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1 muro
m (pl also le mura) wallmuro del suono sound barrierfig mi ha messo con le spalle al muro he'd got my back against the wallle mura f pl (city) walls* * *1 wall; barrier (anche fig.): muro a secco, dry (o dry-stone) wall; muro di cinta, boundary (o enclosure) wall; muro di confine, party wall; muro di mattoni, brick wall; muro divisorio, partition wall; muro esterno, outer wall; muro maestro, main wall; armadio a muro, built-in cupboard; orologio a muro, wall clock; ( pallavolo) fare muro, to block; (aer.) muro del suono, sound barrier; abitare muro a muro, to be next-door neighbours; muro del pianto, ( a Gerusalemme) wailing wall; muro di Berlino, Berlin wall; battere la testa contro un muro, to bang one's head against a (brick) wall; essere con le spalle al muro, to have one's back to the wall; mettere qlcu. al muro, to put s.o. up against a wall; parlare al muro, to talk to the wall; parlava al muro, his words fell on deaf ears; scontro muro contro muro, (fig.) eyeball to eyeball confrontation; puntare i piedi al muro, to dig one's heels in; un muro di nebbia, a wall of fog; un muro di silenzio, di odio, a wall of silence, of hatred // i muri hanno orecchie, (prov.) walls have ears2 pl. walls: le mura della città, the town walls; assalire le mura di una città, to storm the walls of a city; cingere di mura una città, to build a wall around a city; fuori ( del) le mura, outside the walls // le mura domestiche, home // chiudersi tra quattro mura, to shut oneself up* * *['muro]1. sm(anche), fig wallchiudere qc con un muro — (campo, giardino) to build a wall around sth
mettere al muro — (fucilare) to shoot o execute (by firing squad)
2.chiudersi fra quattro mura fig — to shut o.s. up at home
3.* * *['muro] 1.sostantivo maschile1) wallun muro di mattoni, di pietra — a brick, stone wall
armadio a muro — built-in wardrobe o cupboard
2) sport (pallavolo) block3) fig.2.un muro d'acqua, di nebbia — a wall of water, fog
sostantivo femminile plurale murafuori, entro le -a — beyond, within the city walls
•muro di Berlino — stor. Berlin Wall
••è come parlare al o a un muro it's like talking to a brick wall; mettere al muro qcn. (fucilare) to shoot sb.; mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro to have sb. up against the wall; essere con le spalle al muro to have one's back to the wall; i -i hanno orecchie — walls have ears
* * *muro/'muro/I sostantivo m.1 wall; un muro di mattoni, di pietra a brick, stone wall; armadio a muro built-in wardrobe o cupboard; orologio a o da muro wall clock2 sport (pallavolo) blockII mura f.pl.2 (fortificazioni) le antiche -a della città the old walls of the city; fuori, entro le -a beyond, within the city wallsè come parlare al o a un muro it's like talking to a brick wall; mettere al muro qcn. (fucilare) to shoot sb.; mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro to have sb. up against the wall; essere con le spalle al muro to have one's back to the wall; i -i hanno orecchie walls have ears\
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