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2 ♦ muscle
♦ muscle /ˈmʌsl/n.1 (anat.) muscolo: I keep my back muscles strong, tengo allenati i muscoli della schiena; to strain a muscle, prodursi uno strappo muscolare3 [u] (fig.) forza muscolare; forza fisica; vigoria4 [u] (fam. USA) potere; influenza; potenza: political muscle, influenza politica; financial muscle, potere finanziario; military muscle, potenza militare● muscle-bound, ipermuscoloso □ muscle stiffness, irrigidimento dei muscoli □ (med.) muscle strain, strappo muscolare □ to flex one's muscles, flettere i muscoli; ( sport) scaldarsi; (fig..) far mostra della propria forza ( per intimidire); mostrare i muscoli □ a man of muscle, un uomo muscoloso (o robusto) □ not to move a muscle, non muover muscolo; restare immobile.(to) muscle /ˈmʌsl/v. t.1 conquistare (aprirsi, ecc.) a forza di muscoli (o a gomitate): to muscle one's way through a crowd, farsi largo a gomitate tra la folla● ( slang) to muscle in, farsi largo a forza (o a spintoni); imporsi con la forza ( sul mercato, ecc.) □ to muscle in on the conversation, intromettersi di prepotenza nella conversazione □ ( slang USA) to muscle sb. out, estromettere (o cacciare, buttar fuori) q. con la forza. -
3 ■ run down
■ run downA v. i. + avv.3 (fig.) rallentare; diminuire; ( di azienda, industria, ecc.) ridimensionarsi: Oil production has run down lately, la produzione di petrolio è diminuita di recente; The steel industry has been running down for decades now, è da diversi decenni che l'industria dell'acciaio si va ridimensionando4 ( di un edificio, una proprietà) degradarsi: The hospital has been allowed to run down, l'ospedale è stato abbandonato al degradoB v. t. + avv.1 (autom.) investire; mettere sotto (fam.): He ran down a man on a bicycle, ha investito un ciclista2 denigrare; sparlare di (q.): She's always running down her colleagues, denigra sempre suoi colleghi4 ridurre ( scorte, prodotti finiti, ecc.); rallentare l'attività di; ridimensionare ( un'azienda, una struttura, ecc.): to run down a military base, ridimensionare una base militare5 scorrere; leggere rapidamente: The teacher ran down the list of those present, l'insegnante ha scorso la lista dei presenti6 trovare, scovare ( oggetti nascosti, un libro, ecc.); riuscire a rintracciare ( una persona): We finally ran him down in Madrid, finalmente siamo riusciti a rintracciarlo a Madrid9 ( baseball) intrappolare, tentare di eliminare (un ‘corridore’): to run down a base runner, intrappolare uno che corre verso una base. -
4 strike ****
[straɪk] struck vb: pt, pp1. n1) (by workers) scioperoto go on or come out on strike — entrare in sciopero
2) Mil, (also: air strike) attacco3) (discovery: of oil, gold) scoperta4) Baseball, Bowling strike m inv2. vt1) (hit: gen) colpire2) (collide with) urtare, sbattere contro, (rocks etc) sbattere contro, cozzare contro3) (produce, make: coin, medal) coniare, (agreement, deal) concludere, (a light, match) accendere, (sparks) far sprizzare4) (occur to) colpirethe thought or it strikes me that... — mi viene in mente che...
how does it strike you? — che te ne pare?, che ne pensi?
5) (find: gold, oil) trovarehe struck it rich fig — ha fatto fortuna, ha trovato l'America
6) stricken pp: also(remove, cross out)
to strike (from) — cancellare (da)3. vi1) (workers) scioperare2) (clock) rintoccare, suonare3) (attack) Mil etc, attaccare, sferrare un attacco, (tiger) aggredire la preda, (snake) mordere, (disease, disaster) colpire, abbattersito strike at — (person, evil) colpire
4)4. adj(pay, committee) di sciopero•
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