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21 (to) devour
(to) devour /dɪˈvaʊə(r)/v. t.1 ( anche fig.) divorare: The wolf devoured its prey, il lupo ha divorato la preda; The children devoured their lunch and ran out to play, i bambini hanno divorato il pranzo e sono corsi fuori a giocare; She devours science fiction, divora i libri di fantascienza2 ( di fuoco, fiamme) divorare; distruggere: The Great Fire of 1666 devoured one third of London, il grande incendio del 1666 ha distrutto un terzo di Londra -
22 (to) devour
(to) devour /dɪˈvaʊə(r)/v. t.1 ( anche fig.) divorare: The wolf devoured its prey, il lupo ha divorato la preda; The children devoured their lunch and ran out to play, i bambini hanno divorato il pranzo e sono corsi fuori a giocare; She devours science fiction, divora i libri di fantascienza2 ( di fuoco, fiamme) divorare; distruggere: The Great Fire of 1666 devoured one third of London, il grande incendio del 1666 ha distrutto un terzo di Londra -
23 rough ***
[rʌf]1) (uneven: ground, road, path, edge) accidentato (-a), (not smooth: skin, cloth, surface, hands) ruvido (-a)2) (voice) rauco (-a), (taste, wine) aspro (-a), (coarse, unrefined: person, manners, life) rozzo (-a), (harsh: person, game) violento (-a), (neighbourhood) poco raccomandabile, malfamato (-a), (sea crossing, weather) brutto (-a)the sea is rough today — c'è mare grosso oggi, il mare è mosso oggi
a rough customer fam — un duro
to feel rough Brit fam — sentirsi male
3) (calculation, figures) approssimativo (-a), approssimato (-a), (plan) sommario (-a)rough work; rough draft; rough copy — brutta copia
at a rough guess or estimate — ad occhio e croce
2. advto play rough Sport — giocare pesante, (children) fare dei giochi violenti
to sleep rough Brit — dormire all'addiaccio, dormire per strada
3. n1) (fam: person) duro2)3) Golf erba alta, macchia4. vtto rough it fam — far vita dura
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24 ♦ from
♦ from /frɒm, frəm/prep.1 (provenienza, derivazione, origine, allontanamento) da; da parte di (q.): to start from London, partire da Londra; to be absent from school, essere assente da scuola; DIALOGO → - Discussing university- Where are you from?, di dove sei?; da dove vieni?; I'm from Italy, sono italiano; I'm from Macclesfield, sono di Macclesfield; a fall from a horse, una caduta da cavallo; to be far from home, essere lontano da casa; to go away from home, andarsene da casa; to translate from French, tradurre dal francese; Tell him from me that…, ditegli da parte mia che…; You will hear from my solicitor, avrete notizie da parte del mio avvocato; vi contatterà il mio avvocato; There were from twenty to thirty people in the room, nella stanza c'erano dalle venti alle trenta persone; DIALOGO → - Refusing a call- It's Dave Fox from Cooper and Cooper, sono Dave Fox della Cooper and Cooper2 (sottrazione, esclusione) a; (separazione) da: to take st. from sb., portare via (o prendere, togliere) qc. a q.; to separate st. from st., separare qc. da qc.; to hide the truth from sb., nascondere la verità a q.; to keep a secret from others, nascondere un segreto agli altri; to require st. from sb., richiedere qc. a q.; esigere qc. da q.; to prevent sb. from doing st., impedire a q. di fare qc.3 (causa) per; a causa di; di: to speak from experience, parlare per esperienza; to suffer from hunger [from rheumatism], soffrire per la fame [di reumatismi]; to tremble from fear, tremare di (o dalla o per la) paura5 (differenza): She was different from her classmates, era diversa dai suoi compagni; to tell (o to know) one thing from another, distinguere una cosa da un'altra6 ( mezzo o materia) con; di: Flour is made from wheat, la farina si fa col grano; a box made from wood, una scatola fatta di legno7 (limitazione) a giudicare da; a: from what I saw, a giudicare da quello che vidi; from what he tells me, a quanto mi dice (o asserisce)● from A to B, da un punto all'altro □ from A to Z, dall'A alla Z; (fig.) da cima a fondo: to know st. from A to Z, sapere qc. a menadito □ from above, dal disopra; di sopra □ from bad to worse, di male in peggio □ from behind, dal didietro; da dietro □ from beneath, dal disotto; da sotto □ from day to day, di giorno in giorno; da un giorno all'altro □ from hand to hand, di mano in mano □ from long ago, da un tempo remoto □ from mouth to mouth, di bocca in bocca □ from over, dal disopra; da sopra □ from my point of view, dal mio punto di vista □ from time to time, di quando in quando; di tanto in tanto □ from top to toe, da cima a fondo □ (fam. USA) from way back, da molto tempo; da tempo immemorabile □ to paint from life, dipingere dal vero □ (mus.) to play from memory, suonare a memoria.
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