it's a risky trip

comporter [kɔ̃pɔʀte]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = consister en) to comprise

• ce roman comporte deux parties this novel is in two parts

   b. ( = être muni de) to have

• cette règle comporte des exceptions there are exceptions to this rule

   c. ( = impliquer) [+ inconvénients, risques] to involve

2. reflexive verb

► se comporter

   a. ( = se conduire) to behave

• il s'est comporté d'une façon odieuse he behaved horribly ( avec to)

   b. ( = réagir) [personne] to behave ; [machine, voiture, monnaie] to perform

• notre équipe s'est très bien comportée our team played very well

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1) ( inclure) to include

2) ( être composé de) to comprise

3) ( présenter) to entail [risque]

se comporter verbe pronominal

1) [personne, animal] to behave, to act

2) ( fonctionner) [sportif, voiture, Bourse] to perform

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1) (= consister en) [éléments] to consist of, to be made up of

2) (= être équipé de) to have

3) (= impliquer) to entail, to involve

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comporter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( inclure entre autres) to include; comporter une bibliographie to include a bibliography; ce texte ne doit comporter aucune coupure there must be no cuts in this text;

2 ( être composé de) to comprise; comporter trois parties to comprise three parts;

3 ( présenter) to entail [risque, inconvénient]; avec tout ce que cela comporte comme incertitude with all the concomitant uncertainty.

B se comporter vpr

1 [personne, animal] to behave, to act; se comporter en dictateur to behave like a dictator; se comporter comme un sauvage to behave like a savage; se comporter comme un pays neutre to act as a neutral power;

2 ( fonctionner) [sportif, voiture, Bourse] to perform; bien se comporter to perform well.

[kɔ̃pɔrte] verbe transitif

1. [être muni de] to have, to include

2. [être constitué de] to be made up ou to consist of

3. [contenir] to contain

4. [entraîner] to entail, to imply

5. [permettre, admettre] to allow, to admit

la règle comporte quelques exceptions there are one or two exceptions to this rule

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se comporter verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [réagir - personne] to act, to behave

2. [fonctionner - voiture, pneus] to behave, to perform ; [ - molécule] to behave

risky, hazardous, precarious, dangerous, perilous, unsound, touch-and-go

рискован опит a hazardous experiment

рискована работа venture

рисковано начинание a risky enterprise, a leap in the dark

рисковано предприятие gamble

беше много рисковано it was touch-and-go

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риско̀ван,

прил. risky, hazardous, precarious, dangerous, perilous, unsound, touch-and-go, chancy; разг. dicey, dodgy, ticklish; ( начинание, бизнес и пр.) wildcat; \рискован е разг. it is as much as o.’s ears are worth; \рискована работа venture; \рискована ситуация precarious situation; \рисковано начинание a risky enterprise, a leap in the dark.

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risky: рискован enterprise - рисковано начинание; adventurous: an рискован trip - рисковано пътуване; chancy; hazardous; insecure; precarious; speculative; unsound{Xn`saund} (за план и пр.); venturesome

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Adj. Situation etc.: awkward; (gefährlich) risky; Brief etc.: compromising; verfängliche Frage trick question; du mit deinen verfänglichen Fragen! umg. auch you’re just trying to catch me out (Am. trip me up)

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captious; insidious; catching; catchy

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adj awkward, embarrassing

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Adjektiv awkward, embarrassing <situation, question, etc.>; incriminating <evidence, letter, etc.>

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verfänglich adj Situation etc: awkward; (gefährlich) risky; Brief etc: compromising;

verfängliche Frage trick question;

du mit deinen verfänglichen Fragen! umg auch you’re just trying to catch me out (US trip me up)

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Adjektiv awkward, embarrassing <situation, question, etc.>; incriminating <evidence, letter, etc.>

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captiously adv.

v/t (unreg., untr., hat) do; (durchführen) undertake; einen Ausflug unternehmen go on ( oder make) a trip; einen Spaziergang unternehmen go for a walk; lasst uns heute etwas unternehmen let’s do something today; sie unternehmen viel zusammen they do a lot together; sie sitzen immer nur zu Hause und unternehmen nie etwas and never do anything; einen Versuch unternehmen make ( oder launch) an attempt; er unternahm nichts he did nothing; dagegen muss man etwas unternehmen something has got to be done about it; so geht es nicht weiter - wir müssen etwas unternehmen it can’t go on like this, we’ve got to do something

