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1 ♦ happy
♦ happy /ˈhæpɪ/a.1 felice; contento; lieto; fortunato: a happy marriage, un matrimonio felice (o fortunato); I was happy to see her again, fui lieto di rivederla; a happy idea, un'idea felice (o azzeccata); una buona idea; a happy coincidence, una coincidenza fortunata; una felice coincidenza; to be happy with (o about) essere soddisfatto (o contento) di2 (fam.) brillo; alticcio; su di giri (fam.)4 (arc.) esperto; ferrato● Happy birthday!, buon compleanno! □ (iron., del rito evangelico) happy-clappy, che (o chi) manifesta la propria fede cantando e battendo le mani □ (fig. scherz.) happy dispatch, harakiri □ happy ending, lieto fine □ happy event, lieto evento ( la nascita di un bimbo) □ the happy few, i privilegiati; i pochi fortunati □ happy-go-lucky, che prende il mondo come viene; spensierato □ (fam.) happy hour, periodo del giorno in cui le bevande ( al bar, ecc.) costano meno; happy hour □ a (o the) happy medium, il giusto mezzo □ DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Happy New Year!, Buon anno!; Felice anno nuovo! □ to be as happy as a dog with two tails, essere arcicontento; gongolare □ to be (as) happy as a king (o as a clam, as a lark, as a Larry, as a sandboy, as the day is long), essere felice (o contento) come una Pasqua □ to strike a (o the) happy medium, trovare il giusto mezzo (o un giusto compromesso) NOTA D'USO: - una grande soddisfazione-. -
2 ♦ train
♦ train /treɪn/n.1 (ferr.) treno: to take the train, prendere il treno; by train, in treno; DIALOGO → - On the Tube- Excuse me, is this a Tower Hill train?, mi scusi, questo treno va in direzione di Tower Hill?; to get on (o to board) the train, salire in treno; to get off the train, scendere dal treno; to miss the train, perdere il treno; to change trains, cambiare treno; goods (o freight) train, treno merci; passenger train, treno viaggiatori; mail train, (treno) postale2 seguito; corteo; codazzo: They formed part of the queen's train, facevano parte del seguito della regina; a train of admirers [fans], un codazzo d'ammiratori [di tifosi]6 fila; corso; serie: one's train of thought, il corso (o il filo) dei propri pensieri; a sad train of accidents, una triste serie di incidenti7 striscia di polvere pirica; miccia● train-bearer, paggio, paggetto ( che sostiene lo strascico) □ (ferr.) train crash, scontro di due treni; incidente ferroviario □ (ferr.) train driver, macchinista □ (ferr., naut.) train ferry, nave traghetto □ (ferr.) train guard, controllore (ferroviario) □ ( USA) train jumper, viaggiatore (ferroviario) clandestino □ train set, trenino con rotaie, ecc. ( giocattolo) □ train shed, deposito (o rimessa); ( di stazione) pensilina □ train-surfing, pericoloso passatempo di camminare sul tetto di un treno in corsa □ to dispatch the train, dare la partenza al treno □ down train, treno diretto in provincia (spec. in partenza da Londra) □ (fig.) in train, pronto □ the in train, il treno in arrivo □ in one's train, come strascico, come conseguenza: The plague brought famine in its train, la peste portò come conseguenza la carestia □ (volg. USA: di una donna) to pull the train, avere rapporti sessuali consecutivi con diversi uomini □ up train, treno diretto a una città (spec. a Londra) □ «Beware of trains» ( cartello), «attenti al treno» ( a un passaggio a livello incustodito) □ «To all trains» ( cartello in una stazione), «ai treni».♦ (to) train /treɪn/A v. t.1 addestrare; allenare; educare; istruire; esercitare; ammaestrare; preparare: Medical students are trained at this hospital, in questo ospedale vengono addestrati gli studenti di medicina; to train athletes for a race, allenare atleti per una corsa; to train a dog for a circus, ammaestrare un cane per il circo; to train soldiers, addestrare truppe2 (bot., agric.) allevare, far crescere ( piante in un certo modo): to train vines on a trellis, far crescere le viti a tendone3 (mil. e sport) puntare ( armi, ma anche un binocolo, ecc.); orientare: Our guns were trained on the enemy tanks, i nostri cannoni erano puntati sui carri armati nemici; I trained my field glasses on the bear, ho puntato il binocolo sull'orsoB v. i.1 addestrarsi; allenarsi; prepararsi: The recruits were training in the barracks, le reclute si addestravano in caserma; He is training for the next match, si sta allenando per il prossimo incontro; to train as a teacher, prepararsi a fare l'insegnante2 (fam.) andare in treno; servirsi del treno● ( sport) to train fine, mettere in forma; entrare in forma ( con l'allenamento); allenare (o allenarsi) bene □ to train horses, scozzonare cavalli □ to train sb. to obedience ( to obey), abituare q. all'obbedienza.
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