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1 dwelling house
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2 ♦ dwelling
♦ dwelling /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/n.(form.) abitazione; dimora● (edil., leg.) dwelling house, casa d'abitazione □ dwelling place, luogo di residenza. -
3 dwelling dwell·ing n
['dwɛlɪŋ]frm liter dimoradwelling house Law — abitazione f
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4 dwelling
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5 long house
(in tribal societies, a long rectangular dwelling shared by several families, especially in south-east Asia and amongst North American Indians.) casa tribale -
6 live
I 1. [lɪv]verbo transitivo (conduct) vivere2.to live a peaceful, healthier life — vivere una vita tranquilla, più sana
1) (dwell) [ animal] vivere; [ person] vivere, abitare; (in permanent dwelling) abitarethey live at number 7 — vivono o abitano al numero 7
to live together, alone — vivere o abitare insieme, da solo
to live in — vivere o abitare in [house, apartment]
2) (lead one's life) vivereto live in luxury, in the computer age vivere nel lusso, nell'era informatica; to live for vivere per [ family]; to live through sth. passare attraverso o vivere [ experience]; they lived happily ever after — (in story) vissero felici e contenti
3) (remain alive) vivere; (survive) sopravvivereas long as I live... — finché vivrò...
I'll live! — scherz. sopravviverò!
4) (subsist) vivereto live on o off nutrirsi solo di [ fruit]; vivere di [ charity]; vivere di o con [ wage]; to live off sb. vivere a spese o alle spalle di qcn.; to live on junk food — mangiare solo schifezze
to live with — accettare [situation, fact]; sopportare [ noise]
to live with oneself — vivere in pace con se stessi, non pensarci
come on! live a little! — su, lasciati andare!
you haven't lived until you've been to... — non puoi dire di aver vissuto finché non sei andato a
•- live in- live on- live out••II 1. [laɪv]to live it up — colloq. spassarsela, darsi alla bella vita
1) (not dead) [person, animal] vivoreal live — in carne e ossa, vivo e parlante
3) el. sotto tensione5) (capable of exploding) [ gun] carico; (unexploded) [ bomb] inesploso2.* * *I 1. [liv] verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.)2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.)3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.)4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.)5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.)•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) il vivere- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.)2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?)3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb)4) (burning: a live coal.)2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.)- lively- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire* * *I 1. [lɪv]verbo transitivo (conduct) vivere2.to live a peaceful, healthier life — vivere una vita tranquilla, più sana
1) (dwell) [ animal] vivere; [ person] vivere, abitare; (in permanent dwelling) abitarethey live at number 7 — vivono o abitano al numero 7
to live together, alone — vivere o abitare insieme, da solo
to live in — vivere o abitare in [house, apartment]
2) (lead one's life) vivereto live in luxury, in the computer age vivere nel lusso, nell'era informatica; to live for vivere per [ family]; to live through sth. passare attraverso o vivere [ experience]; they lived happily ever after — (in story) vissero felici e contenti
3) (remain alive) vivere; (survive) sopravvivereas long as I live... — finché vivrò...
I'll live! — scherz. sopravviverò!
4) (subsist) vivereto live on o off nutrirsi solo di [ fruit]; vivere di [ charity]; vivere di o con [ wage]; to live off sb. vivere a spese o alle spalle di qcn.; to live on junk food — mangiare solo schifezze
to live with — accettare [situation, fact]; sopportare [ noise]
to live with oneself — vivere in pace con se stessi, non pensarci
come on! live a little! — su, lasciati andare!