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(Firma) business; establishment; enterprise; company; firm; business enterprise;

(Vorhaben) project; enterprise; undertaking

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nt -s, -

1) (= Firma) business, concern, enterprise

2) (= Aktion, Vorhaben) undertaking, enterprise, venture; (MIL) operation

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1) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) concern

2) (something that is attempted or undertaken (especially if it requires boldness or courage): business enterprises; a completely new enterprise.) enterprise

3) (an action or process, especially when planned: a rescue operation.) operation

4) (a task or piece of work: I didn't realize what a large undertaking this job would be.) undertaking

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1. ÖKON (Firma) firm, company, enterprise

gemeinnütziges \Unternehmen JUR public institution

verbundene \Unternehmen affiliated enterprises

2. (Vorhaben) undertaking, venture

ein gewagtes \Unternehmen a risky venture

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1) enterprise; venture; undertaking

2) (Firma) enterprise; concern

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Unternehmen n; -s, -

1. WIRTSCH (Betrieb) firm, (business) enterprise, business, concern, company;

privates/staatliches Unternehmen private ( oder privately owned)/state-owned ( oder -run) concern;

ein Unternehmen gründen set up a business

2. (Vorhaben) enterprise, undertaking; (Projekt) project; MIL operation;

ein gewagtes Unternehmen a bold (bzw risky) undertaking;

bei dem Unternehmen kamen vier Menschen ums Leben four people were killed during the operation

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1) enterprise; venture; undertaking

2) (Firma) enterprise; concern

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company n.

concern n.

firm n.

management n.

undertaking n.

adventurous

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avventuroso agg.

1 adventurous, venturesome, enterprising: viaggio avventuroso, adventurous trip // tentativo avventuroso, daring (o bold) venture

2 ( che ama le avventure) adventurous: giovane avventuroso, adventurous youngster

3 (letter.) ( fortunato) lucky, fortunate.

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aggettivo [ spirito] adventurous; [vita, viaggio] adventurous, eventful; [ impresa] risky, ventursome

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avventuroso

/avventu'roso/

aggettivo

[ spirito] adventurous; [vita, viaggio] adventurous, eventful; [ impresa] risky, ventursome.

v/t (unreg., untr., hat) do; (durchführen) undertake; einen Ausflug unternehmen go on ( oder make) a trip; einen Spaziergang unternehmen go for a walk; lasst uns heute etwas unternehmen let’s do something today; sie unternehmen viel zusammen they do a lot together; sie sitzen immer nur zu Hause und unternehmen nie etwas and never do anything; einen Versuch unternehmen make ( oder launch) an attempt; er unternahm nichts he did nothing; dagegen muss man etwas unternehmen something has got to be done about it; so geht es nicht weiter - wir müssen etwas unternehmen it can’t go on like this, we’ve got to do something

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(Firma) business; establishment; enterprise; company; firm; business enterprise;

(Vorhaben) project; enterprise; undertaking

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nt -s, -

1) (= Firma) business, concern, enterprise

2) (= Aktion, Vorhaben) undertaking, enterprise, venture; (MIL) operation

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1) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) concern

2) (something that is attempted or undertaken (especially if it requires boldness or courage): business enterprises; a completely new enterprise.) enterprise

3) (an action or process, especially when planned: a rescue operation.) operation

4) (a task or piece of work: I didn't realize what a large undertaking this job would be.) undertaking

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1. ÖKON (Firma) firm, company, enterprise

gemeinnütziges \Unternehmen JUR public institution

verbundene \Unternehmen affiliated enterprises

2. (Vorhaben) undertaking, venture

ein gewagtes \Unternehmen a risky venture

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1) enterprise; venture; undertaking

2) (Firma) enterprise; concern

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unternehmen v/t (irr, untrennb, hat) do; (durchführen) undertake;

einen Ausflug unternehmen go on ( oder make) a trip;

einen Spaziergang unternehmen go for a walk;

lasst uns heute etwas unternehmen let’s do something today;

sie unternehmen viel zusammen they do a lot together;

sie sitzen immer nur zu Hause

und unternehmen nie etwas and never do anything;

einen Versuch unternehmen make ( oder launch) an attempt;

er unternahm nichts he did nothing;

dagegen muss man etwas unternehmen something has got to be done about it;

so geht es nicht weiter - wir müssen etwas unternehmen it can’t go on like this, we’ve got to do something

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1) enterprise; venture; undertaking

2) (Firma) enterprise; concern

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company n.

concern n.

firm n.

management n.

undertaking n.

