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♦ rather /ˈrɑ:ðə(r)/A avv.1 piuttosto; alquanto: I am rather tired, sono piuttosto stanco; It's rather cold today, fa piuttosto freddo oggi; He's rather a nice man, è un uomo piuttosto simpatico; This holiday has gone rather quickly, questa vacanza è passata piuttosto in fretta; She seems rather young to be his mother, sembra un po' troppo giovane per essere sua madre2 anzi; ma piuttosto: We have not lost; rather, we have won, non abbiamo perso; anzi, abbiamo vintoB inter.(antiq.) altroché: «Would you like to go?» «Rather!», «ti piacerebbe andarci?» «altroché!»● rather than, piuttosto che: pretty rather than beautiful, grazioso piuttosto che veramente bello □ rather better [bigger, more, less] than, un po' meglio [più grande, più, meno] di: Their house is rather bigger than ours, la loro casa è un po' più grande della nostra □ anything rather than…, tutto piuttosto che…; tutto fuorché… □ rather you (him, her, ecc.) than me –: They've got to clean up all this mess: rather them than me!, devono sistemare tutto questo disordine: non vorrei essere al posto loro! □ I [you, etc.] had rather, (antiq.) = would rather ► sotto □ I rather enjoy singing, non mi dispiace affatto cantare □ I rather think that…, ho l'impressione che…; sono dell'idea che… □ I would (o I'd) rather not, preferirei di no □ It's rather a pity, è proprio un peccato □ I rather like Jenny, nel complesso, Jenny mi è simpatica □ would rather, preferisco, preferisci, ecc.; preferirei, preferiresti, ecc.: I would rather wait, if you don't mind, preferisco (o preferirei) aspettare, se non ti dispiace; DIALOGO → - Discussing university- I'd rather go to Bristol, preferirei andare a Bristol; I'd rather not speak about it, preferirei non parlarne; Would you rather I stayed?, preferisci che io rimanga?; Would you rather he had lied to you?, avresti preferito che ti mentisse? -
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[wɪtʃ]1. adj1) (interrogative) qualeshe didn't say which books she wanted — non ha detto quali libri voleva
tell me which one you want — dimmi quale vuoi
which one/ones do you want? — quale/quali vuoi?
2)he lived in Italy for a year, during which time... — ha vissuto in Italia per un anno, periodo in cui...
2. pron1) (interrogative: the one or ones that) qualeI know which I'd rather have — io lo so quale preferirei
which of these are yours? — quali di questi sono tuoi?
which of your sisters? — quale delle tue sorelle?
which of you? — chi di voi?
which do you want? — quale vuoi?
2) (relative: that) che, (indirect) cui, il (la)qualewhich — dopo di chethe hotel at which we stayed — l'albergo in cui abbiamo soggiornato
which one can deduce... — dal che si può dedurre...he said he was there, which is true — ha detto che c'era, il che è vero
the chair on which — la sedia sulla quale or su cui
you're late, which reminds me... — sei in ritardo, il che mi fa venire in mente...
it rained a lot, which upset her — ha piovuto tanto e ciò l'ha irritata
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