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1 giallo
1. adj yellow2. m yellow(libro, film) thriller* * *giallo agg. yellow: un maglione giallo, a yellow sweater // farina gialla, maize flour (o meal) // le razze gialle, the yellow races; pericolo giallo, yellow peril // la stampa gialla, ( scandalistica) the gutter press // libro giallo, thriller (o detective story); film giallo, detective (o mystery) film (o thriller) // sindacato giallo, ( creato dai datori di lavoro) company union // (med.) febbre gialla, yellow fever // (biochim.) enzimi gialli, yellow enzymes◆ s.m.1 yellow: giallo limone, lemon yellow; giallo ocra, yellow ochre (o oxide yellow); giallo paglierino, straw yellow; adoro il giallo, I love yellow; il giallo ti dona, yellow suits you // questo prodotto toglie il giallo dalla biancheria, this product takes the yellow colour out of linen2 ( film) detective film, mystery film, thriller; ( libro) thriller, detective story: legge sempre gialli in vacanza, he always reads thrillers on his holidays; questo caso giudiziario è un giallo che appassiona l'opinione pubblica, this case has become a mystery that has inflamed public opinion3 ( di semaforo) amber light: rallenta quando vedi il giallo, slow down when you see the amber light; è passato con il semaforo giallo, he went through the amber (o orange) light4 giallo d'uovo, yolk* * *['dʒallo] giallo (-a)1. agg1) (colore) yellow, (carnagione) sallow2)film/libro giallo — detective film/novel
2. sm1) (colore) yellow, (di semaforo) amber* * *['dʒallo] 1.1) (colore) yellow2) (poliziesco) [film, romanzo] crime attrib., detective attrib.2.sostantivo maschile (f. -a)1) (colore) yellow2) (d'uovo) (egg) yolk3) (di semaforo) amber BE, yellow AE* * *giallo/'dʒallo/ ⇒ 31 (colore) yellow2 (poliziesco) [film, romanzo] crime attrib., detective attrib.(f. -a)1 (colore) yellow2 (d'uovo) (egg) yolk3 (di semaforo) amber BE, yellow AE; attraversare con il giallo to go through when the light is amber o yellow -
2 metà
"aim;Ziel;meta"* * *f destinationsports tryfig goal, aim* * *meta1 s.f.1 (destinazione) destination: la meta del nostro viaggio era Atene, our destination was Athens; errare senza meta, to wander about aimlessly2 (scopo, fine) goal, aim, object, purpose: la meta della propria vita, one's aim in life; prefiggersi una meta, to set oneself a goal; raggiungere la meta prefissa, to reach one's set goal (o aim)3 (archeol.) (nei circhi) meta (pl. -ae)4 ( sport) (rugby) try: andare in, segnare una meta, to score a try.meta2 s.f.1 (mucchio, ammasso) pile: meta di paglia, pile of straw; meta di fieno, haystack2 (rar.) (escremento di bestia grossa) dung, turd.meta3 → metaldeide.* * *['mɛta]sostantivo femminile1) (punto d'arrivo) destination2) sport (nel rugby) try3) fig. (scopo) goal, aim, purpose* * *metà/me'ta/I f.inv.1 (ciascuna di due parti uguali) half*; tagliare, strappare qcs. a metà to cut, tear sth. in half; la metà di 8 è 4 half (of) 8 is 4; ha la metà dei miei anni he's half my age; fare a metà con qcn. to go halves with sb.; fare le cose a metà to do things by half-measures; non fare mai le cose a metà never do things by halves2 (centro, mezzo) middle; a metà del cammino halfway along the path; a metà degli anni '90 in the mid-1990's; verso la metà del mese toward(s) the middle of the month; ho letto metà dell'articolo I'm halfway through the articlemetà pomeriggio mid-afternoon; a metà settimana in midweek; a metà aprile in the middle of April, in mid-April; a metà pagina halfway down the page; a metà film halfway through the film; fermarsi a metà strada to stop halfway; vendere a metà prezzo to sell half price; è a metà prezzo it's half the price; metà campo sport half.
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