1 matter.

necesitamos hablar de un asunto importante we need to talk about an important matter

anda metido en un asunto turbio he's mixed up o involved in a dodgy affair

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

el asunto es que… the thing is that…

¡…y asunto concluido! and that's that!

asuntos exteriores (politics) foreign affairs

asuntos a tratar agenda

2 theme.

3 affair (romance).

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asuntar.

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► nombre masculino

1 (cuestión) matter, issue; (tema) subject; (de obra) theme

■ no quiero hablar del asunto I don't want to discuss the matter

2 (negocio) affair, business

■ no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

3 (aventura) affair, love affair

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asuntos a tratar agenda sing

asuntos exteriores PLÍTICA Foreign Affairs

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1) (=cuestión) matter

2) (Jur) case

3) (Pol)

4) (=aventura amorosa) affair

5) Cono Sur

6) Caribe

7) (Literat) † (=tema) subject

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a) (cuestión, problema) matter

b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

c) (CS fam) (razón, sentido)

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= affair, issue, matter, topic, subject matter, business [businesses, -pl.], question, concern, subject line.

Nota: Aplicado al correo electrónico.

Ex. And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

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Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex. The librarian generally looks at the book's title, subtitle, preface, contents list, etc, in order to determine the subject matter.

Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.

Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.

Ex. Over 35% of SPAM is detected from an email's subject line.

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* abordar una mínima parte del asunto = touch + the tip of the iceberg.

* aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.

* arreglar + Posesivo + asuntos = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* asunto candente = burning issue, burning question, hot potato, hot topic, hot issue.

* asunto de actualidad = current issue.

* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* asunto de trascendencia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto familiar = family affair.

* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.

* asunto laboral = work-related issue.

* asunto pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto pendiente, asunto sin resolver, cabo suelto, asignatura pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto personal = personal issue.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* asuntos = matters.

* asuntos académicos = academic affairs.

* asuntos cotidianos = everyday matters.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* asuntos exteriores = foreign affairs.

* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* asunto sin resolver = unfinished business, unresolved matter.

* asuntos internacionales = global affairs, world affairs.

* asuntos internos = Minister of Internal Affairs, internal affairs.

* asunto sin trascendencia = matter of no consequence.

* asuntos pendientes = unfinished business.

* asuntos propios = personal business.

* asuntos públicos = public affairs.

* cambiando de asunto = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* darle vueltas a un asunto = chew + the cud.

* delegar un asunto = delegate + matter.

* discutir del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* hablar del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores = Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, el = Foreign Office, the.

* ministro de asuntos exteriores = foreign minister.

* responsable de asuntos económicos = financial officer.

* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser un asunto de = be a matter for/of.

* ser un asunto difícil = be a difficult business.

* ser un asunto problemático = be at issue.

* tomar parte en el asunto = enter + the fray.

* tomar parte en en el asunto = be part of the picture.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de asuntos propios = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de asuntos propios = take + time off, take + time out, take + time off work.

* tratar un asunto = deal with + issue.

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a) (cuestión, problema) matter

b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

c) (CS fam) (razón, sentido)

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= affair, issue, matter, topic, subject matter, business [businesses, -pl.], question, concern, subject line.

Nota: Aplicado al correo electrónico.

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1 (cuestión, problema) matter

no hemos hablado del asunto del viaje we haven't talked about the trip, we haven't discussed the matter o question of the trip ( frml)

éste es un asunto muy delicado this is a very delicate matter o issue

se pelearon por el asunto de la herencia they fell out over the inheritance

han quedado algunos asuntos pendientes there are still a few matters o questions o things to be resolved

está implicado en un asunto de drogas he's mixed up in something to do with drugs

están hablando de asuntos de negocios they're talking about business matters

tengo un asunto muy importante entre manos I'm dealing with a very important matter

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

mal asunto, mañana viene el director general I don't like the look of this, the general manager's coming tomorrow

y asunto concluido: ya te he dicho que no y asunto concluido I've already said no and that's that o that's final o that's all there is to it

si se van a pelear por la pelota yo se la quito y asunto concluido if you're going to fight over the ball, I'll take it away and that'll be the end of that

