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1 ♦ worth
♦ worth (1) /wɜ:ɵ/A a. pred.1 che vale; del valore di; valevole: a ring that is worth nothing, un anello che non vale nulla, di nessun valore2 degno; meritevole; che vale la pena: a film worth seeing, un film che merita d'essere visto; The novel isn't worth reading, quel romanzo non vale la pena di leggerlo; Is it worth all the trouble?, val la pena darsi tanto da fare?; DIALOGO → - Lost credit cards- It's worth a try, vale la pena provare; It's worth all the inconvenience, vale la pena di tutto il disagio3 ( di persona) in possesso di, che ha ( un certo patrimonio): He's worth a million pounds, possiede un milione di sterline; What's the steel magnate worth?, qual è il patrimonio del magnate dell'acciaio?B n. [u]1 valore; merito; pregio: a jewel of great worth, un gioiello di grande valore; the true worth of Shakespeare's plays, il vero valore dei drammi di Shakespeare; men of great worth, uomini di grande merito; to prove one's worth, dimostrare il proprio valore● to be worth, valere; costare: It isn't worth much, vale poco; What's the house worth?, quanto vale la casa? □ to be worth it, valere la pena: It isn't worth it, non ne vale la pena □ (volg. USA) worth shit, per niente; per nulla; neanche per il cazzo (volg.) □ (fig.) to be worth a king's ransom, valere una fortuna; valere un Perù □ ( sport) to be worth the win, meritare la vittoria; meritare di vincere □ (fam.) for all one is worth, facendo del proprio meglio; di buona lena; mettendocela tutta: He worked away for all he was worth, si è buttato nel lavoro a corpo morto □ for what it's worth, per quel che vale; ammesso che ne valga la pena: For what it's worth, I'll stand by you, per quel che varrà, ti assicuro il mio appoggio □ (fam.) worth one's salt, degno di questo nome: a poet worth his salt, un poeta degno di questo nome, un poeta che si rispetti □ (fam.: di persona) not to be worth one's salt, non meritare (o non valere) lo stipendio che si riceve; mangiare il pane a tradimento □ I'll make it worth your while, ti ricompenserò a dovere (in modo che tu non abbia a pentirti della fatica fatta, del rischio corso, ecc.) □ It isn't worth while going now, non vale la pena di andare ora □ I bought ten pounds' worth of stamps, comprai francobolli per dieci sterline.worth (2) /wɜ:ɵ/vc. verb. (arc., 3a pers. cong. pres.)accada; venga; sia: Woe worth the day!, maledetto sia il giorno! -
2 sight
I 1. [saɪt]1) (faculty) vista f.to have good, poor sight — avere, non avere la vista buona
2) (act of seeing) vista f.at the sight of — alla vista di [ blood]
to know sb. by sight — conoscere qcn. di vista
to be in sight — [land, border] essere in vista
to come into sight — presentarsi alla vista, apparire
to be out of sight — (hidden) essere nascosto; (having moved) non essere più in vista
out of sight of sb. — di nascosto da qcn.
to keep sb., sth. out of sight — tenere nascosto qcn., qcs.
4) (thing seen) spettacolo m.2.it was not a pretty sight! — iron. non era un bello spettacolo!
1) (places worth seeing) luoghi m. di interesse turisticoto see the sights — visitare, fare un giro turistico
to show sb. the sights — far fare un giro turistico a qcn
2) (on rifle, telescope) mirino m.sing.3) fig.to have sb., sth. in one's sights — tenere qcn., qcs. nel mirino
to set one's sights on sth. — mirare a o su qcs.
to raise, lower one's sights — puntare più in alto, più in basso
••II [saɪt]a damned o jolly BE sight better molto meglio; out of sight, out of mind prov. lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore; out of sight! — colloq. favoloso! fantastico!
verbo transitivo avvistare, scorgere [land, ship, rare bird]* * *1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) vista2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) vista3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) (luogo di interesse turistico)4) (a view or glimpse.) veduta5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) (cosa ridicola)6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) mira, mirino2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) avvistare2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) mirare•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of* * *I 1. [saɪt]1) (faculty) vista f.to have good, poor sight — avere, non avere la vista buona
2) (act of seeing) vista f.at the sight of — alla vista di [ blood]
to know sb. by sight — conoscere qcn. di vista
to be in sight — [land, border] essere in vista
to come into sight — presentarsi alla vista, apparire
to be out of sight — (hidden) essere nascosto; (having moved) non essere più in vista
out of sight of sb. — di nascosto da qcn.
to keep sb., sth. out of sight — tenere nascosto qcn., qcs.
4) (thing seen) spettacolo m.2.it was not a pretty sight! — iron. non era un bello spettacolo!
1) (places worth seeing) luoghi m. di interesse turisticoto see the sights — visitare, fare un giro turistico
to show sb. the sights — far fare un giro turistico a qcn
2) (on rifle, telescope) mirino m.sing.3) fig.to have sb., sth. in one's sights — tenere qcn., qcs. nel mirino
to set one's sights on sth. — mirare a o su qcs.
to raise, lower one's sights — puntare più in alto, più in basso
••II [saɪt]a damned o jolly BE sight better molto meglio; out of sight, out of mind prov. lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore; out of sight! — colloq. favoloso! fantastico!
verbo transitivo avvistare, scorgere [land, ship, rare bird] -
3 remember ***** re·mem·ber vt
[rɪ'mɛmbə(r)]ricordare, ricordarsi diI remember seeing it; I remember having seen it — (mi) ricordo di averlo visto
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