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41 ♦ (to) argue
♦ (to) argue /ˈɑ:gju:/A v. i.1 discutere; litigare: We argued passionately until midnight, discutemmo accaloratamente fino a mezzanotte; to argue about (o over) money, litigare per questioni di denaro; We argued over who should go first, discutemmo su chi dovesse andare per primo; Don't argue (with me)!, non discutere!2 argomentare; ragionare; fornire ragioni: to argue convincingly about st., sostenere qc. con argomenti convincenti; fornire ragioni convincenti a favore di qc.; to argue for st., portare argomenti a favore di qc.; sostenere la necessità di qc.; to argue against st., portare argomenti contro qc.; esporre le ragioni per cui si è contro qc.; (di fatto, elemento, ecc.) essere una prova contro qc., sconsigliare qc.B v. t.1 sostenere; difendere con argomentazioni: to argue a case, difendere una causa; difendere una posizione (o un punto di vista); to argue the point, mettersi a discutere; fare discussioni (su qc.); to argue a point of view, sostenere (o difendere) un punto di vista (o una tesi); to argue a case against st., addurre argomenti contro qc.; to argue a case for st., sostenere qc.; sostenere la necessità di qc.; He argued that a poem cannot be translated, sostenne che la poesia è intraducibile; The company, he argues, will have to agree, la società, secondo la sua tesi, non potrà non accettare2 denotare; indicare: What she said argues a profound knowledge of the subject, quello che ha detto indica una profonda conoscenza dell'argomento● to argue st. away, togliere di mezzo qc. (paure, perplessità, ecc.) col ragionamento; convincere (q.) ad abbandonare qc. □ to argue sb. into st., persuadere q. a fare qc. □ to argue sb. out of st., dissuadere q. dal fare qc.; convincere qc. a non fare qc. □ (fam. GB) to argue the toss, discutere una decisione già presa; perdere tempo in discussioni inutiliFALSI AMICI: to argue non significa arguire. -
42 common ***** com·mon
['kɒmən]1. adj1) comune, (usual) normaleit's a common belief that... — si tende a credere che...
it's common knowledge that... — è risaputo or notorio che..., è di dominio pubblico che...
for the common good — nell'interesse generale, per il bene comune
2) (pej: vulgar) volgare, grossolano (-a)2. n1) (land) parco comunale2)we have or we've got a lot in common — abbiamo molto in comune
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43 hindsight
['haɪndsaɪt]* * *(wisdom or knowledge got only after something (usually bad) has happened: In hindsight, we should have acted differently.) il senno di poi* * *hindsight /ˈhaɪndsaɪt/n.* * *['haɪndsaɪt] -
44 philosophy
[fɪ'lɒsəfɪ]nome filosofia f.* * *[fi'losəfi]plural - philosophies; noun1) (the search for knowledge and truth, especially about the nature of man and his behaviour and beliefs: moral philosophy.) filosofia2) (a particular system of philosophical theories: I have a very simple philosophy (=attitude to life) - enjoy life!) filosofia•- philosophical
- philosophic
- philosophically
- philosophize
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45 gain ****
[ɡeɪn]1. n(increase) aumento, (improvement) miglioramento, (advantage) vantaggio, utile m, (profit) guadagno, profittohis loss is our gain — lui ci perde, noi ci guadagniamo
2. vt(obtain, acquire: respect, approval) ottenere, (reputation) farsi, (experience, wealth, knowledge, territory) acquistare, (reach: summit, shore) raggiungere, guadagnare, (objective) raggiungere, (increase: weight) aumentare dito gain 3lbs/kilos (in weight) — aumentare di 3 libbre/chili
to gain strength — (person) riprendere le forze, (theory) avvalorarsi
to gain possession of — impadronirsi di, impossessarsi di
3. vito gain in/by — aumentare di/con
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