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1 greasy
['griːsɪ]* * *1) (of or like grease: greasy food.) grasso2) (covered in grease: greasy hands.) unto3) (slippery, as if covered in grease: greasy roads.) scivoloso* * *greasy /ˈgri:sɪ/a.1 grasso; oleoso; untuoso ( anche fig.); sudicio: greasy food, cibo grasso; greasy hands, mani unte; greasy manners, maniere untuose● greasy pole, albero della cuccagna □ (pop.) greasy spoon, ristorante piccolo, antigienico e a buon mercato □ (ind. tess.) greasy wool, lana sucidagreasinessn. [u]* * *['griːsɪ] -
2 erect
I [ɪ'rekt]aggettivo [ posture] eretto, dritto, ritto; [tail, ears] dritto; [ construction] eretto; [ penis] in erezioneII [ɪ'rekt]1) erigere [ building]; montare [ scaffolding]; montare, rizzare [ tent]; mettere, collocare [ sign]; innalzare [ screen]2) fig. erigere [ system]* * *[i'rekt] 1. adjective(upright: He held his head erect.) eretto2. verb1) (to set up; to put up or to build: They erected a statue in his memory; They plan to erect an office block there.) erigere, costruire2) (to set upright (a mast etc).) innalzare•- erection- erectly
- erectness* * *[ɪ'rɛkt]1. vt frm(statue, monument, temple) erigere, (flats, factory) costruire, (barricade, mast) innalzare, (machinery, tent) montare, (theory, system) edificare, (obstacles) creare2. adjeretto (-a), dritto (-a)* * *erect /ɪˈrɛkt/a.eretto; diritto; ritto: to sit erect, stare seduto con la schiena dritta; with hair erect from fright, con i capelli ritti per la paura; to stand erect, stare dritto; raddrizzarsi.(to) erect /ɪˈrɛkt/v. t.1 erigere; costruire; fabbricare; alzare; innalzare: to erect a greasy pole, innalzare un albero della cuccagna; They erected arbitrary social barriers, eressero barriere sociali arbitrarie4 (geom.) tracciare* * *I [ɪ'rekt]aggettivo [ posture] eretto, dritto, ritto; [tail, ears] dritto; [ construction] eretto; [ penis] in erezioneII [ɪ'rekt]1) erigere [ building]; montare [ scaffolding]; montare, rizzare [ tent]; mettere, collocare [ sign]; innalzare [ screen]2) fig. erigere [ system]
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