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1 fussy
['fʌsɪ]1) (difficult to please) esigente ( about riguardo a)"when do you want to leave?" - "I'm not fussy" — "quando vuoi partire?" - "per me fa lo stesso"
2) (over-elaborate) [furniture, decoration] troppo elaborato; [ style] enfatico, carico di fronzoli* * *1) (too concerned with details; too particular; difficult to satisfy: She is very fussy about her food.) pignolo, esigente2) ((of clothes etc) with too much decoration: a very fussy hat.) elaborato, pieno di fronzoli* * *fussy /ˈfʌsɪ/a.1 che si agita; apprensivo; nervoso2 meticoloso; puntiglioso; esigente; pignolo; schizzinoso; che fa un sacco di storie (fam.): to be fussy about one's food (o to be a fussy eater) essere schizzinoso nel mangiare; essere molto esigente in fatto di cibo3 eccessivamente complicato o elaborato; carico di fronzoli: a fussy hat, un cappello elaborato; I don't like fussy curtains, non mi piacciono le tende piene di balze e fiocchi● (fam.) not fussy, indifferente; che non ci fa caso: I'm not fussy, per me fa lo stesso; I'm not fussy about the colour: you choose, qualunque colore a me va bene: scegli tu; Are you fussy about what time we eat?, ci tieni a mangiare a un'ora precisa?* * *['fʌsɪ]1) (difficult to please) esigente ( about riguardo a)"when do you want to leave?" - "I'm not fussy" — "quando vuoi partire?" - "per me fa lo stesso"
2) (over-elaborate) [furniture, decoration] troppo elaborato; [ style] enfatico, carico di fronzoli -
2 eater
['iːtə(r)]nome mangiatore m. (-trice)a big eater — un mangione, una buona forchetta
* * *eater /ˈi:tə(r)/n.1 mangiatore: cheese eater, mangiatore di formaggio; compulsive eater, bulimico; a big (o hearty) eater, gran mangiatore; buona forchetta; fussy eater, persona difficile (o schizzinosa) nel mangiare; messy eater, persona che si sporca mangiando; sbrodolone (fam.); frittellone (fam.); moderate eater, persona parca nel mangiare* * *['iːtə(r)]nome mangiatore m. (-trice)a big eater — un mangione, una buona forchetta
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