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1 heavy **** adj
['hɛvɪ]- ier comp - iest superl (gen) fig pesante, (sigh) profondo (-a), (sleep) profondo (-a), pesante, (blow, rain, taxation) forte, (sea) grosso (-a) (after n), (expense, casualties) ingente, (traffic) intenso (-a), (atmosphere) opprimente, (crop) abbondante, (Mil: fighting) accanito (-a), (fire) nutrito (-a), fitto (-a), (loss) grave, (smoker) accanito (-a)to be a heavy sleeper — avere il sonno duro or pesante
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2 ■ grind down
■ grind downv. t. + avv.1 tritare; triturare; fare ( macinando): to grind wheat down into flour, fare la farina macinando il grano3 (fig.) opprimere; infierire su, vessare: The peasants were ground down by heavy taxation, i contadini erano oppressi da gravose imposte. -
3 burden
I ['bɜːdn]1) (responsibility) peso m., fardello m. (to sb. per qcn.)to ease the burden on sb. — scaricare il peso su qcn.
the burden of proof — dir. l'onere della prova
2) (load) carico m.II 1. ['bɜːdn]verbo transitivo (anche burden down)1) fig. caricare ( with di)2) sovraccaricare ( with di)2.to burden oneself — ( with di)
* * *['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) carico, soma2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) fardello, carico2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) caricare* * *I ['bɜːdn]1) (responsibility) peso m., fardello m. (to sb. per qcn.)to ease the burden on sb. — scaricare il peso su qcn.
the burden of proof — dir. l'onere della prova
2) (load) carico m.II 1. ['bɜːdn]verbo transitivo (anche burden down)1) fig. caricare ( with di)2) sovraccaricare ( with di)2.to burden oneself — ( with di)
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4 ♦ burden
♦ burden /ˈbɜ:dn/n.1 carico; fardello; peso; soma: beast of burden, bestia da soma; ( anche fig.) to carry a burden, portare un peso2 (fig.) fardello; peso; carico; gravame: a burden of care, un fardello di affanni; the burden of years, il peso degli anni; tax burden, gravame fiscale, carico tributario; to bear a heavy burden, portare un grosso fardello; to make sb. 's life a burden, rendere la vita insopportabile a q.5 (mus.) ritornello6 [u] (naut.) portata; portata lorda7 (elettr.) carico totale(to) burden /ˈbɜ:dn/v. t.2 opprimere; affliggere; imporre (qc.) a: I won't burden you with the whole story, non voglio affliggerti con tutta la storia3 ► burdened. -
5 massive
['mæsɪv]aggettivo [object, amount, explosion] enorme; [ error] madornale; [majority, victory] schiacciante; [ campaign] intenso; [ task] gravoso; [ attack] massiccio; [ haemorrhage] grave* * *['mæsiv](huge or heavy: a massive building; a massive burden of taxation.) massiccio- massiveness* * *['mæsɪv]
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