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1 ♦ past
♦ past /pɑ:st/A a.passato ( anche gramm.); scorso; trascorso; finito; ultimo: past customs, usi passati; ( sport) his past performance, le sue passate prestazioni; His worries were past, le sue preoccupazioni erano finite; the past week [year], la settimana scorsa [l'anno scorso]; in times past, nei tempi passati; nei tempi andati; in the past few days, negli ultimi giorni; nei giorni passatiB n.1 [u] (il) passato: recollections of the past, ricordi del passato; to dwell on the past, soffermarsi sul passato; in the remote past, nel lontano passato2 passato burrascoso (o poco chiaro, oscuro): She is a woman with a past, è una donna con un passato burrascoso; to have a murky past, avere un passato poco chiaro (o poco pulito)C prep.oltre; di là di; dopo: He walked past the gate, si spinse oltre il cancello; I stayed up till past midnight, rimasi alzato fin dopo mezzanotte; He ran past the bridge, corse di là dal ponte; He's past all hope, è al di là d'ogni speranza; è un caso disperatoD avv.1 oltre; accanto: He walked past without noticing me, mi è passato accanto senza vedermi; DIALOGO → - Asking for the toilet- The gents is on the right just past the jukebox, il bagno degli uomini è a destra appena oltre il jukebox; to hasten past, passar oltre in tutta fretta; DIALOGO → - Being late- I'm just past Northampton, ho appena superato Northampton2 (idiom.; per es.:) to go past, passare; transitare; The battalion marched past, il battaglione è passato marciando (o ha sfilato a passo di marcia); DIALOGO → - At the bus stop- It hasn't been past since I've been waiting, non è passato da quando sto aspettando● a past chairman, un ex presidente □ past comparison, senza confronti □ past description, indescrivibile □ past due, ( di debito) scaduto; ( di treno, ecc.) in ritardo □ ( di un malato, della situazione, ecc.) past hope, disperato □ past the hour, dopo l'ora esatta: Trains run every ten minutes past the hour, i treni passano ogni dieci minuti dopo l'ora esatta ( cioè alle 6 e 10, alle 7 e 10, alle 8 e 10, ecc.) □ (fam.) to be past it, non essere più all'altezza (o in grado di fare qc.); essere troppo vecchio ( per fare sesso, ecc.) □ past master, conoscitore perfetto; maestro indiscusso; ( nella Massoneria, in una gilda, ecc.) ex maestro □ to be a past master at doing st. (o in st.), essere un maestro a fare qc. (o in qc.) □ (gramm.) past participle, participio passato □ (gramm.) past perfect, trapassato □ to be past praying for, ( di una persona) essere irremovibile; ( di una cosa) essere inservibile □ (gramm.) past simple, passato remoto; ( talora) imperfetto; ( talora) passato prossimo (in ital.) □ (ipp.) to be past the winning post, avere tagliato il traguardo □ for a long time past, da molto tempo □ half past three, le tre e mezza □ a problem past solution, un problema insolubile □ a quarter past four, le quattro e un quarto □ John is well past seventy, John è più che settantenne. -
2 murky
['mɜːkɪ]1) (gloomy) [ night] cupo, buio; [ water] scuro; [ colour] tetro; [ weather] cupo, fosco; [ distance] indistinto* * *murky /ˈmɜ:kɪ/a.1 oscuro ( anche fig.); tenebroso; buio; nero: a murky night, una notte tenebrosa; murky language, linguaggio oscuro● murky darkness, densa tenebra; buio fitto; buio pesto □ to have a murky past, avere un passato poco chiaro (o poco pulito)murkilyavv.oscuramente; tenebrosamente; torbidamentemurkinessn. [u]* * *['mɜːkɪ]
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