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21 judicial ju·di·cial adj
[dʒuː'dɪʃ(ə)l]1) (enquiry, decision) giudiziario (-a)2) (mind, faculty) critico (-a) -
22 language **** lan·guage n
['læŋɡwɪdʒ]legal/scientific language — linguaggio legale/scientifico
to use bad language — dire parolacce, usare un linguaggio volgare
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23 law ***** n
[lɔː]legge fby law — a norma di or per legge
civil/criminal law — diritto civile/penale
to study law — studiare giurisprudenza or legge
court of law — corte f di giustizia, tribunale m
to be a law unto o.s. — non conoscere altra legge che la propria
there's no law against it — nessuna legge lo vieta or impedisce
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24 memory **** memo·ry n
['mɛmərɪ]1) (faculty, of computer) memoriato have a good/bad memory — aver buona/cattiva memoria
loss of memory — amnesia, perdita di memoria
2) (recollection) ricordo3)in memory of — in memoria or ricordo di
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25 monorail mono·rail n
['mɒnəʊˌreɪl]See: -
26 phonetics pho·net·ics nsg
[fəʊ'nɛtɪks]See: -
27 power ***** pow·er
['paʊə(r)]1. n1) (physical strength), (also), fig forza, (energy) energia, (force: of engine, blow, explosion) potenza, (of sun) intensità, (electricity) elettricità2) (ability, capacity) capacità f inv, potere m, (faculty) facoltà f invmental powers — capacità fpl mentali
the power of speech — la facoltà or l'uso della parola
powers of persuasion/imagination — forza di persuasione/immaginazione
3) (Pol: authority) potere m, autorità f invthe powers of darkness or evil — le forze del male
4) Math potenza7 to the power (of) 3 — 7 al cubo or alla terza
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28 rational ra·tion·al adj
['ræʃənl](being) razionale, (Med: lucid) lucido (-a), (faculty, action, argument) razionale, (solution, explanation, reasoning) logico (-a), razionale -
29 reason ***** rea·son
['riːzn]1. n1) (motive, cause) ragione f, motivothe reason for/why — la ragione or il motivo di/per cui
the reason (why) I'm late is... — sono in ritardo perché...
she claims with good reason that she's underpaid — si lamenta, e a ragione, di essere sottopagata
we have reason to believe that... — abbiamo motivo di ritenere che...
2) (faculty, good sense) ragione fwithin reason — entro limiti ragionevoli, entro certi limiti
2. vtto reason that — concludere che, fare il ragionamento che
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30 sense *****
[sɛns]1. n1) (faculty) sensoa keen sense of smell/hearing — un olfatto/udito fine
to come to one's senses — (regain consciousness) riprendere i sensi
2) (feeling) senso, sensazione fsense of duty/guilt — senso del dovere/di colpa
3) (also: common sense) buonsensohave a bit of sense! — un po' di buonsenso, via!
to make sb see sense — far ragionare qn, far intendere ragione a qn
4)to come to one's senses — (become reasonable) tornare in sé
to bring sb to his senses — riportare qn alla ragione, far rinsavire qn
to take leave of one's senses — perdere il lume or l'uso della ragione
5) (meaning) senso, significatoin one or a sense — in un certo senso
6) Math verso2. vt(presence, interest) avvertire, intuire, (danger) sentire, percepire -
31 sight ****
[saɪt]1. n1) (faculty, act of seeing) vistato have good/poor (eye)sight — avere la vista buona/cattiva
payable at sight Comm — pagabile a vista
to be within sight of — (sea) essere in vista di, (victory) essere vicino (-a) a
to come into sight — (thing) profilarsi all'orizzonte
to catch sight of sth/sb — scorgere qc/qn
when it's out of sight — quando non si vede più, quando non è più visibile
out of sight out of mind — (Proverb) lontano dagli occhi lontano dal cuore
to lose sight of sb/sth — perdere di vista qn/qc
to hate the sight of sb/sth — non sopportare la vista di qn/qc
2) (spectacle) spettacoloto see the sights of Rome — vedere or visitare i monumenti di Roma
3) (on gun: often pl) mirinoto set one's sights on sth/on doing sth fig — mirare a qc/a fare qc
4) (fam: a great deal) molto2. vt(rare animal, land) avvistare, (person) scorgere -
32 speech **** n
[spiːtʃ]1) (faculty) parola, (manner of speaking) parlata, modo di parlare2) (language) linguaggio3) (formal talk) discorso, intervento4) Brit Gramdirect/indirect speech — discorso diretto/indiretto
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33 faculties
plural; see faculty
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