. gridando o ad alta voce
to cry out for — (beg for) invocare, implorare [ mercy]; (need desperately) chiedere a gran voce [help, reform]
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6 ♦ unhappy
♦ unhappy /ʌnˈhæpɪ/a.1 infelice; triste: an unhappy childhood [marriage], un'infanzia [un matrimonio] infelice; She looked so unhappy that I felt sorry for her, aveva un'aria così triste che mi ha fatto pena; She was desperately unhappy after her divorce, era estremamente infelice dopo il divorzio2 sfortunato: an unhappy accident, uno sfortunato incidente; by an unhappy coincidence, per una sfortunata coincidenza● to be unhappy with st. [sb.], non essere contento (o essere scontento) di qc. [q.]: I'm unhappy with your work, non sono contenta del tuo lavoro; Their mother was very unhappy with them, la loro madre era molto scontenta di loro □ to be unhappy about st., essere scontento di qc.: He was unhappy about the results, era scontento dei risultatiunhappinessn. [u]infelicità; sventura; tristezza. -
7 beg
[beg] 1.verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) chiedere (in elemosina) [food, money] ( from a); chiedere [favour, permission, forgiveness] ( from, of a); supplicare, pregare [ person] ( to do di fare)to beg sb. for sth. — chiedere qcs. a qcn. (con insistenza)
2."stop, I beg (of) you!" — "fermatevi, vi prego!"
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) [ person] chiedere l'elemosina ( from a); [ dog] = stare seduto con le zampe anteriori sollevate in attesa di cibo, ecc.to beg for — elemosinare, mendicare [money, food]
- beg off••* * *[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) elemosinare, chiedere l'elemosina2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) pregare•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) rovinare, ridurre in miseria- beg to differ* * *[bɛɡ]1. vthe begged me to help him — mi ha supplicato or pregato di aiutarlo
I beg your pardon — (apologising) mi scusi, (not hearing) scusi?
2)2. vi•- beg off* * *[beg] 1.verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) chiedere (in elemosina) [food, money] ( from a); chiedere [favour, permission, forgiveness] ( from, of a); supplicare, pregare [ person] ( to do di fare)to beg sb. for sth. — chiedere qcs. a qcn. (con insistenza)
2."stop, I beg (of) you!" — "fermatevi, vi prego!"
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) [ person] chiedere l'elemosina ( from a); [ dog] = stare seduto con le zampe anteriori sollevate in attesa di cibo, ecc.to beg for — elemosinare, mendicare [money, food]
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8 desperate
['despərət]1) [person, act, case, situation] disperato; [ criminal] pronto a tuttoto be desperate for — avere un disperato bisogno di [affection, money]; essere in disperata attesa di [ news]
2) colloq. (terrible) estremo, tremendo* * *['despərət]1) ((sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent: She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.) disperato2) (very bad or almost hopeless: We are in a desperate situation.) disperato3) (urgent and despairing: He made a desperate appeal for help.) disperato•- desperation* * *['despərət]1) [person, act, case, situation] disperato; [ criminal] pronto a tuttoto be desperate for — avere un disperato bisogno di [affection, money]; essere in disperata attesa di [ news]
2) colloq. (terrible) estremo, tremendo -
9 like mad
(wildly, desperately, very quickly etc: struggling/trying/running like mad.) come un pazzo -
10 rack one's brains
(to think desperately hard.)
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