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1 forsennato
forsennato agg. mad; frantic, wild, raving, out of one's mind (pred.)◆ s.m. madman*, (raving) lunatic: smettila di gridare come un forsennato!, stop bellowing like a lunatic!* * *[forsen'nato] forsennato (-a)1. sm/fmadman (madwoman), lunatic2. aggmad, crazy, insane* * *[forsen'nato] 1. 2.sostantivo maschile (f. -a) insane person* * *forsennato/forsen'nato/(f. -a) insane person; lavorare come un forsennato to work like a Trojan BE. -
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3 bestia
f animalpersona brutale beastpersona sciocca blockheadfig andare in bestia fly into a rage* * *bestia s.f.1 beast, animal: bestia da soma, beast of burden (o sumpter); bestia da tiro, draught animal; le bestie, ( il bestiame) cattle (o livestock) // lavoro da bestia, drudgery (o grind) // conoscere l'umore della bestia, (fig.) to know s.o.'s whims // fare una vita da bestia, to lead a dog's life (o a hard life) // andare in bestia, to blow one's top (o to fly into a rage); mandare in bestia qlcu., to send s.o. up the wall (o to infuriate s.o.) // è una bestia rara, he's unique // la povertà è una brutta bestia, poverty is a terrible (o an ugly) thing // bestia nera, bête noire (o pet hate): la matematica è la sua bestia nera, mathematics is his pet hate (o bugbear)* * *['bestja, 'bɛstja]sostantivo femminile1) (animale) beast, animal2) (insetto) bug3) (persona ignorante) boor, oaf4) (persona rozza e violenta) beast, brute•bestia da soma — beast of burden, pack animal
••lavorare come una bestia — to work like crazy o like a Trojan BE
andare in bestia — to fly off the handle, to blow a fuse
mandare in bestia qcn. — to drive sb. up the wall
essere la bestia nera di qcn. — [persona, problema] to be a bugbear for sb.
guardare qcn. come una bestia rara — to look at sb. as if he, she were a freak
* * *bestia/'bestja, 'bεstja/sostantivo f.1 (animale) beast, animal2 (insetto) bug3 (persona ignorante) boor, oaf4 (persona rozza e violenta) beast, brutela guerra è una brutta bestia war is a scourge; lavorare come una bestia to work like crazy o like a Trojan BE; andare in bestia to fly off the handle, to blow a fuse; mandare in bestia qcn. to drive sb. up the wall; essere la bestia nera di qcn. [persona, problema] to be a bugbear for sb.; guardare qcn. come una bestia rara to look at sb. as if he, she were a freak\bestia feroce ferocious animal; bestia da soma beast of burden, pack animal; bestia da tiro draught animal. -
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