2 ( pey) (relación amorosa) affair

tuvo un asuntillo con la secretaria he had a brief fling with his secretary

(CS fam) (razón, sentido): ¿a asunto de qué or con qué asunto se lo dijiste? what did you go and tell him for? ( colloq), why on earth did you tell him? ( colloq)

le encuentro muy poco asunto a esto I don't see much point in this

¿a asunto de qué me voy a ir hasta allá si no van a estar? what on earth's the point of my going all the way there if they're not going to be in? ( colloq)

fpl ( esp Esp) foreign affairs

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a) (cuestión, problema) matter;

◊ asuntos de negocios business matters;

b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

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asunto nm

1. [tema] matter;

necesitamos hablar de un asunto importante we need to talk about an important matter;

quieren llegar al fondo del asunto they want to get to the bottom of the matter;

anda metido en un asunto turbio he's mixed up o involved in a dubious o Br dodgy affair;

no quiero hablar del asunto ese del divorcio I don't want to talk about that divorce business;

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business;

¡métete en tus asuntos! mind your own business!;

el asunto es que… the thing is that…;

te han llamado de Hacienda – mal asunto you've had a call from the tax man – that doesn't sound very good!;

¡y asunto concluido o [m5] arreglado! and that's that!

asuntos exteriores foreign affairs;

asunto pendiente: [m5] tenemos un asunto pendiente que tratar we have some unfinished business to attend to;

asuntos pendientes [en orden del día] matters pending;

asuntos a tratar agenda

2. [de obra, libro] theme

3. [romance] affair;

tener un asunto con alguien to have an affair with sb

4. Col, Ven

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1 matter;

mal asunto that’s bad (news);

no es asunto tuyo it’s none of your business

2 fam ( relación) affair

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asunto nm

1) cuestión, tema: affair, matter, subject

2) asuntos nmpl

: affairs, business

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asunto n

1. (cuestión) matter / issue

2. (negocio) affair

m matter, business

finance transaction

affari pl business sg

non sono affari tuoi it's none of your business

uomo m d'affari businessman

ministro m degli Affari Esteri Foreign Secretary

giro m d'affari turnover

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affare s.m.

1 affair, matter, business [U]: affare di cuore, (love) affair; questo è affare tuo, that is your (own) business; ''Che cosa fai?'' ''Sono affari miei'', ''What are you doing?'' ''That's none of your business''; questo è un altro affare, that is another question; questo è un brutto affare, this is a bad business // affari di stato, affairs of state; non facciamone un affare di stato, let's not exaggerate (o fam. don't make such a fuss about it) // affari esteri, foreign affairs; affari pubblici, public affairs; affari interni, home affairs; il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, ( in Gran Bretagna) the Foreign Office; ( negli Stati Uniti) the State Department; ( in Italia) the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs // un affare d'oro, a golden opportunity (o the chance of a lifetime) // è un affare di un attimo, it won't take a minute

2 (comm.) business [U], transaction, deal, buy; ( vantaggioso) bargain: un buon affare, a bargain; un affare rischioso, a risky transaction (o an adventure); un affare commerciale, a business transaction; affari di ordinaria amministrazione, normal business; affari interni, domestic business; affari con l'estero, foreign business; affari magri, poor business; un affarone, a smart deal; è un vero affare a quel prezzo, it's a real buy at that price; essere negli affari, to be in business; entrare in affari, to enter (o to go into) business; entrare in rapporti di affari con qlcu., to enter into business relations with s.o.; fare affari, to do business; fare un affare con qlcu., to do a deal with s.o.; concludere un affare, to strike a bargain; mettersi negli affari, to go into business; viaggiare per affari, to travel on business; ritirarsi dagli affari, to retire from business; parlare d'affari, to talk business; avere rapporti d'affari, to have business dealings // giro d'affari, turnover // ciclo d'affari, business cycle // senso degli affari, business acumen // centro d'affari, business centre // ramo d'affari, business line // andamento degli affari, run of business // uomo d'affari, businessman // affare fatto!, that's settled! (o it's a deal!) // gli affari sono affari!, business is business

3 (fam.) ( arnese, coso, cosa) thing, thingummyjig.

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sostantivo maschile

1) (acquisto vantaggioso) bargain, good buy

2) (transazione) deal, bargain

3) (storia, vicenda) affair, matter, situation

4) (caso) affair

5) (problema, questione) affair, matter

6) colloq. (oggetto qualunque) thing, whatsit; (aggeggio) contraption, gadget

sostantivo maschile plurale affari

1) econ. business U, affairs

2) (fatti personali) business U

3) amm. pol.