you haven't lived until you've been to... — non puoi dire di aver vissuto finché non sei andato a
•- live in- live on- live out••II 1. [laɪv]to live it up — colloq. spassarsela, darsi alla bella vita
1) (not dead) [person, animal] vivoreal live — in carne e ossa, vivo e parlante
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7 Home
I 1. [həʊm]1) (dwelling) abitazione f.; (house) casa f., alloggio m.2) (for residential care) ricovero m.retirement, nursing home — casa di riposo, casa di cura
3) (family base) focolare m. domestico, famiglia f."good home wanted" — "cercasi famiglia rispettabile"
4) (country) patria f., paese m. natale2.home of — [ country] patria di [ speciality]
2) (national) [market, affairs, news] interno3.1) [come, go, arrive] (to house) a casa; (to country) in patriaon the journey home — tornando a casa; (by boat, plane) nel viaggio di ritorno
2) fig. (to required effect)to bring sth. home to — fare comprendere qcs. a
3) at home (in house) [work, stay] a casa; sport (on own ground) [ play] in casa; fig. (comfortable) [be, feel] a proprio agio••it's home from home — BE
II [həʊm]it's home away from home — AE è una seconda casa
- home in* * *[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) casa; habitat2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) patria3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) casa, dimora4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) casa5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domestico2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) nazionale, nostrano3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) locale, di/in casa3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) a casa2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) a fondo, nel segno•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *(Surnames) Home /həʊm, hju:m/* * *I 1. [həʊm]1) (dwelling) abitazione f.; (house) casa f., alloggio m.2) (for residential care) ricovero m.retirement, nursing home — casa di riposo, casa di cura
3) (family base) focolare m. domestico, famiglia f."good home wanted" — "cercasi famiglia rispettabile"
4) (country) patria f., paese m. natale2.home of — [ country] patria di [ speciality]
2) (national) [market, affairs, news] interno3.1) [come, go, arrive] (to house) a casa; (to country) in patriaon the journey home — tornando a casa; (by boat, plane) nel viaggio di ritorno
2) fig. (to required effect)to bring sth. home to — fare comprendere qcs. a
3) at home (in house) [work, stay] a casa; sport (on own ground) [ play] in casa; fig. (comfortable) [be, feel] a proprio agio••it's home from home — BE
II [həʊm]it's home away from home — AE è una seconda casa
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8 slum
I 1. [slʌm]1) (poor area) quartiere m. povero, slum m.2) colloq. (dwelling) topaia f.2.modificatore [area, housing, house] povero, degradato; [ child] dei quartieri poveri; [ conditions] nei quartieri poveriII [slʌm]verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - mm-) colloq. (anche slum it) (accept lower standards) ridursi male* * *(a group of houses, blocks of flats, street etc where the conditions are dirty and overcrowded and the building(s) usually in a bad state: That new block of flats is rapidly turning into a slum; a slum dwelling.) (quartiere degradato)* * *slum /slʌm/n.2 viuzza sudicia; vicolo; angiporto3 quartiere degradato; quartiere povero; corea (fam.); slum● ( urbanistica) slum area, zona degradata □ slum clearance, risanamento edilizio; bonifica dei bassifondi □ slum dwellers, abitanti dei quartieri poveri.(to) slum /slʌm/v. i.( di solito to go slumming) visitare i quartieri poveri ( per curiosità, per beneficenza, ecc.); fare scorrerie negli slum; ( anche) frequentare gente socialmente inferiore● to slum it, vivere senza comodità (o alla meglio); adattarsi.* * *I 1. [slʌm]1) (poor area) quartiere m. povero, slum m.2) colloq. (dwelling) topaia f.2.modificatore [area, housing, house] povero, degradato; [ child] dei quartieri poveri; [ conditions] nei quartieri poveriII [slʌm]verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - mm-) colloq. (anche slum it) (accept lower standards) ridursi male -
9 mean
I [miːn]1) (ungenerous) [ person] avaro; [attitude, nature] meschino; [ examiner] severo3) (vicious) [animal, person, expression] cattivo4) (tough) [city, street] ostile5) colloq. (skilful) [cook, cocktail] formidabile, fantastico6) colloq. (small)8) AE colloq. (unwell)II [miːn] III [miːn]to feel mean — sentirsi giù di corda, non sentirsi in forma
1) mat. media f.2) fig. (middle point) mezzo m., via f. di mezzoIV [miːn]verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. meant)1) (signify) [word, symbol, phrase] significare, voler dire2) (intend)to mean to do — avere l'intenzione o proporsi di fare
to mean sb. to do — BE
to mean for sb. to do — AE volere che qcn. faccia
he doesn't mean you any harm — non vuole o intende farti del male
to mean well by sb. — essere benintenzionato verso qcn.
he means what he says — (he is sincere) dice sul serio; (he is menacing) fa sul serio
without meaning to — senza volerlo, inavvertitamente
3) (entail) [strike, law] comportare [shortages, changes]I mean to say, who wants a car that won't start? — voglio dire, chi vorrebbe una macchina che non parte?
I know what you mean — so che cosa intendi o vuoi dire
he's meant to be — dovrebbe essere [impartial, sad]
* * *[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).)2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.)3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.)4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.)•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.)2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.)2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.)III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?)2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.)•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) significativo, eloquente- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *I [miːn]1) (ungenerous) [ person] avaro; [attitude, nature] meschino; [ examiner] severo3) (vicious) [animal, person, expression] cattivo4) (tough) [city, street] ostile5) colloq. (skilful) [cook, cocktail] formidabile, fantastico6) colloq. (small)8) AE colloq. (unwell)II [miːn] III [miːn]to feel mean — sentirsi giù di corda, non sentirsi in forma
1) mat. media f.2) fig. (middle point) mezzo m., via f. di mezzoIV [miːn]verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. meant)1) (signify) [word, symbol, phrase] significare, voler dire2) (intend)to mean to do — avere l'intenzione o proporsi di fare
to mean sb. to do — BE
to mean for sb. to do — AE volere che qcn. faccia
he doesn't mean you any harm — non vuole o intende farti del male
to mean well by sb. — essere benintenzionato verso qcn.
he means what he says — (he is sincere) dice sul serio; (he is menacing) fa sul serio
without meaning to — senza volerlo, inavvertitamente
3) (entail) [strike, law] comportare [shortages, changes]I mean to say, who wants a car that won't start? — voglio dire, chi vorrebbe una macchina che non parte?
