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1 at a snail's pace
(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) a passo di lumaca -
2 snail
[sneɪl]nome chiocciola f., lumaca f. (con il guscio)* * *[sneil](a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell: Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.) lumaca* * *snail /sneɪl/n.1 (zool.) lumaca; chiocciola● (mecc.) snail cam, camma a chiocciola □ (scherz., Internet) snail mail, posta ordinaria ( contrapposta alla posta elettronica) □ (fig.) snail-paced (o snail-slow), lento come una lumaca; lentissimo □ at a snail's pace, a passo di lumaca.* * *[sneɪl]nome chiocciola f., lumaca f. (con il guscio) -
3 snail n
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4 feeler
['fiːlə(r)]nome antenna f.; (of snail) tentacolo m., antenna f.••* * *noun ((in certain animals, insects etc) an organ for touching, especially one of the two thread-like parts on an insect's head.) antenna* * *feeler /ˈfi:lə(r)/n.2 atto, discorso, osservazione, ecc., fatti allo scopo di tastare il terreno (o di saggiare le intenzioni di q.); sondaggio: (fam.) peace feelers, sondaggi per la pace; to put out a feeler (o feelers) sondare la situazione; tastare il terreno3 (mecc.) sonda● feeler gauge, (mecc.) calibro a spessori, spessimetro; (ind. tess.) tastatore.* * *['fiːlə(r)]nome antenna f.; (of snail) tentacolo m., antenna f.••
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snail's pace — snail s′ pace′ n. an extremely slow rate of progress • Etymology: 1400–50 snail′ paced , adj … From formal English to slang
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