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1 ♦ (to) pursue
♦ (to) pursue /pəˈsju:/v. t. e i.1 inseguire; incalzare; perseguitare; dare la caccia a: to pursue the enemy, inseguire il nemico; Bad luck pursued him all the time, la sfortuna lo perseguitava di continuo; to pursue a prey, dare la caccia a una preda; to pursue sb. hotly, inseguire rabbiosamente q.2 seguire; cercare; andare in cerca di; perseguire: to pursue pleasure, andare in cerca del piacere; to pursue one's aim (o end) perseguire il proprio scopo3 continuare; proseguire; portare avanti; attendere a: to pursue one's studies, proseguire gli studi; to pursue the matter, approfondire la questione; to pursue a path, proseguire per una strada; to pursue one's task, attendere al proprio compito -
2 ♦ (to) pursue
♦ (to) pursue /pəˈsju:/v. t. e i.1 inseguire; incalzare; perseguitare; dare la caccia a: to pursue the enemy, inseguire il nemico; Bad luck pursued him all the time, la sfortuna lo perseguitava di continuo; to pursue a prey, dare la caccia a una preda; to pursue sb. hotly, inseguire rabbiosamente q.2 seguire; cercare; andare in cerca di; perseguire: to pursue pleasure, andare in cerca del piacere; to pursue one's aim (o end) perseguire il proprio scopo3 continuare; proseguire; portare avanti; attendere a: to pursue one's studies, proseguire gli studi; to pursue the matter, approfondire la questione; to pursue a path, proseguire per una strada; to pursue one's task, attendere al proprio compito -
3 Hunt
I [hʌnt]1) (activity) caccia f.II 1. [hʌnt]1) venat. cacciare [game, fox]2) (seek, pursue) dare la caccia a, ricercare [ murderer]2.to hunt sb. out of o off sth. — cacciare qcn. da qcs
1) (for prey) cacciare2) (search)to hunt for — cercare ovunque [object, person, address]; essere alla ricerca di [truth, cure]
to hunt high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo
•- hunt up* * *1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) cacciare2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) inseguire; scacciare2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) caccia2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) ricerca•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt out* * *(Surnames) Hunt /hʌnt/* * *I [hʌnt]1) (activity) caccia f.II 1. [hʌnt]1) venat. cacciare [game, fox]2) (seek, pursue) dare la caccia a, ricercare [ murderer]2.to hunt sb. out of o off sth. — cacciare qcn. da qcs
1) (for prey) cacciare2) (search)to hunt for — cercare ovunque [object, person, address]; essere alla ricerca di [truth, cure]
to hunt high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo
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4 hunt
I [hʌnt]1) (activity) caccia f.II 1. [hʌnt]1) venat. cacciare [game, fox]2) (seek, pursue) dare la caccia a, ricercare [ murderer]2.to hunt sb. out of o off sth. — cacciare qcn. da qcs
1) (for prey) cacciare2) (search)to hunt for — cercare ovunque [object, person, address]; essere alla ricerca di [truth, cure]
to hunt high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo
•- hunt up* * *1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) cacciare2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) inseguire; scacciare2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) caccia2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) ricerca•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt out* * *hunt /hʌnt/n.1 caccia; inseguimento; partita di caccia; comitiva di cacciatori: to have a good hunt, far buona caccia; tiger hunt, caccia alla tigre; the hunt for the terrorists, la caccia ai terroristi3 (fig.) ricerca: The hunt's on for a new candidate, è già cominciata la ricerca di un nuovo candidato● hunt kennel, allevamento di cani da caccia □ hunt saboteur, animalista che ostacola la caccia □ (fig.) to be on the hunt for st., essere a caccia (o alla ricerca) di qc.♦ (to) hunt /hʌnt/v. t. e i.2 dare la caccia a; inseguire3 battere, esplorare, perlustrare (un luogo, in cerca di qc.)4 (mecc.) pendolare● to hunt the hounds, guidare una muta di cani nella caccia alla volpe.* * *I [hʌnt]1) (activity) caccia f.II 1. [hʌnt]1) venat. cacciare [game, fox]2) (seek, pursue) dare la caccia a, ricercare [ murderer]2.to hunt sb. out of o off sth. — cacciare qcn. da qcs
1) (for prey) cacciare2) (search)to hunt for — cercare ovunque [object, person, address]; essere alla ricerca di [truth, cure]
to hunt high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo
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5 track down
track [sb., sth.] down, track down [sb., sth.] rintracciare, scovare* * *(to pursue or search for (someone or something) until it is caught or found: I managed to track down an old copy of the book.) scovare, rintracciare* * *vt + adv* * *track [sb., sth.] down, track down [sb., sth.] rintracciare, scovare
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