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I [treɪs]1. n(sign) tracciathe postmortem revealed traces of poison in the blood — l'autopsia ha rivelato tracce di veleno nel sangue
2. vt1) (draw) tracciare, (with tracing paper) ricalcare2) (follow) seguire (le tracce di), (find, locate) rintracciareI cannot trace any reference to the matter — non riesco a rintracciare alcun riferimento alla faccenda
•II [treɪs] n(of harness) tirellato kick over the traces Brit fig — sfuggire al controllo
См. также в других словарях:
trace */*/ — I UK [treɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms trace : present tense I/you/we/they trace he/she/it traces present participle tracing past tense traced past participle traced 1) a) to find someone or something that you are looking for by asking… … English dictionary
vanish — verb 1 disappear suddenly and completely ADVERB ▪ just, simply ▪ I turned around and she had simply vanished. ▪ abruptly, instantly, promptly, suddenly … Collocations dictionary
vanish — van|ish [ˈvænıʃ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: evanir, from [i]Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; EVANESCENT] 1.) to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained ▪ My keys were here a minute ago… … Dictionary of contemporary English
trace — 1 verb (T) 1 FIND SB/STH to find someone or something that has disappeared by searching for them carefully: She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter. 2 ORIGINS to find the origins of something, or where something came from: trace … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trace — trace1 [ treıs ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to find someone or something that you are looking for by asking questions and getting information: Detectives have so far failed to trace the missing woman. trace someone to something: They finally traced… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
vanish — verb (I) 1 to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained: When I turned round again, the boy had vanished. | vanish into thin air (=disappear completely in a very mysterious way) | vanish without a trace/vanish off… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
vanish — [[t]væ̱nɪʃ[/t]] vanishes, vanishing, vanished 1) VERB If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. He just vanished and was never seen again... The aircraft vanished without trace... [V from n]… … English dictionary
vanish into thin air — See: DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR … Dictionary of American idioms
vanish into thin air — See: DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR … Dictionary of American idioms
trace — trace1 [treıs] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(find somebody/something)¦ 2¦(origins)¦ 3¦(history/development)¦ 4¦(copy)¦ 5¦(with your finger)¦ 6 trace a call ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: tracier, from Vulgar Latin tractiare to pull , from … Dictionary of contemporary English
vanish\ into\ thin\ air — • disappear into thin air • evaporate into thin air • vanish into thin air v. phr. To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. Money seems to disappear into thin air these days. Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started … Словарь американских идиом