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81 sweep up
1) (with broom) spazzare, scopare, raccogliere con la scopa; (with arms) tirare su, raccogliere2) fig.to be swept up in — essere travolto da [ revolution]; essere trascinato da [ wave of enthusiasm]
* * *(to gather together or remove (dirt etc) by sweeping: She swept up the crumbs/mess.) spazzare* * *1. vi + adv2. vt + adv(leaves, rubbish) raccogliere, (pick up: books etc) acchiappare* * *1) (with broom) spazzare, scopare, raccogliere con la scopa; (with arms) tirare su, raccogliere2) fig.to be swept up in — essere travolto da [ revolution]; essere trascinato da [ wave of enthusiasm]
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82 thing ***** n
[θɪŋ]1) cosa, (object) oggetto, (contraption) aggeggioa thing of beauty — una bella cosa, un bell'oggetto
the best thing would be to... — la cosa migliore sarebbe di...
for one thing — in primo luogo, tanto per cominciare
first thing (in the morning) — come or per prima cosa (di mattina)
last thing (at night) — come or per ultima cosa (di sera)
it was a close or near thing — ce l'ha fatta per un pelo
the thing is... — il fatto è che...
not a thing to say/to wear — niente da dire/da mettersi
to make a mess of things — farla grossa, combinare un casino
2)things npl — (belongings, clothes, equipment) roba sg, cose fpl
3)4)poor thing — poveretto (-a) -
83 what *****
[wɒt]1. adjche, quale2. pron1) (interrogative) che cosa, cosa, chewhat were you talking about? — di cosa stavate parlando?
what is his address? — qual è il suo indirizzo?
what is it (or he etc) called? — come si chiama?
what will it cost? — quanto sarà? or costerà?
what are you doing? — che or (che) cosa fai?
what are you doing that for? — perché lo fai?
what is that tool for? — a che or a cosa serve quello strumento?
WHAT? — come?, cosa?what's the weather like? — che tempo fa?
what's in there? — cosa c'è lì dentro?
what is it now? — che c'è ora?
what you're thinking about — dimmi a cosa stai pensandowhat you're laughing at — dicci perché stai ridendowhat is the Italian for "book"? — come si dice "book" in italiano?
what do you want now? — che cosa vuoi adesso?
I wonder what he'll do now — mi chiedo cosa farà adesso
2) (relative) ciò che, quello cheis that what happened? — è andata così?
I know what, let's go to the cinema — sai cosa facciamo? - andiamo al cinema
I tell you what, why not come back later? — sai cosa ti dico? perché non torniamo più tardi?
I saw what was on the table — ho visto quello che c'era sul tavolo
I'll show her what's what! — le farò vedere io!
3)what about doing...? — cosa ne diresti di fare...
what about a drink? — beviamo qualcosa?
what about going to the cinema? — e se andassimo al cinema?
you know John — yes, what about him? — conosci John — sì, perché?
what about it? — (what do you think) cosa ne pensi?
what about that money you owe me? — e quei soldi che mi devi?
...and what not fam —... e così via
so
what — e allora?3. excl(disbelieving) cosa?!, come?!what, no coffee! — come, non c'è caffè?!
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84 disgusting
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85 first of all
(to begin with; the most important thing is: First of all, let's clear up the mess; First of all, the scheme is impossible - secondly, we can't afford it.) prima di tutto -
86 for all the world
(exactly, quite etc: What a mess you're in! You look for all the world as if you'd had an argument with an express train.) esattamente -
87 fuck up
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88 put/set to rights
(to put back into the correct order, state etc: The room was in a dreadful mess, and it took us the whole day to set it to rights.) mettere in ordine
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