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1 ♦ mood
♦ mood (1) /mu:d/n.1 stato d'animo; umore; disposizione; inclinazione: Our national mood changed after the war, lo stato d'animo del nostro popolo è mutato dopo la guerra; the mood of the stock exchange, l'umore della borsa valori; to be in a happy mood, essere d'umore allegro (o di buonumore); to be in a bad mood, essere di cattivo umore; avere la luna (di traverso); to be in a filthy (o foul) mood, essere di pessimo umore; to be in the mood to do (o for doing) st., essere in vena di (o essere disposto a) fare qc.: DIALOGO → - Pool- I'm not in the mood, non mi va; to be in no mood to do st., non essere in vena di (o non essere disposto a) fare qc.; to be in no mood for joking, non essere in vena di scherzi; to put sb. in a good mood, mettere q. di buon umore; to be in an expansive mood, essere di umore espansivo2 cattivo umore; malumore: to be in a mood, essere di cattivo umore; Do not hint at the issue when dad is in one of his moods, non accennare all'argomento quando papà ha uno dei suoi accessi di malumore.mood (2) /mu:d/n. -
2 imperative
[ɪm'perətɪv] 1. 2.1) (priority) imperativo m., necessità f.2) ling. imperativo m.* * *[im'perətiv] 1. noun, adjective1) (used of verbs that are expressing a command: In the sentence `Come here!', `come' is an imperative (verb).) imperativo2) (absolutely necessary: It is imperative that we take immediate action to reduce pollution.) necessario2. nounIn `Sit down!' the verb is in the imperative.) imperativo* * *imperative /ɪmˈpɛrətɪv/A a.1 imperativo ( anche gramm.); imperioso: (gramm.) imperative mood, modo imperativo; an imperative manner, un modo di fare imperioso (o autoritario)2 essenziale; necessario; indispensabile: It is imperative that we ( should) act at once, è necessario che agiamo subitoB n.1 (gramm.) (modo) imperativo3 comandoimperatively avv. imperativeness n. [u].* * *[ɪm'perətɪv] 1. 2.1) (priority) imperativo m., necessità f.2) ling. imperativo m.
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