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1 ♦ minor
♦ minor /ˈmaɪnə(r)/A a.1 minore; più piccolo; di second'ordine; meno importante; non grave; leggero; lieve: (astron.) the minor planets, i pianeti minori; a minor poet, un poeta minore; (med.) a minor operation, un'operazione non grave; un piccolo intervento; a minor problem, un piccolo problema; un problemino; a minor illness, una malattia lieve; minor damage, danno lieve; (leg.) minor offence, reato minore3 (leg.) minorenne4 (mus.) minore: minor key [interval, scale], chiave [intervallo, scala] minore; prelude in C minor, preludio in do minore5 ( un tempo, nelle scuole ingl.; posposto al cognome) il minore ( di due studenti con lo stesso cognome, fratelli o no): Brown minor, il minore dei due BrownB n.1 (leg.) minorenne; minore2 (relig.) frate minore; minorita3 (filos.) (la) minore; premessa minore4 ( all'università: in USA, Canada, Austral. e NZ) disciplina scelta come seconda materia ( in un corso di laurea)● (relig. anglicana) minor canon, canonico che non fa parte del capitolo □ (fig.) in a minor key, in tono minore. -
2 wind ****
I [wɪnd]1. n1) ventohigh or strong wind — vento forte
into or against the wind — controvento
to take the wind out of sb's sails — smontare qn, spegnere l'entusiasmo di qn
to sail close to the wind fig — spingere le cose troppo in là, (act almost illegally) rasentare l'illegalità, (risk causing offence) rischiare di offendere
2) (flatulence) flatulenzato break wind — fare aria, fam
to bring up wind — (baby) fare il ruttino
3) (breath) respiro, fiatoto get one's wind back or one's second wind — riprendere fiato
4) Musthe wind(s) — i fiati mpl
2. vtII [waɪnd] wound pt, ppto wind sb — (with punch etc) mozzare il fiato a qn
1. vt1) (roll, coil) avvolgere, arrotolare2) (clock, watch, toy) caricare2. vi(also: wind its way) (river, path) serpeggiare, (procession) snodarsi•- wind in- wind on- wind up
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