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1 masso
m rock* * *masso s.m. block, mass of stone; rock; (geol.) boulder: masso vivo, bare (o naked) rock; attenzione, caduta massi, beware, falling rocks; (geol.) masso erratico, erratic (boulder) // duro come un masso, (fig.) as hard as a rock // pesante come un masso, (fig.) as heavy as a rock // quell'armadio è un masso, non riesco a spostarlo!, that wardrobe weights a ton, I'll never move it! // dormire come un masso, (fig.) to sleep like a log.* * *['masso]sostantivo maschile boulder, rock"attenzione, caduta -i" — "beware of falling rocks"
* * *masso/'masso/sostantivo m.boulder, rock; caduta -i rockfall; "attenzione, caduta -i" "beware of falling rocks". -
2 frana
f landslide* * *frana s.f.1 (geol.) landslide, landslip, slump: frana di ammollimento, mudslide; frana di crollo, rockfall; frana di scivolamento, rockslide; una frana ha interrotto la strada, a landslide has blocked the road; attenzione! pericolo di frane, beware! landslides* * *['frana]sostantivo femminile1) (caduta di materiali) landslide2) (materiale franato) fall3) colloq. fig. washout, dead lossessere una frana in qcs. — to be hopeless at sth
* * *frana/'frana/sostantivo f.1 (caduta di materiali) landslide2 (materiale franato) fall3 colloq. fig. washout, dead loss; essere una frana in qcs. to be hopeless at sth. -
3 ostacolare
hinder* * *ostacolare v.tr.1 to obstruct; ( impacciare) to hamper, to hinder: il lungo mantello le ostacolava i movimenti, she was hampered by her long cloak; una frana ostacolava il passaggio, a rockfall blocked the way2 (fig.) ( intralciare) to thwart, to be a hindrance to (s.o., sthg.), to hamper, to handicap, to interfere with (sthg.): mi ha sempre ostacolato, he has always thwarted me; ha sempre ostacolato i miei piani, he has always interfered with (o obstructed) my plans; nella sua carriera politica fu ostacolato dal suo passato di cantante, his political career was hampered by his past as a singer; ostacolare il corso degli affari, to hamper the progress of business; ostacolare un matrimonio, to impede a marriage; ostacolare il corso della giustizia, to obstruct the due course of justice.* * *[ostako'lare]verbo transitivo to obstruct [progetto, negoziati, giustizia]; to be* in the way of, to stand* in the way of, to hinder, to impede [discussione, trattive]; to hamper, to impede, to obstruct [ progresso]; to thwart, to foil [ sforzo]; to hamper, to hinder [ persona]; to hinder, to impede, to hamper [azione, corso, carriera, sviluppo, movimento]; to block, to hold [ traffico]* * *ostacolare/ostako'lare/ [1]to obstruct [progetto, negoziati, giustizia]; to be* in the way of, to stand* in the way of, to hinder, to impede [discussione, trattive]; to hamper, to impede, to obstruct [ progresso]; to thwart, to foil [ sforzo]; to hamper, to hinder [ persona]; to hinder, to impede, to hamper [azione, corso, carriera, sviluppo, movimento]; to block, to hold [ traffico].
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