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I [wɪnd]1. n1) ventohigh or strong wind — vento forte
into or against the wind — controvento
to take the wind out of sb's sails — smontare qn, spegnere l'entusiasmo di qn
to sail close to the wind fig — spingere le cose troppo in là, (act almost illegally) rasentare l'illegalità, (risk causing offence) rischiare di offendere
2) (flatulence) flatulenzato break wind — fare aria, fam
to bring up wind — (baby) fare il ruttino
3) (breath) respiro, fiatoto get one's wind back or one's second wind — riprendere fiato
4) Musthe wind(s) — i fiati mpl
2. vtII [waɪnd] wound pt, ppto wind sb — (with punch etc) mozzare il fiato a qn
1. vt1) (roll, coil) avvolgere, arrotolare2) (clock, watch, toy) caricare2. vi(also: wind its way) (river, path) serpeggiare, (procession) snodarsi•- wind in- wind on- wind up -
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I [ded]1) (no longer living) mortothe dead man, woman — il morto, la morta
a dead body — un morto, un cadavere
to play dead — fare finta di essere morto, fare il morto
drop dead! — colloq. crepa!
to shoot sb. dead — uccidere qcn. (sparando)
"wanted, dead or alive" — "ricercato, vivo o morto"
to give sb. up for dead — dare qcn. per spacciato
I'm absolutely dead after that walk! — colloq. sono stanco morto dopo quella camminata!
4) (not functioning, idle) [ battery] scarico; [ bank account] estinto; [ capital] infruttifero, improduttivo5) (impervious)to be dead to sth. — essere insensibile a qcs
7) (absolute)a dead calm — una calma assoluta o piatta
••II [ded]you do that and you're dead meat! — AE colloq. fallo e sei un uomo morto!
1)2) fig. (depths)III [ded]at dead of night in the dead of night nel cuore della notte, a notte fonda; in the dead of winter — in pieno inverno
avverbio assolutamente"dead slow" — aut. "a passo d'uomo"
to be dead against — essere completamente contrario a [idea, plan]
* * *[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) morto2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) guasto3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) assoluto2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) completamente- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) tremendamente- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *I [ded]1) (no longer living) mortothe dead man, woman — il morto, la morta
a dead body — un morto, un cadavere
to play dead — fare finta di essere morto, fare il morto
drop dead! — colloq. crepa!
to shoot sb. dead — uccidere qcn. (sparando)
"wanted, dead or alive" — "ricercato, vivo o morto"
to give sb. up for dead — dare qcn. per spacciato
I'm absolutely dead after that walk! — colloq. sono stanco morto dopo quella camminata!
4) (not functioning, idle) [ battery] scarico; [ bank account] estinto; [ capital] infruttifero, improduttivo5) (impervious)to be dead to sth. — essere insensibile a qcs
7) (absolute)a dead calm — una calma assoluta o piatta
••II [ded]you do that and you're dead meat! — AE colloq. fallo e sei un uomo morto!
1)2) fig. (depths)III [ded]at dead of night in the dead of night nel cuore della notte, a notte fonda; in the dead of winter — in pieno inverno
avverbio assolutamente"dead slow" — aut. "a passo d'uomo"
to be dead against — essere completamente contrario a [idea, plan]
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