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1 ♦ bed
♦ bed /bɛd/n.1 letto; giaciglio: to be in bed, essere a letto; to go to bed, andare a letto; to get into bed, mettersi a letto; to get out of bed, alzarsi dal letto; to make the bed, fare (o rifare) il letto; to put sb. to bed, mettere a letto q. ( un bambino); to read in bed, leggere a letto; to wet the bed, bagnare il letto; fare la pipì a letto; Time for bed!, è ora di andare a letto (o a dormire)!; DIALOGO → - Discussing books 2- Reading before bed helps me sleep, leggere prima di andare a letto mi aiuta a dormire; double bed, letto matrimoniale (o a due piazze); single bed, letto singolo (o a una piazza); spare bed, letto in più; letto per gli ospiti; a 100-bed hospital, un ospedale con cento letti2 aiuola, aiola; pezzetto di terreno ( coltivato): a bed of roses, un'aiuola di rose; a bed of strawberries, un pezzo di terra coltivato a fragole4 base; fondo; strato: a bed of concrete, una base di cemento; a bed of leaves, uno strato di foglie; a chicken salad on a bed of lettuce, un'insalata di pollo su una base di lattuga8 (chim.) letto● bed and board, vitto e alloggio □ (tur.) bed and breakfast, alloggio e prima colazione (in una pensione, ecc.); casa privata (o pensione) che offre alloggio e prima colazione □ bed-clothes, biancheria e coperte da letto □ bed-cover, copriletto □ bed jacket, liseuse □ bed linen, biancheria da letto □ (archit.) bed moulding, modanatura □ bed net, zanzariera da letto □ bed of nails, letto di chiodi (di fachiro, ecc.); (fig.) letto di spine, letto di Procuste □ (fig.) a bed of roses, un letto di rose; rose e fiori □ (fig.) a bed of thorns, un letto di spine; una posizione delicata, difficile □ bed-space, posto letto: bed-space availability, disponibilità di posti letto □ bed warmer, scaldaletto; scaldino □ bed-wetter ► bedwetter □ bed-wetting ► bedwetting □ ( slang USA) bed-wise, esperto ( di sesso); che conosce il sesso □ (arc.) to be brought to bed of, dare alla luce; partorire □ feather bed, materasso di piume □ (fam. GB) to get into bed with sb., fare un accordo con q. ( per ricavarne un vantaggio); mettersi in combutta con q. □ (fig.) to get out of bed on the wrong side, alzarsi con la luna di traverso (o di cattivo umore) □ (eufem.) to go to bed with sb., andare a letto con q. □ (fam. GB) to be in bed with sb., mettersi con q. ( per ricavarne un vantaggio), essere in combutta con q. □ to keep to one's bed, essere costretto a letto: essere allettato □ (giorn.) to put to bed, impaginare ( un giornale) □ to take to one's bed, mettersi a letto ( per indisposizione); allettarsi □ (fam. eufem.) to take sb. to bed, portare a letto q. □ (prov.) You've made your bed and must lie in it, l'hai voluto tu e ora non puoi tirarti indietro; hai voluto la bicicletta? ora pedala!(to) bed /bɛd/A v. t.1 ► to bed down, A, def. 12 (bot.) mettere a dimora; trapiantare3 fissare ( su un letto di posa); piantare saldamente; conficcare: The masons were bedding bricks in the mortar, i muratori fissavano i mattoni nella calcina; The arrow bedded itself in the tree trunk, la freccia si è conficcata nel tronco dell'alberoB v. i.2 (geol.) stratificarsi.
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