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41 earthling earth·ling n
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42 fact ***** n
[fækt]it's a fact that... — è un dato di fatto che...
to know for a fact that... — sapere per certo che...
the facts of life — (sex) i fatti riguardanti la vita sessuale, (realities) le realtà della vita
facts and figures — fatti mpl e cifre fpl
as a matter of fact; in point of fact — per la verità
the fact (of the matter) is that... — la verità è che...
in fact — in realtà, in effetti
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43 middlebrow middle·brow
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44 mix ****
[mɪks]1. nthe school has a good social mix — gli studenti di questa scuola provengono da diverse classi sociali
2. vtmescolare, (cocktail, sauce) preparare (mescolando)3. vithey just don't mix — (people) non legano fra di loro, (patterns) non stanno bene insieme
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45 sci-fi n abbr
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46 SF n abbr
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47 true ****
[truː]1) (not fiction: story) vero (-a), (accurate, correct: statement, description) preciso (-a), esatto (-a), accurato (-a), (portrait, likeness) fedelethe same holds true of or for... — lo stesso vale per...
true, but... — sì, ma...
2) (real, genuine: emotion, interest) sincero (-a), vero (-a)3) (wall, beam) a piombo, (wheel) centrato (-a)4) (faithful: friend) fedeleto be true to sb/sth — essere fedele a qn/qc
2. nto be out of true — (wall, beam) non essere a piombo, (wheel) non essere centrato (-a)
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48 science
['saɪəns] 1.1) scienza f.2) (skill) abilità f., tecnica f.2.modificatore [ subject] scientifico; [faculty, teacher, textbook, exam] di scienze••to blind sb. with science — confondere qcn. facendo sfoggio di parole difficili
* * *1) (knowledge gained by observation and experiment.) scienza2) (a branch of such knowledge eg biology, chemistry, physics etc.) scienza3) (these sciences considered as a whole: My daughter prefers science to languages.) scienza•- scientifically
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- science fiction* * *['saɪəns] 1.1) scienza f.2) (skill) abilità f., tecnica f.2.modificatore [ subject] scientifico; [faculty, teacher, textbook, exam] di scienze••to blind sb. with science — confondere qcn. facendo sfoggio di parole difficili
См. также в других словарях:
fiction — [ fiksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. fictio, de fictus, p. p. de fingere → feindre 1 ♦ Vx Mensonge. « Si la fiction est excusable, c est où il faut feindre de l amitié » (La Bruyère). 2 ♦ (v. 1361) Construction de l imagination (opposé à réalité).⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fiction — is the telling of stories which are not real. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum , to form,… … Wikipedia
Fiction — Studioalbum von Dark Tranquillity Veröffentlichung 20. April 2007 Label Century Media … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fiction — Fic tion, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is feigned,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fiction — fic·tion n: legal fiction fic·tion·al adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fiction … Law dictionary
fiction — fiction, figment, fabrication, fable are comparable when meaning a story, an account, an explanation, or a conception which is an invention of the human mind. Fiction so strongly implies the use of the imagination that it serves as the class name … New Dictionary of Synonyms
-fiction — ÉTYM. (V. 1960). ❖ ♦ Élément de noms composés, sur le modèle de science fiction, et qui signifie « qui relève de l imaginaire », ou « qui relève de l utopie ». 0 Un journaliste a décrit cette mécanique d un effrayant pouvoir dans un roman de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fiction — Студийный альбом Dark Tranquillity Дата выпуска 17 апреля 2 … Википедия
fiction — Fiction. s. f. v. Invention fabuleuse. Fiction poëtique. ce poëme est rempli de belles fictions. il y a des fictions qui touchent plus que la verité. la fiction est quelquefois plus agreable que la verité mesme. Il se prend aussi, pour Mensonge,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Fiction — [ fɪkʃn; englisch, Fiktion], Sammelbezeichnung für fiktive Literatur, Prosadichtungen, Romane, Science fiction (soweit nicht dokumentarisch); Gegensatz Non Fiction u. a. für dokumentarische Literatur, Sachbücher, historische Werke … Universal-Lexikon
fiction — (izg. fȉkšn) m DEFINICIJA 1. knjiž. a. književni tekst čiji je sadržaj proizvod mašte, nije nužno da odgovara činjenicama iz povijesti ili suvremenosti b. književna vrsta koja uključuje tekstove ove vrste, opr. faction 2. razg. proizvod mašte… … Hrvatski jezični portal