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♦ pill /pɪl/n.1 ( anche fig.) pillola; compressa; pastiglia: DIALOGO → - Feeling ill- Take a couple of pills and see how you feel in the morning, prendi un paio di pillole e vedi come ti senti domattina8 – the pill, la pillola (anticoncezionale): to be on the pill, prendere la pillola; to go on the pill, cominciare a prendere la pillola; to come off the pill, smettere di prendere la pillola● (fig.) a pill to cure an earthquake, una mezza misura; un provvedimento del tutto inadeguato □ ( slang spreg. USA) pill peddler (o pill pusher), farmacista; ( anche) medico □ ( slang) pill-popper ► pillhead □ booster pill, stimolante □ ( slang) courage pill, pillola di barbiturico □ to gild the pill, indorare la pillola □ (fig.) to sugar (o to sweeten) the pill, addolcire la pillola □ (fig.) to swallow a bitter pill, mandar giù un boccone amaro □ to take ( sleeping) pills, prendere sonniferi; impasticcarsi ( anche per suicidarsi).(to) pill /pɪl/v. t. -
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[gɪld]* * *[ɡild](to cover with gilt: We could gild the frame of that picture.) dorare* * *gild /gɪld/► guild.(to) gild /gɪld/1 dorare; laminare d'oro; indorare2 (fig.) abbellire; indorare: to gild the pill, indorare la pillola; to gild the lily, esagerare in abbellimenti; strafaregildern.doratore, doratrice; indoratore, indoratrice.* * *[gɪld]
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