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1 ♦ secret
♦ secret /ˈsi:krət/A a.1 segreto; nascosto; occulto; a secret door, una porta segreta; a secret society, una società segreta; (fin., leg.) secret partner, socio occulto; (rag.) secret profits, profitti occultiB n.1 segreto ( anche fig.): to keep a secret, mantenere (o serbare) un segreto; the secrets of nature, i segreti della natura; the secret of success, il segreto del successo; to let sb. in on (o into) the secret, mettere q. a parte del segreto; to betray a secret, tradire un segreto; to disclose (o to reveal) a secret, svelare un segreto; to tell a secret, dire (o svelare) un segreto; to uncover a secret, scoprire un segreto; a close secret, un segreto ben custodito; a dark secret, un oscuro segreto; a guilty secret, un segreto colpevole2 (relig.) segreta, secreta● secret agent, agente segreto □ secret police, polizia segreta □ the secret service, il servizio segreto; i servizi di sicurezza; i servizi □ (fig.) secret weapon, arma segreta; asso nella manica □ to have no secrets from sb., non avere segreti per q. □ in secret, in segreto; in confidenza □ to be in the secret, essere a parte di un segreto; conoscere le segrete cose □ an open secret, il segreto di Pulcinella □ Keep it secret!, acqua in bocca!secretly avv. secretness n. [u]. -
2 reveal
[rɪ'viːl] 1.1) (make public) rivelare [ truth]; svelare, rivelare [ secret]to reveal all — (divulge) spiattellare tutto
2) (make visible) mostrare [view, picture]2.* * *[rə'vi:l]1) (to make known: All their secrets have been revealed.) rivelare2) (to show; to allow to be seen: He scraped away the top layer of paint from the picture, revealing an earlier painting underneath.) rivelare•* * *reveal /rɪˈvi:l/n.(archit.) mazzetta ( di porta o finestra).♦ (to) reveal /rɪˈvi:l/v. t.1 rivelare; svelare: to reveal one's identity, rivelare il proprio nome; to reveal a secret, svelare un segreto; New studies reveal that more and more older people are using the Internet, nuovi studi rivelano che sempre più anziani usano Internet2 rivelare; lasciar intravedere: The mist parted to reveal a stunning landscape, la nebbia si è dissipata rivelando un magnifico paesaggio● to reveal oneself, rivelarsi: She revealed herself to be totally unreliable, si è rivelata completamente inaffidabile □ revealed religion, religione rivelatarevealablea.rivelabile; svelabilerevealern.rivelatore, rivelatrice.* * *[rɪ'viːl] 1.1) (make public) rivelare [ truth]; svelare, rivelare [ secret]to reveal all — (divulge) spiattellare tutto
2) (make visible) mostrare [view, picture]2. -
3 give away
give away [sth.], give [sth.] away1) dare via, regalare [item, sample]2) (reveal) rivelare [secret, answer]3) (lose carelessly) regalare [match, goal, advantage]; give [sb.] away, give away [sb.]5) (in marriage) portare all'altare* * *1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) dare via2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).)* * *vt + adv2) (reveal: secret) rivelare, (betray: person) tradire* * *give away [sth.], give [sth.] away1) dare via, regalare [item, sample]2) (reveal) rivelare [secret, answer]3) (lose carelessly) regalare [match, goal, advantage]; give [sb.] away, give away [sb.]5) (in marriage) portare all'altare -
4 swear
[sweə(r)] 1.1) (promise) giurare (anche dir.)I swear to God, I didn't know — giuro (davanti a Dio) che non lo sapevo
to swear sb. to secrecy — fare giurare a qcn. di mantenere il segreto
2) (curse)2."damn!" he swore — "dannazione!" imprecò
1) (curse) bestemmiare, imprecarehe never swears — non bestemmia mai, non dice mai parolacce
2) (attest)I wouldn't o couldn't swear to it — non ci giurerei, non potrei giurarlo
•- swear by- swear in* * *[sweə]past tense - swore; verb1) (to state, declare, or promise solemnly with an oath, or very definitely and positively: The witness must swear to tell the truth; He swore an oath of loyalty; Swear never to reveal the secret; I could have sworn (= I'm sure) she was here a minute ago.) giurare2) (to use the name of God and other sacred words, or obscene words, for emphasis or abuse; to curse: Don't swear in front of the children!) imprecare, bestemmiare•- sworn- swear-word
- swear by
- swear in
- swear to* * *[swɛə(r)] swore pt sworn pp1. vt(gen) giurareI swear (that) I did not steal it — giuro che non l'ho rubato, giuro di non averlo rubato
2. vi1) (solemnly: witness etc) giurare2)to swear (at sb) — bestemmiare or imprecare (contro qn), dire parolacce (a qn)•- swear by- swear in* * *[sweə(r)] 1.1) (promise) giurare (anche dir.)I swear to God, I didn't know — giuro (davanti a Dio) che non lo sapevo
to swear sb. to secrecy — fare giurare a qcn. di mantenere il segreto
2) (curse)2."damn!" he swore — "dannazione!" imprecò
1) (curse) bestemmiare, imprecarehe never swears — non bestemmia mai, non dice mai parolacce
2) (attest)I wouldn't o couldn't swear to it — non ci giurerei, non potrei giurarlo
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5 tell
[tel] 1.1) (give information) [ person] dire, riferire; [ manual] dire, spiegare; [ gauge] indicareto tell sb. sth. to tell sth. to sb. dire qcs. a qcn.; to tell sb. how, what to do spiegare a qcn. come, che cosa fare; to tell the time [ clock] segnare l'ora; [ person] leggere o dire l'ora; can you tell me the time please? potresti o puoi dirmi l'ora per favore? his behaviour tells us a lot about... il suo comportamento la dice lunga su...; I can't tell you how happy I am to... non sai quanto sia felice di...; I told you so! te l'avevo detto, io! what did I tell you! che cosa ti avevo detto? you're telling me! a chi lo dici! it's true, I tell you! — ti dico che è vero!
2) (recount) raccontare [joke, story]to tell sb. about o of sth. raccontare a qcn. di qcs., raccontare qcs. a qcn.; tell me all about it! raccontami tutto! tell me about it! iron. non me ne parlare! I could tell you a thing or two about her! — potrei raccontarvi alcune cosette su di lei!
3) (deduce)you can, could tell (that) — si vede, si vedeva che
you can tell a lot from the clothes people wear — si possono capire molte cose dal modo di vestire di una persona
4) (distinguish) distinguerecan you tell the difference? — riuscite a vedere o sentire la differenza?
how can you tell which is which? how can you tell them apart? — come si possono distinguere l'uno dall'altro?
5) (order)2.to tell sb. to do — dire o ordinare a qcn. di fare
to tell of — rivelare, essere la prova di
3) (know for certain) sapereas o so far as I can tell per quel che ne so; how can you tell? come fai a dirlo o saperlo? you never can tell — non si sa mai, non si può mai dire
3.her inexperience told against her at the interview — al colloquio l'inesperienza giocò a suo sfavore
to tell oneself — dirsi, ripetere a se stesso
- tell off- tell on••tell me another! — colloq. trovane un'altra! ma valla a raccontare a qualcun altro!
to tell sb. where to get off — colloq. mandare qcn. a quel paese
to tell the world about sth. — dire qcs. ai quattro venti
time (alone) will tell — prov. chi vivrà vedrà
* * *[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) dire, raccontare2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) dire3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) dire4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) distinguere, riconoscere5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) raccontare6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) (essere efficace), (farsi sentire)•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell* * *[tel] 1.1) (give information) [ person] dire, riferire; [ manual] dire, spiegare; [ gauge] indicareto tell sb. sth. to tell sth. to sb. dire qcs. a qcn.; to tell sb. how, what to do spiegare a qcn. come, che cosa fare; to tell the time [ clock] segnare l'ora; [ person] leggere o dire l'ora; can you tell me the time please? potresti o puoi dirmi l'ora per favore? his behaviour tells us a lot about... il suo comportamento la dice lunga su...; I can't tell you how happy I am to... non sai quanto sia felice di...; I told you so! te l'avevo detto, io! what did I tell you! che cosa ti avevo detto? you're telling me! a chi lo dici! it's true, I tell you! — ti dico che è vero!