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affare

/af'fare/

I sostantivo m.

 1 (acquisto vantaggioso) bargain, good buy; fare un (buon) affare to get a bargain

 2 (transazione) deal, bargain; concludere un affare to make o strike a deal; "affare fatto" "it's a deal"

 3 (storia, vicenda) affair, matter, situation; un brutto affare a bad situation; affare losco dirty business

 4 (caso) affair; l'affare Haltrey the Haltrey affair

 5 (problema, questione) affair, matter; bell'affare! iron. pretty o nice state of affairs! big deal! un affare da nulla a trivial matter; non facciamone un affare di stato let's not make a big issue of it; non è un affare da poco it is no light o small matter

 6 colloq. (oggetto qualunque) thing, whatsit; (aggeggio) contraption, gadget

II affari m.pl.

 1 econ. business U, affairs; come vanno gli -i? how's business? uomo, donna d'-i businessman, businesswoman; giro d'-i turnover; fare -i con to do business with, to deal with; fare -i d'oro to do a roaring trade; essere, mettersi in -i to be in, to go into business; parlare di -i to talk business; viaggio d'-i business trip; viaggiare per -i to travel on business; il mondo degli -i the business world; gli -i sono -i! business is business!

 2 (fatti personali) business U; sono -i miei! that's my business! -i tuoi! that's your problem! fatti gli -i tuoi! mind your own business! non sono -i tuoi! it's none of your business!

 3 amm. pol. - i esteri foreign affairs; - i di stato affairs of state.

- ryzykowna/niebezpieczna eskapada a risky/dangerous escapade

- wybierać się na kilkudniową eskapadę w góry to take off for the mountains for a few days pot.

- zorganizować eskapadę nad morze to organize a trip a. jaunt to the seaside

- samotna eskapada za miasto a solo trip to the countryside

1 [u] affare, affari; attività commerciale; commercio: Business is booming, gli affari vanno a gonfie vele; to do business with sb., fare affari con q.; We're doing less business than last year, la nostra attività è diminuita rispetto all'anno scorso; to go into business, darsi agli affari; mettersi in affari; to go out of business, cessare l'attività; ritirarsi dall'attività; fallire; to get down to business, mettersi al lavoro; mettersi sotto; to start a business, avviare (o aprire) un'attività; to transact business, trattare affari; He is no longer in business, non è più in affari; business activity, attività commerciale; business trip, viaggio d'affari; business associate, collega d'affari; socio; the business community, il mondo degli affari; business executive, dirigente d'impresa (di alto livello); business letter, lettera commerciale; lettera d'affari; business model, modello imprenditoriale

2 [u] attività; lavoro; occupazione; ramo (d'affari): a profitable business, un'attività che rende bene; What business are you in?, che attività svolgi?; to be back in business, avere ripreso l'attività; ( di negoziante) avere riaperto; I'm here on business, sono qui per affari; the insurance business, il ramo delle assicurazioni; le assicurazioni; He's in the oil business, lavora nel ramo petrolifero; si occupa di petrolio; core business, attività tipica o principale ( di un'azienda)

3 azienda; compagnia; impresa; ditta: He's running a small business, ha una piccola attività; dirige una piccola azienda; They have sold their business, hanno venduto la ditta; a family business, un'impresa familiare; a delivery business, una ditta di consegne a domicilio

4 [u] compito; dovere; cosa che spetta, che tocca: It's my business to make sure things are running smoothly, è compito mio assicurarmi che tutto funzioni; You had no business changing the date, non avevi nessun diritto di (o non toccava a te) cambiare la data

5 (solo sing.) faccenda; affare; cosa; storia: a strange business, una strana faccenda; a risky business, una cosa rischiosa; I'm fed up with the whole business, sono stufo di tutta la faccenda; What a business!, che roba!; che storia!; to go about one's business, occuparsi delle proprie faccende; to have unfinished business ( with sb.), avere una questione in sospeso (con q.); That's none of your business ( o That's no business of yours), non è affar tuo; la faccenda non ti riguarda; DIALOGO → - Discussing an election- Mind your own business!, fatti gli affari tuoi!; bada agli affari (o ai fatti) tuoi!

6 [u] cosa da fare; cosa all'ordine del giorno: What is your business with him?, che hai a fare con lui?; the business of the meeting, l'ordine del giorno della riunione; to make it one's business to do st., preoccuparsi di fare qc.