I know what you mean — so che cosa intendi o vuoi dire
he's meant to be — dovrebbe essere [impartial, sad]
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10 miserable
['mɪzrəbl]2) colloq. (small) [ quantity] misero; [ wage] da fame; (pathetic) [ attempt] patetico; [failure, performance, result] penoso* * *['mizərəbl]1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) infelice2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserabile•* * *miserable /ˈmɪzrəbl/a.1 misero; miserando; infelice; sventurato: miserable living conditions, condizioni di vita miserande; miserable fate, destino infelice; sventurata sorte3 miserabile; meschino; misero; povero: a miserable hovel, un miserabile tugurio; a miserable meal, un pasto misero● a miserable day, una gran brutta giornata: DIALOGO → - Weather- What a miserable day!, che giornataccia! □ a miserable face, un viso dolente (o sofferente) □ a miserable failure, un fiasco avvilente; un insuccesso clamoroso □ a miserable salary, uno stipendio da fame □ to feel miserable, sentirsi depresso (o triste); sentirsi giù di corda (fam.)miserably avv. miserableness n. [u].* * *['mɪzrəbl]2) colloq. (small) [ quantity] misero; [ wage] da fame; (pathetic) [ attempt] patetico; [failure, performance, result] penoso -
11 residence
['rezɪdəns]1) (in property ad) casa f., residenza f.; (prestigious) villa f., casa f. signorile2) form. (dwelling) casa f., domicilio m.3) amm. dir. (in area, country) residenza f., soggiorno m.to take up residence — andare ad abitare, prendere residenza
to be in residence — form. [ monarch] = essere (presente) nella residenza reale
4) AE univ. (anche residence hall, hall of residence) casa f. dello studente, collegio m. universitario* * *1) (a person's home, especially the grand house of someone important.) residenza2) (the act of living in a place, or the time of this: during his residence in Spain.) soggiorno* * *residence /ˈrɛzɪdns/n.1 [u] residenza; dimora: the President's official residence, la residenza ufficiale del presidente; (scherz.) my humble residence, la mia umile dimora2 residenza; soggiorno: to take up ( one's) residence in a place, prendere la residenza in un luogo; during my residence in France, durante il mio soggiorno in Francia; ( in albergo) DIALOGO → - Checking into a hotel- Can I ask you to fill out the residence card?, posso chiederle di riempire il modulo del registro per gli ospiti?3 [u] (leg.) domicilio fiscale4 [u] (leg.) residenza: The law will give the right of residence to 50,000 illegal immigrants, la legge darà diritto di residenza a 50 000 immigrati clandestini● (tur.) residence hotel, residence □ residence permit, permesso di soggiorno □ to be in residence, (di funzionario, studente) essere in sede; ( di professore) risiedere presso l'università □ (in GB) novelist [poet, painter] in residence, romanziere [poeta, pittore] che è ospite fisso di un'università □ Residence is required, la residenza è obbligatoriaFALSI AMICI: residence non significa residence nel senso italiano di struttura alberghiera.* * *['rezɪdəns]1) (in property ad) casa f., residenza f.; (prestigious) villa f., casa f. signorile2) form. (dwelling) casa f., domicilio m.3) amm. dir. (in area, country) residenza f., soggiorno m.to take up residence — andare ad abitare, prendere residenza
to be in residence — form. [ monarch] = essere (presente) nella residenza reale
4) AE univ. (anche residence hall, hall of residence) casa f. dello studente, collegio m. universitario
См. также в других словарях:
Dwelling house — Dwelling Dwell ing, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. [1913 Webster] Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. [1913 Webster] God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dwelling house — n formal especially BrE a house that people live in, not one that is being used as a shop, office etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
dwelling house — noun housing that someone is living in (Freq. 1) he built a modest dwelling near the pond they raise money to provide homes for the homeless • Syn: ↑dwelling, ↑home, ↑domicile, ↑abode, ↑habitation … Useful english dictionary
dwelling house — A building used as a place of abode for people. 43 Am J1st Pub Util § 183. A building suitable as a dwelling house, whether or not it is occupied at the time. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 904. For the purpose of the offense of arson, any house intended… … Ballentine's law dictionary
dwelling house of another — As the term is used in the law of arson, a dwelling house of which a person other than the accused is in possession; the person in possession may or may not be the owner. 5 Am J2d Arson § 39 … Ballentine's law dictionary
dwelling-house — dwellˈing house noun A house used as a dwelling, in distinction from a place of business or other building • • • Main Entry: ↑dwell … Useful english dictionary
dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence. [1400 50; late ME] * * * … Universalium
dwelling house — domicile; house or place where one lives; habitation; residence; abode … English contemporary dictionary
dwelling house — noun Law a house used as a residence rather than for business … English new terms dictionary
dwelling house — noun (C) law a house that people live in, not one that is being used as a shop, office etc … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dwelling house — /ˈdwɛlɪŋ haʊs/ (say dweling hows) noun a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence …