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121 intend **** in·tend vt
[ɪn'tɛnd]to intend to do sth — avere (l')intenzione di fare qc, intendere fare qc, (remark, gift)
to intend sth for sb/sth — destinare qc a qn/qc
did you intend that? — (do on purpose) l'hai fatto intenzionalmente?
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122 kit out
* * *past tense, past participle - kitted; verb (to provide with all the clothes, tools etc necessary for a particular purpose: The money was spent on kitting out the school football team.) equipaggiare, attrezzare* * *vt + adv Britattrezzare, equipaggiare* * * -
123 mincer minc·er n
['mɪnsə(r)](for meat) tritacarne m inv, (all-purpose) tritatutto m inv -
124 point *****
[pɔɪnt]1. n1) (dot, punctuation mark) Geom punto, (decimal point) virgola2 point 6 (2.6) — 2 virgola 6 (2,6)
2) (on scale, compass etc) punto3) (of needle, pencil, knife) puntaon points Ballet — sulle punte
at the point of a gun/sword — sotto la minaccia di un fucile/una spada
4) (place) puntothe train stops at Carlisle and all points south — il treno ferma a Carlisle e in tutte le stazioni a sud di Carlisle
at this point — (spatially) in questo punto, (in time) a questo punto
at that point, we decided to leave — a quel punto abbiamo deciso di andarcene
from that point on — (in time) da quel momento in poi, (in space) da quel punto in poi
to be on the point of doing sth — essere sul punto di or stare (proprio) per fare qc
5) (counting unit) Sport, (in test) Stock Exchange punto6) (purpose) scopo, motivo, (matter) questione f, argomento, (main idea, important part: of argument, joke) nocciolothere's no point in staying — è inutile or non ha senso restare
I don't see or get the point — (of joke) mi sfugge
I don't see the point of or in doing that — non vedo il motivo di farlo
the point is that... — il fatto è che...
that's the whole point! — precisamente!, sta tutto lì!
the point at issue — l'argomento in discussione or questione
to come or get to the point — venire al punto or al dunque, arrivare al punto
to keep or stick to the point — restare in argomento
to stretch a point — fare uno strappo (alla regola) or un'eccezione
his remarks were to the point — le sue osservazioni erano pertinenti or a proposito
yes, I get your point — sì, capisco quello che vuoi dire
you've got a point there! — giusto!, hai ragione!
7) (characteristic) caratteristica, qualità f invgood/bad points — lati positivi/negativi
8) Brit Rail9) Auto10) Brit Elec, (also: power point) presa (di corrente)2. vt1)(aim, direct: gun, hosepipe
etc) to point sth (at sb/sth) — puntare qc (contro or su qn/qc)to point one's finger at sb — indicare qn con il dito, additare
2) (indicate, show) indicare, mostrareto point the way (also) fig — indicare la strada or la direzione da seguire
3) Constr riempire gli interstizi di3. vi1) indicare (con il dito), additareto point at or to or towards sth/sb — indicare qc/qn
2) (indicate: signpost, hand) indicare, segnareit points (to the) north — (compass needle) segna or indica il nord
this points to the fact that... — questo fa pensare che...
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125 so *****
I [səʊ]1. adv1) (in comparisons: before adjective and adverb) cosìit was so much more difficult than I expected — era molto più difficile di quanto pensassi
she's not so clever as him — lei non è intelligente come lui
he's not so foolish as I thought — non è così scemo come pensavo
2) (very) cosìso many — tanti (-e)
I've got so much to do — ho tanto da fare
I've got so much to do that... — ho così tanto da fare che...
thank you so much — grazie infinite or mille
3) (thus, in this way, likewise) così, in questo modothe article is so written as to... — l'articolo è scritto in modo da...
if
so — se è così, quand'è cosìhe likes things just so — vuole che tutto sia fatto a puntino
I didn't do it — you DID so! — non l'ho fatto io — l'hai fatto tu eccome!
and so forth; and so on — e così via
so it is!; so it does! — davvero!
you should do it so — dovresti farlo così
I hope so — lo spero
I think so — penso di sì
I told you so — te l'avevo detto io
do
so — fallo4)she didn't so much as send me a birthday card — non mi ha neanche mandato un biglietto di auguri per il compleannoI haven't so much as a penny — non ho neanche una lira
ten or so — circa una decina
so — comunque2. conj1)so as to do sth — in modo or così da fare qcwe hurried so as not to be late — ci affrettammo per non fare tardi
so (that) — perché + sub
I brought it so that you could see it — l'ho portato perché tu lo vedessi
so as to prevent cheating — così da evitare imbrogli
2)it was raining and so we could not go out — pioveva e così non potemmo uscireas her French improved so did her confidence — man mano che il suo francese migliorava acquistava più sicurezza
so you see... — così vedi...
3)(in questions, exclamations)
so you're Spanish? — e così sei spagnolo?so that's the reason! — allora è questo il motivo!, ecco perché!
IIso (what)? fam — e allora?, e con questo or ciò?
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126 specially spe·cial·ly adv
['spɛʃ(ə)lɪ]it can be very cold here, specially in January — qui può fare molto freddo, specialmente in gennaio
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127 be hand in glove (with someone)
(to be very closely associated with someone, especially for a bad purpose.)English-Italian dictionary > be hand in glove (with someone)
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128 be hand in glove (with someone)
(to be very closely associated with someone, especially for a bad purpose.)English-Italian dictionary > be hand in glove (with someone)
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