7 [u] (teatr.) azione mimica

8 – (fam.) the business, tutto quanto

9 (come pred.) – ( slang GB) the business, una cosa fantastica; una roba straordinaria; ( anche) autentico, genuino: This bike's the business!, questa moto è fantastica!

10 [u] (eufem., GB) bisogni (pl.) ( di animale)

● business address, indirizzo d'ufficio; recapito □ business administration, gestione aziendale □ business agent, agente (o procacciatore) d'affari □ business angel ► angel, def. 3 □ (econ.) business barometer, barometro economico □ business card, biglietto da visita ( professionale) □ (aeron.) business class, business class □ (econ.) business climate, situazione congiunturale □ business college, scuola aziendale □ (econ.) business combine, concentrazione di aziende □ business consultant, commercialista; consulente d'impresa □ (econ.) business cycle, ciclo economico □ business day, giorno lavorativo □ business economics, economia aziendale □ business economist, aziendalista □ (fam.) business end, estremità funzionante ( di un oggetto); punta; apertura; bocca: the business end of a knife, la punta di un coltello; Where's the business end of this thing?, da che parte si usa questo affare? □ business ethics, comportamento professionale; deontologia □ business game, gestione simulata ( di aziende, affari, ecc.) □ business hours, orario d'ufficio; orario di esercizio; orario di apertura □ business law, diritto commerciale □ business leader, capitano d'industria □ business lunch, pranzo (o colazione) d'affari □ business management, gestione aziendale; amministrazione degli affari □ business manager, dirigente aziendale □ business mathematics, computisteria □ business name, nome dell'azienda; ragione sociale □ (econ.) business outlook, congiuntura □ business park, zona commerciale ( di una città) □ business person, uomo o donna d'affari □ business premises, locali ( di un'azienda) □ business recovery, ripresa dell'attività commerciale □ ( USA) business reply mail, servizio di risposta affrancata □ business school, scuola aziendale □ (comput.) business software, software per le aziende □ (comm.) business strategy, strategia aziendale □ business studies, (studi di) amministrazione aziendale □ ( USA) business suit, (abito) completo □ business survey, indagine congiunturale □ (org. az.) business-to-business (abbr. B2B, b2b), (relativo a) transazioni commerciali elettroniche di beni e servizi tra aziende □ (org. az.) business-to-consumer (abbr. B2C, b2c), (relativo a) transazioni commerciali elettroniche di beni e servizi tra aziende e consumatori finali □ (econ.) business trends, tendenze congiunturali; evoluzione (sing.) della congiuntura □ business unit, unità operativa ( che può essere identificata come centro di profitti) □ business visitor, operatore ( a una fiera, ecc.) □ (fin., rag.) business year, anno sociale; esercizio □ (econ.) big business, la grande industria; il grande capitale □ (fam.) to do the business, funzionare; avere successo; riuscire □ ( slang USA) to give sb. the business, picchiare q., suonarle a q.; dirne quattro a q., dare una ripassata a q.; uccidere q., accoppare q.; imbrogliare q. □ Good business!, bene!; ben fatto! □ (fam.) We're in business!, siamo pronti (a cominciare)!; siamo a posto!; siamo a cavallo! □ (fam.) to be in the business of, occuparsi di; avere intenzione di; avere come scopo: We're in the business of winning, il nostro scopo è vincere; I'm not in the business of paying for everybody, non intendo pagare per tutti □ (fam.) like nobody's business, benissimo; moltissimo; a gran velocità; a tutto spiano □ to make a great business of st., fare qc. in modo ostentato; fare qc. facendo una gran scena □ (fam.) to mean business, fare sul serio; non scherzare □ poor business, affari magri; ( anche) cattivo modo di condurre gli affari □ to set up in business, mettere su un'attività propria; mettersi in proprio (o per conto proprio) □ to talk business, parlare d'affari; (fig.) parlare di lavoro, parlare di bottega □ Business as usual, l'attività si svolge normalmente; tutto è come al solito; è tornata la normalità; ( cartello su un negozio: dopo una calamità, ecc.) siamo aperti □ (prov.) Business is business, gli affari sono affari □ (prov.) Business before pleasure, prima il dovere, poi il piacere NOTA D'USO: - activity o business?-.

1) отважный, (безрассудно) смелый

2) рискованный, смелый, необычный, оригинальный

3) полный приключений, волнений, опасностей