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I 1. [kiː]1) (locking device) chiave f.a set o bunch of keys un mazzo di chiavi; under lock and key — sotto chiave
2) (winding device) chiavetta f. ( for di)3) tecn. chiavetta f., bietta f.4) (on computer, piano, phone) tasto m.; (on oboe, flute) chiave f.5) fig. (vital clue) chiave f.6) (explanatory list) legenda f.; (for code) chiave f.7) (answers) soluzione f. (anche scol.)8) mus. tono m., tonalità f.in a major, minor key — in (una tonalità) maggiore, minore
9) geogr. banco m. di sabbia, isolotto m.2.modificatore [figure, role, point, problem] chiave; [industry, document] fondamentaleII [kiː]•- key in* * *[ki:] 1. noun1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) chiave2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) tasto3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) tasto4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) tono5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) chiave6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) legenda2. adjective(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) chiave- keyboard- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed up* * *(Surnames) Key /ki:/* * *I 1. [kiː]1) (locking device) chiave f.a set o bunch of keys un mazzo di chiavi; under lock and key — sotto chiave
2) (winding device) chiavetta f. ( for di)3) tecn. chiavetta f., bietta f.4) (on computer, piano, phone) tasto m.; (on oboe, flute) chiave f.5) fig. (vital clue) chiave f.6) (explanatory list) legenda f.; (for code) chiave f.7) (answers) soluzione f. (anche scol.)8) mus. tono m., tonalità f.in a major, minor key — in (una tonalità) maggiore, minore
9) geogr. banco m. di sabbia, isolotto m.2.modificatore [figure, role, point, problem] chiave; [industry, document] fondamentaleII [kiː]•- key in -
2 flat
I 1. [flæt]1) (level, not rounded) [ surface] piatto, piano; [roof, face] piatto; [ nose] schiacciato, camuso; (shallow) [ dish] piano2) (deflated) [ ball] sgonfio; [ tyre] a terra4) (low) [shoes, heels] basso5) (absolute) [refusal, denial] netto, secco, decisoyou're not going and that's flat! — non ci vai, e basta!
6) (standard) [fare, fee] fisso, forfettario; [ charge] fisso7) (monotonous) [voice, tone] piatto, monotono; (unexciting) [performance, style] noioso, piatto8) (not fizzy) [ drink] sgassato9) (depressed)2.to feel flat — sentirsi a terra o giù di corda
1) (horizontally) [ lay] disteso; [ fall] (lungo) distesoto knock sb. flat — atterrare qcn.
to lie flat — [ person] giacere (lungo) disteso; [hair, pleat] essere piatto
to fall flat on one's face — cadere lungo disteso; fig. rompersi il collo
3) (exactly)4) colloq. (absolutely) decisamente, seccamenteto turn [sth.] down flat — rifiutare recisamente [ offer]
5) mus. [sing, play] in tono più basso (del dovuto), in modo stonato••II 1. [flæt]to fall flat — [ play] fare fiasco; [ joke] cadere nel vuoto; [party, plan] essere un fiasco
1) (level part)the flat of — il palmo di [ hand]; il piatto di [ sword]
on the flat — BE [walk, park] in piano
2) colloq. (tyre) gomma f. a terra3) mus. bemolle m.4) teatr. fondale m.2.1) AE colloq. (shoes) scarpe f. basseIII [flæt]nome BE (apartment) appartamento m.* * *[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) piatto2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) noioso3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) netto4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) sgonfio, a terra5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) sgassato6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) abbassato di tono; in tono più basso2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) disteso3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) appartamento2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemolle3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) palmo4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) piano; pantano•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
- flat out* * *I 1. [flæt]1) (level, not rounded) [ surface] piatto, piano; [roof, face] piatto; [ nose] schiacciato, camuso; (shallow) [ dish] piano2) (deflated) [ ball] sgonfio; [ tyre] a terra4) (low) [shoes, heels] basso5) (absolute) [refusal, denial] netto, secco, decisoyou're not going and that's flat! — non ci vai, e basta!
6) (standard) [fare, fee] fisso, forfettario; [ charge] fisso7) (monotonous) [voice, tone] piatto, monotono; (unexciting) [performance, style] noioso, piatto8) (not fizzy) [ drink] sgassato9) (depressed)2.to feel flat — sentirsi a terra o giù di corda
1) (horizontally) [ lay] disteso; [ fall] (lungo) distesoto knock sb. flat — atterrare qcn.
to lie flat — [ person] giacere (lungo) disteso; [hair, pleat] essere piatto
to fall flat on one's face — cadere lungo disteso; fig. rompersi il collo
3) (exactly)4) colloq. (absolutely) decisamente, seccamenteto turn [sth.] down flat — rifiutare recisamente [ offer]
5) mus. [sing, play] in tono più basso (del dovuto), in modo stonato••II 1. [flæt]to fall flat — [ play] fare fiasco; [ joke] cadere nel vuoto; [party, plan] essere un fiasco
1) (level part)the flat of — il palmo di [ hand]; il piatto di [ sword]
on the flat — BE [walk, park] in piano
2) colloq. (tyre) gomma f. a terra3) mus. bemolle m.4) teatr. fondale m.2.1) AE colloq. (shoes) scarpe f. basseIII [flæt]nome BE (apartment) appartamento m.
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