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1 leading
['liːdɪŋ]1) (top) [lawyer, politician] eminente, di primo piano, di spicco; [ brand] primario; [ position] preminente3) (in race) [driver, car] di testa, che è in testa; (in league) [club, team] in testa alla classifica4) (at the front) [aircraft, car] di testa* * *leading (1) /ˈlɛdɪŋ/n. [u]2 (edil.) impiombatura5 (tipogr.) interlinea addizionale.♦ leading (2) /ˈli:dɪŋ/A n. [u]1 comando; direzione; guida2 (fig.) influenza; (forza dell') esempioB a.1 che guida; che comanda; che dirige3 eminente; preminente; primo; primario; principale: a leading company, un'azienda primaria; a leading scientist, un eminente scienziato; (geom.) leading diagonal, diagonale principale● (aeron. mil., in GB) leading aircraftman, aviere scelto □ leading article, (giorn.) ► leader, def. 9 □ (teatr.) leading business, parti principali ( riservate al primo attore) □ (leg.) leading case, caso che fa testo; sentenza che serve da precedente □ ( alpinismo) leading climber, capocordata □ (elettr.) leading current, corrente in anticipo □ (aeron.) leading edge, bordo d'attacco, bordo d'entrata ( dell'ala) □ (econ., fin.) leading indicator, indicatore di tendenza; indicatore anticipatore; indice significativo □ (cinem., teatr.) leading lady, primadonna; (attrice) protagonista □ leading light, (naut.) fanale di allineamento; (fig.: di persona) luminare □ (cinem., teatr.) leading man, primo attore; (attore) protagonista □ (naut.) leading mark, meda; segnale □ (mus.) leading motive, motivo conduttore; tema melodico ricorrente □ (mus.) leading note, nota sensibile □ (spec. leg.) leading question, domanda tendenziosa; domanda posta in modo da suggerire una certa risposta ( e perciò non consentita e non ammessa) □ leading rein, briglia; cavezza □ leading reins = leading strings ► sotto □ ( marina mil., in GB) leading seaman, sottocapo □ (econ.) the leading sectors, i settori di punta □ ( Borsa) leading securities, titoli guida □ (naut.) leading ship, nave capofila □ leading strings, dande; guinzaglio per bambini piccoli □ leading topics, argomenti d'attualità □ (mat., telef., ecc.) leading zero, zero iniziale □ (fig.: di adulto) to be in leading strings, venir fatto rigare dritto; essere sotto stretto controllo.* * *['liːdɪŋ]1) (top) [lawyer, politician] eminente, di primo piano, di spicco; [ brand] primario; [ position] preminente3) (in race) [driver, car] di testa, che è in testa; (in league) [club, team] in testa alla classifica4) (at the front) [aircraft, car] di testa -
2 ■ cut off
■ cut offA v. t. + avv.2 bloccare; interrompere; tagliare: to cut off supplies for, tagliare i rifornimenti a; to cut off all the roads leading out of town, bloccare tutte le strade che portano fuori di città; (mil.) to cut off the enemy's retreat, tagliare la ritirata al nemico4 isolare; tagliar fuori: We were cut off by a heavy snowstorm, siamo rimasti isolati per una grande nevicata; to be cut off from civilization, essere isolato dal mondo civile; to cut oneself off, isolarsi ( dagli altri); to feel cut off, sentirsi tagliato fuori; sentirsi escluso6 ( anche telef.) interrompere: Our conversation was cut off, la nostra conversazione è stata interrotta; I've been cut off, è caduta la lineaB v. i. + avv.1 (fam.) andarsene alla svelta; filare2 (elettr., mecc.: di apparecchio, ecc.) disinserirsi; spegnersi □ to cut off a corner, tagliare dritto ( da un punto all'altro) □ (fig.) to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, castrarsi per far dispetto alla moglie □ to be cut off in one's prime, morire prematuramente; ( anche) veder finire prematuramente la propria carriera □ to cut sb. off without a penny, escludere q. dal testamento; diseredare; non lasciare il becco di un quattrino a q. -
3 drive *****
[draɪv] drove vb: pt driven pp1. n2) (leading to house) vialetto (d'accesso)3) Tennis diritto, Golf drive m inv4) (energy) grinta, energia, (motivation) spinta, stimolo, Psych impulso, (effort) sforzo eccezionale5) Comm Pol campagna6) Tech trasmissione f, Autofront-/rear-wheel drive — trazione f anteriore/posteriore
left-/right-hand drive — guida a sinistra/destra
7) Comput, (also: disk drive) disk drive m inv, unità f inv a dischi magnetici2. vt1) (cause to move: people, animals) condurre, (clouds, leaves) sospingerehe is driven by greed/ambition — è spinto dall'avidità/dall'ambizione
3) (operate: machine) azionare4)(nail, stake)
to drive (into) — conficcare (in), piantare (in)to drive this point home, she pointed out that... — per farsi capire bene, ha sottolineato che...
3. vi(drive a car) guidare, (travel by car) andare in macchinato drive away/back — partire/ritornare in macchina
to drive at 50 km an hour — guidare or andare a 50 km all'ora
•- drive at- drive on- drive up
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