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1 senior
['siːnɪə(r)] 1.to be senior to sb. — essere più vecchio o anziano di qcn.
Mr Brown senior — (the older) il signor Brown senior; (father) il signor Brown padre
2) (superior) [ person] superiore; [civil servant, diplomat] alto; [colleague, minister] (più) anziano; [ aide] senior; [ figure] eminente, di rilievo; [job, post] di livello superiore2.to be senior to sb. — essere il superiore di qcn., occupare un posto di livello superiore rispetto a qcn
1) (older person) anziano m.to be sb.'s senior by 2 years — essere 2 anni più vecchio o avere 2 anni più di qcn.
to be sb.'s senior — essere più vecchio o anziano di qcn
2) (superior) superiore m.3) BE scol. = allievo dai 12 ai 16 anni4) AE scol. = allievo dell'ultimo anno5) AE univ. = studente dell'ultimo anno6) sport senior m. e f.3.* * *['si:njə] 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.) più vecchio; superiore2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)2. adjective((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) senior, padre- senior citizen* * *['siːnɪə(r)] 1.to be senior to sb. — essere più vecchio o anziano di qcn.
Mr Brown senior — (the older) il signor Brown senior; (father) il signor Brown padre
2) (superior) [ person] superiore; [civil servant, diplomat] alto; [colleague, minister] (più) anziano; [ aide] senior; [ figure] eminente, di rilievo; [job, post] di livello superiore2.to be senior to sb. — essere il superiore di qcn., occupare un posto di livello superiore rispetto a qcn
1) (older person) anziano m.to be sb.'s senior by 2 years — essere 2 anni più vecchio o avere 2 anni più di qcn.
to be sb.'s senior — essere più vecchio o anziano di qcn
2) (superior) superiore m.3) BE scol. = allievo dai 12 ai 16 anni4) AE scol. = allievo dell'ultimo anno5) AE univ. = studente dell'ultimo anno6) sport senior m. e f.3. -
2 ♦ mother
♦ mother (1) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.1 madre; mamma (fam.): to become a mother, diventare madre; working mother, una donna con figli che lavora NOTA D'USO: - ragazza madre-; nursing mother, madre che allatta al seno; ( biblico) madre adottiva; surrogate mother, madre surrogata5 (volg.) ► motherfucker● (fam. spreg.) mother's boy, cocco di mamma □ (zool.) Mother Carey's chicken ( Hydrobates pelagicus), uccello delle tempeste; procellaria □ (relig.) Mother Church, Santa Madre Chiesa □ (psic.) mother complex, complesso di Edipo (o della madre) □ mother country, patria; madrepatria □ mother-craft, puericultura □ Mother's Day, la Festa della Mamma (in GB la quarta domenica di quaresima, in USA la seconda di maggio) □ mother earth, (lett.) la madre terra; (scherz.) la terraferma □ (psic.) mother figure, figura materna □ mother's help, collaboratrice domestica; colf □ Mother Hubbard, Mamma Hubbard ( personaggio di poesie infantili); camicione della nonna □ (geol.) mother lode, filone principale; (fig.) miniera (o fonte) inesauribile □ mother love, amor di madre; amore materno □ mother-naked, nudo nato; come mamma l'ha (o ti ha, ecc.) fatto □ Mother Nature, madre natura □ (relig.) Mother of God, madre di Dio, Madonna □ mother-of-pearl, (sost.) madreperla; (agg.) di madreperla □ (bot.) mother of thousands (o mother of millions), ( Cymbalaria muralis) cimbalaria; ( Bellis perennis) margheritina; pratolina □ (naut.) mother ship, nave appoggio; nave ausiliaria □ a mother-to-be, una futura madre; una donna incinta □ (ling.) mother tongue, lingua madre; madrelingua □ mother wit, buonsenso naturale □ every mother's son, ogni figlio di mamma; ognuno.mother (2) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.(= mother of vinegar) madre dell'aceto.(to) mother /ˈmʌðə(r)/v. t.2 far da madre a; avere cure materne per (q.); ( anche di animali) allevare ( come un figlio proprio)3 (fig.) coccolare, viziare
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