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1 ■ wind up
■ wind upA v. t. + avv.4 portare a (buon) termine; chiudere, concludere; finire, sciogliere: to wind up a debate, chiudere un dibattito; to wind up a meeting, sciogliere una riunione; He wound up his speech with a good joke, concluse il suo discorso con una buona battuta5 (fin., in GB) liquidare, mettere in liquidazione: to wind up one's business, liquidare i propri affari; cessare l'attività; chiudere bottega (fig., fam.); to wind up a company (o a firm) mettere in liquidazione (o chiudere) una società (o azienda)6 (fig.) (spec. al passivo) coinvolgere; prendere (fig.); emozionare; eccitare; rendere nervoso: to be wound up in a scandal, essere coinvolto in uno scandalo; He was all wound up before the exam, era tutto emozionato prima dell'esameB v. i. + avv.1 concludere ( parlando o scrivendo): He wound up by stating flatly that he would never accept my offer, concluse dicendo chiaro e tondo che non avrebbe mai accettato la mia offerta3 (fin., in GB) essere messo in liquidazione: Our company wound up last year, la nostra società è stata messa in liquidazione l'anno scorso4 (fam.) andare a finire; finire per; diventare alla fine; risultare; ritrovarsi: If you go on like that, you'll wind up penniless [in prison], se vai avanti così, finirai senza un soldo [in prigione]; He wound up writing gossip news, alla fine si è ritrovato a scrivere di cronaca rosa; The ball wound up on the roof, la palla è andata (a finire) sul tetto; He wound up the winner, risultò il vincitore; andò a finire che vinse □ to wind up with a contract, riuscire a fare un contratto □ (fam.) to wind up nowhere, non concludere niente di buono; non approdare a nulla. -
2 dry ****
[draɪ]2)a dry sense of humour — un senso dell'umorismo all'inglese, (uninteresting: lecture, subject) poco avvincente2. vt(subj: person: hair, hands, clothes, child) asciugare, (herbs, figs, flowers) far seccare, (subj: sun, wind) seccareto dry one's hands/hair/eyes — asciugarsi le mani/i capelli/gli occhi
to dry o.s — asciugarsi
3. vi•- dry off- dry out- dry up
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