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1 bygones: let bygones be bygones
(to forgive and forget past causes of ill-feeling.) cosa passata; metterci una pietra sopraEnglish-Italian dictionary > bygones: let bygones be bygones
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2 bygone
['baɪgɒn]aggettivo [days, scene] del passato, antico••* * *bygone /ˈbaɪgɒn/A a.passato; remoto; anticoB n.(di solito, al pl.) cosa passata● Let bygones be bygones, mettiamoci una pietra sopra; (prov.) acqua passata non macina più.* * *['baɪgɒn]aggettivo [days, scene] del passato, antico•• -
3 by
I [baɪ]1) (showing agent, result) da2) (through the means of) in, per, conto begin by saying that — cominciare dicendo o col dire che
3) (according to, from evidence of) secondo, a4) (via, passing through) attraverso, per, tramite, da5) (near, beside) presso, vicino a, accanto a6) (past)to go o pass by sb. passare davanti o accanto a qcn.; they passed us by in their car ci sono passati davanti in macchina; let us get by — lasciateci passare
7) (showing authorship) di8) (before, not later than) per, entroby four o'clock — entro o per le quattro
by this time next week — la prossima settimana a quest'ora, di qui a una settimana
he ought to be here by now — ormai o a quest'ora dovrebbe essere qui
9) (during)by daylight — di giorno, alla luce del giorno
10) (according to)11) (to the extent or degree of) diprices have risen by 20% — i prezzi sono aumentati del 20%
12) (in measurements) per13) mat. (in multiplication, division) per14) (showing rate, quantity) a15) (in successive degrees, units)day by day — giorno per o dopo giorno, di giorno in giorno
one by one — uno a uno, uno alla volta
16) (with regard to) dihe is an architect by profession o trade di professione fa l'architetto; by birth — di nascita
17) (as a result of) perby chance — per caso, casualmente
19) mar. (in compass directions)II [baɪ]1) (past)the people walking by — la gente che passa, i passanti
2) (near) vicino, accanto3) (aside)••by and by — (in past) di lì a poco; (in future) presto, fra breve, tra poco
by the by by the bye incidentalmente, a proposito; but that's by the by — ma questo c'entra poco
* * *1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) presso2) (past: going by the house.) davanti3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) per, attraverso4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) da5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) per, in6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) per7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) per, entro8) (during the time of.) di9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) di10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) per11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) a, al12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) di2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) vicino2) (past: A dog ran by.) di qui3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) da parte, via•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) fare una deviazione- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way* * *I [baɪ]1) (showing agent, result) da2) (through the means of) in, per, conto begin by saying that — cominciare dicendo o col dire che
3) (according to, from evidence of) secondo, a4) (via, passing through) attraverso, per, tramite, da5) (near, beside) presso, vicino a, accanto a6) (past)to go o pass by sb. passare davanti o accanto a qcn.; they passed us by in their car ci sono passati davanti in macchina; let us get by — lasciateci passare
7) (showing authorship) di8) (before, not later than) per, entroby four o'clock — entro o per le quattro
by this time next week — la prossima settimana a quest'ora, di qui a una settimana
he ought to be here by now — ormai o a quest'ora dovrebbe essere qui
9) (during)by daylight — di giorno, alla luce del giorno
10) (according to)11) (to the extent or degree of) diprices have risen by 20% — i prezzi sono aumentati del 20%
12) (in measurements) per13) mat. (in multiplication, division) per14) (showing rate, quantity) a15) (in successive degrees, units)day by day — giorno per o dopo giorno, di giorno in giorno
one by one — uno a uno, uno alla volta
16) (with regard to) dihe is an architect by profession o trade di professione fa l'architetto; by birth — di nascita
17) (as a result of) perby chance — per caso, casualmente
19) mar. (in compass directions)II [baɪ]1) (past)the people walking by — la gente che passa, i passanti
2) (near) vicino, accanto3) (aside)••by and by — (in past) di lì a poco; (in future) presto, fra breve, tra poco
by the by by the bye incidentalmente, a proposito; but that's by the by — ma questo c'entra poco
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4 bygone by·gone
['baɪˌɡɒn]1. adj2. n
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