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♦ favour, ( USA) favor /ˈfeɪvə(r)/n.1 [u] favore; benevolenza; simpatie (pl.); grazie (pl.): royal favour, il favore del sovrano; to keep sb. 's favour, rimanere nelle grazie di q.; to win sb. 's favour, conquistare il favore di q.; entrare nelle grazie di q.; to curry favour with sb., cercare di ingraziarsi q.; to look on (o upon) st. with favour, guardare con favore a qc.; to be in [out] of favour with, godere [non godere] delle simpatie (o del favore) di; in favour with, in auge presso; che gode il favore di; to lose favour, perdere la popolarità; to find favour in sb. 's eyes, essere apprezzato da q.; essere nelle buone grazie di q.2 [u] favoritismo; parzialità; favori (pl.): to show favour towards sb., mostrarsi parziale verso q.3 favore; piacere; cortesia: a special favour, un favore particolare; to ask a favour of sb. (o to ask sb. a favour) chiedere un favore a q.; to do sb. a favour, fare un favore a q.; to return a favour, ricambiare un favore; DIALOGO → - Photocopier- You wouldn't do me a favour and make a copy of this contract, would you?, non è che mi faresti il favore di fotocopiare questo contratto?; (fam. iron.) Do me a favour!, ma fammi il piacere!4 (al pl.) (antiq. o scherz., rif. a una donna) favori; grazie: She granted him her favours, gli concesse le sue grazie6 (spec. GB) distintivo ( d'appartenenza a un'associazione, ecc.); coccarda; colori ( d'una squadra)● ( sulla busta di una lettera consegnata a mano) by favour of Mr X, a mezzo (o alla cortesia) del Sig. X □ (comm.) a cheque drawn in your favour, un assegno emesso a vostro favore □ to be (o to stand) high in sb. 's favour, essere molto stimato da q.; essere nelle buone grazie di q. □ in favour of, favorevole a; a favore di; per: She's in favour of birth control, è favorevole alla contraccezione; to vote in favour of a motion, votare per una mozione; to come out in favour of st., pronunciarsi a favore di qc.; The court decided in favour of the plaintiff, la corte si pronunciò a favore del querelante □ in sb. 's favour, a favore di; a vantaggio di: to speak in sb. 's favour, parlare a favore di q.; Things turned in my favour, la situazione si volse a mio favore □ to be out of favour with the people, non godere il favore popolare.(to) favour, ( USA) (to) favor /ˈfeɪvə(r)/v. t.1 approvare; appoggiare; essere a favore di; sostenere: The minister favours new restrictions, il ministro è a favore di nuove restrizioni2 prediligere; preferire; privilegiare; mostrare una parzialità per: She favours loose, comfortable clothes, predilige i vestiti ampi e comodi; He favours his daughter over his son, preferisce la figlia al figlio3 favorire; aiutare; avvantaggiare; agevolare: The mild weather favoured the formation of avalanches, il tempo mite favoriva la formazione di valanghe; Fortune favours the brave, la fortuna aiuta gli audaci4 (antiq.) somigliare a; assomigliare a; avere preso da6 (form.) – to favour with, favorire (q.) di; fare (a q.) l'onore di; concedere: He favoured us with a visit, ci fece l'onore di una visita.
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