2) (recount) raccontare [joke, story]to tell sb. about o of sth. raccontare a qcn. di qcs., raccontare qcs. a qcn.; tell me all about it! raccontami tutto! tell me about it! iron. non me ne parlare! I could tell you a thing or two about her! — potrei raccontarvi alcune cosette su di lei!
3) (deduce)you can, could tell (that) — si vede, si vedeva che
you can tell a lot from the clothes people wear — si possono capire molte cose dal modo di vestire di una persona
4) (distinguish) distinguerecan you tell the difference? — riuscite a vedere o sentire la differenza?
how can you tell which is which? how can you tell them apart? — come si possono distinguere l'uno dall'altro?
5) (order)2.to tell sb. to do — dire o ordinare a qcn. di fare
to tell of — rivelare, essere la prova di
3) (know for certain) sapereas o so far as I can tell per quel che ne so; how can you tell? come fai a dirlo o saperlo? you never can tell — non si sa mai, non si può mai dire
3.her inexperience told against her at the interview — al colloquio l'inesperienza giocò a suo sfavore
to tell oneself — dirsi, ripetere a se stesso
- tell off- tell on••tell me another! — colloq. trovane un'altra! ma valla a raccontare a qualcun altro!
to tell sb. where to get off — colloq. mandare qcn. a quel paese
to tell the world about sth. — dire qcs. ai quattro venti
time (alone) will tell — prov. chi vivrà vedrà
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6 blab
[blæb] 1. 2.1) (reveal secret) fare la spia, cantare2) AE (talk idly) blaterare, cianciare•- blab out* * *[blæb] fam1. vt(also: blab out) spifferare2. vi(chatter) cianciare, (to police) vuotare il sacco* * *blab /blæb/n. [u]1 chiacchiere; ciance2 chiacchierone.(to) blab /blæb/A v. i.1 blaterare; cianciare; parlare troppo2 (fam.) rivelare un segreto; raccontare tuttoB v. t.* * *[blæb] 1. 2.1) (reveal secret) fare la spia, cantare2) AE (talk idly) blaterare, cianciare•- blab out -
7 snitch
[snɪtʃ] I II 1.verbo transitivo colloq. (steal) fregare, sgraffignare2.verbo intransitivo colloq. (reveal secret) fare la spia* * *[snɪtʃ] fam1. vito snitch on sb — fare la spia a qn2. vt(steal) sgraffignare* * *snitch (1) /snɪtʃ/n.( slang) spia; informatore.snitch (2) /snɪtʃ/n.(fam. scherz.) naso; becco (fig. fam.).(to) snitch /snɪtʃ/ ( slang)A v. t.rubare; rubacchiare; sgraffignare; grattare (pop.)B v. i.fare la spia: to snitch on a schoolmate, fare la spia a un compagno di scuola.* * *[snɪtʃ] I II 1.verbo transitivo colloq. (steal) fregare, sgraffignare2.verbo intransitivo colloq. (reveal secret) fare la spia -
8 let out
let out AE [movie, school] finire (at a); let out [sth.]1) (emit) emettere [cry, sigh]4) dare sfogo a [grief, anger]5) sart. allargare [garment, waistband]; let [sb.] out7) (show out) fare uscireI'll let myself out — non scomodatevi, posso uscire da solo
* * *vt + advdon't get up, I'll let myself out — non occorre che mi accompagni alla porta
to let out a cry/sigh/scream — emettere un grido/un sospiro/un urlo
2) (dress, seam) allargare3) (rent out) affittare, dare in affitto* * *let out AE [movie, school] finire (at a); let out [sth.]1) (emit) emettere [cry, sigh]4) dare sfogo a [grief, anger]5) sart. allargare [garment, waistband]; let [sb.] out7) (show out) fare uscireI'll let myself out — non scomodatevi, posso uscire da solo
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