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101 carry ***** car·ry
['kærɪ]1. vt1) (gen) portare, (have on one's person: money, documents) portare or avere con sé, (transport: goods) trasportare, (passengers) portare, (message, news) recare, portare, (subj: pillar) sostenere, (involve: responsibilities etc) comportarea plane carrying 100 passengers crashed last week — la scorsa settimana è caduto un aereo che trasportava 100 passeggeri
the offence carries a £50 fine — il reato prevede una multa di 50 sterline
2) (Comm: stock) tenere3) (Math: figure) riportare, (Fin: interest) averethis loan carries 10% interest — questo prestito ha un interesse del 10%
4) (approve: motion, bill) approvare, far passare, (win: election, point) vincere5)2. vi(sound) trasmettersi, farsi sentire, diffondersi•- carry on -
102 finish **** fin·ish
['fɪnɪʃ]1. n1) (end) (esp Sport) fine f, (Sport: line) traguardo, Mountaineering uscita2) (appearance) finitura2. vt(gen) finire, terminare, (use up) esaurire3. vi(session) finire, terminare, (book, game) finire, concludersi, (contract) scadere, Mountaineering uscireshe finished by saying that... — ha concluso dicendo che...
to finish first/second Sport — arrivare primo (-a) /secondo (-a)
she's finished with her boyfriend — (broken relationship) ha chiuso con il suo ragazzo
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103 form *****
[fɔːm]1. n1) (gen) formain the form of — a forma di, sotto forma di
2) Sport fig3) (document) modulo4) old, (etiquette) forma5) (bench) banco6) Brit Scol classe f2. vtto form a circle/a queue — fare or formare un cerchio/una coda
he formed it out of a lump of clay — l'ha plasmato or modellato su un blocco di creta
to form a government/group — formare un governo/gruppo
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104 rise *****
[raɪz] [rɪzn] rose vb: pt risen pp1. n1)(increase: in prices, wages, inflation)
rise (in) — aumento (di)3) (upward slope) salita, pendio, (small hill) altura4) (origin: of river) sorgente fto give rise to fig — dar origine a
2. vi1) (get up) alzarsi, (fig: building) sorgerethe House rose Parliament — la seduta della Camera è stata tolta
2) (go higher: sun) sorgere, levarsi, (smoke) alzarsi, levarsi, (dough, cake) crescere (di volume), lievitare, (ground) salire, (fig: spirits) sollevarsithe plane rose to 4,000 metres — l'aereo si è alzato a 4.000 metri
to rise to the surface (also) fig — venire a galla, affiorare
to rise to a higher sum — offrire di più, fare un'offerta più alta
3) (increase: prices) aumentare, rincarare, (temperature, shares, numbers) salire, (wind, sea) alzarsi•- rise up -
105 save ****
I [seɪv]1. vt1) (rescue: also) Relto save the situation or the day — salvare la situazione
to save a goal Ftbl — parare un goal
2) (put aside: money), (also: save up) risparmiare, mettere da parte, (food, newspapers) conservare, tenere da parte, (collect: stamps) raccogliere, Comput memorizzare3) (avoid using: money, effort) risparmiareit saved us a lot of trouble/another journey — ci ha risparmiato una bella seccatura/un altro viaggio
to save time... — per risparmiare or guadagnare tempo...
2. vi1) (also: save up)2)to save on food/transport — risparmiare or economizzare sul vitto/trasporto
3. nSport parataII [seɪv] prepliter old salvo, a eccezione di -
106 O.K.
[ou'kei] 1. interjection, adjective, adverb(all right: Will you do it? O.K., I will; Is my dress O.K.?; That's O.K. with/by me (= I agree).) okay, va bene2. noun(approval: He gave the plan his O.K.) approvazione* * *fam1. exclOK!, okay!, va bene!2. adjthe film was O.K. — il film non era male
are you O.K. for money? — sei a posto coi soldi?
it's O.K. with or by me — per me va bene
is it O.K. with you if...? — ti va bene se...?
is it O.K.?; are you O.K.? — tutto OK?
did you hurt yourself? — no, I'm O.K. — ti sei fatto male? — no, sto bene
is the car O.K.? — è a posto la macchina?
that may have been O.K. last year — questo poteva forse andar bene l'anno scorso
3. nto give sth one's O.K. — dare l'okay a qc
dare l'okay a, approvare* * *O.K.► okay(to) O.K.► to okay -
107 length **** n
[lɛŋθ]1) (size, extent) lunghezza, (duration) duratawhat is its length?; what length is it? — quant'è lungo?
their team won the boat race by 2 lengths Sport — la loro squadra ha vinto la gara di canottaggio per 2 lunghezze
at length — (at last) finalmente, (lengthily) a lungo
to speak at length — dilungarsi, parlare a lungo
I even went to the length of sending her flowers — sono perfino arrivato al punto di mandarle i fiori
to go to any lengths to do sth — fare qualsiasi cosa pur di or per fare qc
she went to great lengths to make sure that... — fece di tutto per assicurarsi che...
2) (piece: of road, pipe etc) pezzo, tratto, (material) taglio, altezzaa dress/skirt length — un taglio per vestito/gonna
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108 okay ['əʊ'keɪ]
fam1. exclOK!, okay!, va bene!2. adjthe film was O.K. — il film non era male
are you O.K. for money? — sei a posto coi soldi?
it's O.K. with or by me — per me va bene
is it O.K. with you if...? — ti va bene se...?
is it O.K.?; are you O.K.? — tutto OK?
did you hurt yourself? — no, I'm O.K. — ti sei fatto male? — no, sto bene
is the car O.K.? — è a posto la macchina?
that may have been O.K. last year — questo poteva forse andar bene l'anno scorso
3. nto give sth one's O.K. — dare l'okay a qc
dare l'okay a, approvare
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