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1 hypocrisy
[hɪ'pɒkrəsɪ]nome ipocrisia f.* * *[hi'pokrəsi](the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have.) ipocrisia- hypocritical
- hypocritically* * *hypocrisy /hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ/n. [uc]ipocrisia.* * *[hɪ'pɒkrəsɪ]nome ipocrisia f. -
2 hypocrisy hy·poc·ri·sy n
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3 sheer
I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.)* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.)2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.)3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.)2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.)II [ʃiə]* * *I [ʃɪə(r)]the sheer impossibility of... — l'assoluta impossibilità di...
by sheer chance; by a sheer accident — per puro caso or pura combinazione
2) (transparent) trasparente3) (precipitous) a picco2. adva picco, a perpendicoloII [ʃɪə(r)] vi* * *sheer (1) /ʃɪə(r)/A a.1 allo stato puro; puro e semplice; vero e proprio; bell'e buono; mero (lett.): sheer selfishness, egoismo puro e semplice; It's sheer folly, è una vera follia; sheer nonsense, una sciocchezza bell'e buona; I made it by sheer luck, ce l'ho fatta proprio per un pelo (o solo per fortuna); sheer impossibility, assoluta impossibilità2 perpendicolare; a picco: a sheer cliff, una scogliera a picco; una falesia; a sheer drop, uno strapiombo; a sheer rock face, una parete a strapiombo3 ( di tessuto o capo di vestiario) sottile; diafano; trasparente: sheer stockings, calze da donna sottilissimeB avv.1 completamente; affatto2 propriosheer (2) /ʃɪə(r)/n.6 (pl.) ► sheerlegs.sheer (3) /ʃɪə(r)/n. [u](to) sheer /ʃɪə(r)/A v. i.1 (naut.) cambiare rotta; invertire la rotta; virare2 (naut.) straorzare; abbattersi: The ship suddenly sheered towards the sandbank, all'improvviso la nave si abbatté al traverso della seccaB v. t.3 ( per estens.) guidare, portare ( un veicolo): I sheered my car around the larger potholes, ho guidato (la macchina) in modo da scansare le buche più grandi● to sheer away (o to sheer off), (naut.) allontanarsi, scostarsi, largare; (fig.) girare alla larga, svicolare ( anche fig.): The boat sheered off to avoid a collision, il battello si è scostato per evitare una collisione; He sheered off so as not to meet me, girò alla larga per non incontrarmi □ to sheer off from sb. [a subject], evitare, scansare q. [un argomento].* * *I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.) -
4 abominate
[ə'bɒmɪneɪt] [AE -mən-]verbo transitivo avere in abominio [hypocrisy, terrorism]* * *[ə'bomineit](to detest: He abominates cruelty.) detestare* * *[ə'bɒmɪneɪt] [AE -mən-]verbo transitivo avere in abominio [hypocrisy, terrorism] -
5 hypocrite
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6 Victorian
[vɪk'tɔːrɪən] 1. 2.nome = persona vissuta in epoca vittoriana* * *[vik'to:riən] 1. adjective1) (of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901): Victorian writers; Victorian households/furniture.) vittoriano2) ((of an attitude towards morals etc) strict and conservative: a Victorian attitude to life.) vittoriano2. noun(a person living in Queen Victoria's reign: The Victorians were great engineers and industrialists.) vittoriano* * *Victorian (1) /vɪkˈtɔ:rɪən/A a.1 (stor., arte, letter., ecc.) vittoriano: Victorian furniture, mobili vittoriani; the Victorian age, l'età vittoriana ( della Regina Vittoria)2 (spreg.) vittoriano; moralista: Victorian hypocrisy, ipocrisia vittoriana; Victorian attitudes, atteggiamenti moralisticiB n.(stor., letter.) vittoriano: great Victorians, grandi vittorianiVictorianismn. [u](stor., letter., ecc.) «vittorianesimo»; carattere (o gusto, ecc.) vittoriano.Victorian (2) /vɪkˈtɔ:rɪən/a. e n.(abitante, nativo) dello Stato di Victoria (in Austral.).* * *[vɪk'tɔːrɪən] 1. 2.nome = persona vissuta in epoca vittoriana -
7 rank ***
I [ræŋk]1. n1) (row) fila2) (status: also) Mil gradopeople of all ranks — gente fsg di tutti i ceti
3) Milto close ranks Mil — serrare le righe, fig serrare i ranghi
4) Math posizione f2. vtconsiderare, ritenereI rank him 6th — gli dò il sesto posto, lo metto al sesto posto
3. vito rank 4th — essere quarto (-a), essere al quarto posto
II [ræŋk] adjto rank above sb — essere superiore a qn, Mil essere superiore in grado a qn
1) (hypocrisy, injustice etc) bello (-a) e buono (-a), vero (-a) e proprio (-a), (traitor) sporco (-a)3) (frm: plants) troppo rigoglioso (-a)rank outsider — outsider m/f inv
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