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1 contention
[kən'tenʃn]1) (opinion) affermazione f.3) sport (competition) competizione f.* * *1) (an opinion put forward.) asserzione2) (argument; disagreement.) contesa* * *contention /kənˈtɛnʃn/n.1 contesa; controversia; disputa; polemica3 [u] contrasto; dissenso* * *[kən'tenʃn]1) (opinion) affermazione f.3) sport (competition) competizione f. -
2 ♦ bone
♦ bone /bəʊn/n.1 [uc] osso: a broken bone, un osso rotto; She fractured a thigh bone, si è fratturata il femore; weak bones, ossa fragili; The dog was gnawing at a bone, il cane rosicchiava un osso; fragments of bone, frammenti di osso (o di ossa); bone structure, struttura ossea; bone handle, manico d'osso5 (al pl.) struttura (sing.) essenziale; impalcatura (sing.); scheletro (sing.): the bones of a plan, lo scheletro di un progetto7 (al pl.) castagnette● (chim.) bone ash, cenere d'ossa □ (geol.) bone bed, strato ossifero □ (chim.) bone black, nero animale; carbone d'ossa □ bone china, bone china; porcellana tenera □ bone-dry, completamente asciutto; secco come un osso; secchissimo □ (med.) bone graft, trapianto osseo □ bone-idle (o bone-lazy), molto pigro; sfaticato; pelandrone □ (anat.) bone marrow, midollo osseo □ bone meal, farina d'ossa □ (fig.) bone of contention, oggetto di contesa; pomo della discordia □ bone-setter, conciaossa; aggiustaossa □ bone-tired (o bone-weary), sfinito; esausto □ the bare bones, l'essenziale (di qc.); gli elementi essenziali □ bred in the bone ► to breed □ close to the bone = near the bone ► sotto □ (fig.) to cut to the bone, ridurre all'osso ( prezzi, ecc.) □ to have a bone to pick with sb., avere una critica da rivolgere a q.; voler mettere in chiaro qc. con q. □ (fam.) to feel (o to know) st. in one's bones, sentirsi dentro qc.; essere certo di q.; sentirsi qc. nelle ossa □ (fam.) to make no bones about st., non esitare a (o non farsi scrupolo di) dire qc.; non fare mistero di qc.; dire qc. senza peli sulla lingua: He made no bones about his being prejudiced against us, non ha fatto mistero di essere prevenuto contro di noi □ (fam.) to make old bones, vivere fino a tarda età; campare cent'anni (fam.) □ near the bone, ( di osservazione) che colpisce sul vivo; (di barzelletta, ecc.) spinto, pesante □ ( cucina) off the bone, ( di carne) senza l'osso □ ( cucina) on the bone, ( di carne) con l'osso □ to pick a bone, scarnire un osso □ to be all skin and bone, essere pelle e ossa □ (fam. Austral.) to point the bone at sb., denunciare q.; tradire q. □ to the bone, fino all'osso; fino al midollo; completamente: chilled (o frozen) to the bone, gelato fino al midollo □ (fam.) to tweak sb. 's funny bone, far ridere q. □ (fam.) to work one's fingers to the bone, lavorare sodo; sgobbare.(to) bone /bəʊn/A v. t.B v. i.
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