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1 ■ tumble into
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2 tumble tum·ble
['tʌmbl]1. n(fall) ruzzolone m, capitomboloto have a tumble; take a tumble — fare un ruzzolone or capitombolo
2. vi1) (fall) ruzzolare, capitombolare, fare un capitombolo, (somersault) fare capriole2)to tumble into/out of bed — buttarsi a/cadere giù dal lettothe children tumbled out of the room/the car — i bambini si sono precipitati fuori dalla stanza/dalla macchina
3)to tumble to sth Brit fam — realizzare qc3. vt• -
3 tumble-drier
* * *noun (a machine for drying clothes by tumbling them around and blowing hot air into them.) (centrifuga a tamburo)* * *tumble-drier /ˈtʌmblˈdraɪə(r)/► tumble-dryer.* * * -
4 ruin
I 1. ['ruːɪn]1) U (collapse) (physical) rovina f., distruzione f.; (financial) rovina f., fallimento m.; (moral) rovina f., fine f.in a state of ruin — [ building] in rovina
to fall into ruin — andare o cadere in rovina
2) (building) rovine f.pl.2.in ruins — distrutto, rovinato (anche fig.)
••II ['ruːɪn]to go to rack and ruin — andare in rovina, in malora
1) (destroy) distruggere [career, economy]* * *['ru:in] 1. noun1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) rovina, rudere2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) rovina3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) crollo, disastro2. verb1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) rovinare2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) rovinare•- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins* * *ruin /ˈru:ɪn/n. [uc]1 rovina ( anche fig.); crollo: to fall into ruin, cadere in rovina; The cathedral has gone to ruin, la cattedrale è andata in rovina; Ambition was his ruin ( o the ruin of him), l'ambizione è stata la sua rovina; the ruin of all my hopes, la fine di tutte le mie speranze3 rovina; disastro finanziario: financial [economic] ruin, rovina finanziaria [economica]; Investors are facing ruin, gli investitori devono far fronte al disastro finanziario; The economy is on the road to ruin, l'economia sta andando verso la rovina● to bring to ruin, mandare in rovina; rovinare □ ( anche fig.) to lie [to tumble] in ruins, essere [cadere] in rovina: At the end of the war the country lay in ruins, alla fine della guerra, il paese era in rovina; Her whole life lay in ruins, tutta la sua vita era rovinata.♦ (to) ruin /ˈru:ɪn/v. t.1 rovinare; distruggere ( anche fig.): The crop was ruined by the rain, il raccolto è stato distrutto dalla pioggia; I've ruined my new shoes, ho rovinato le mie scarpe nuove; to ruin sb. 's hopes, distruggere le speranze di qc.; to ruin sb.'s career [fun], rovinare la carriera [il divertimento] a q.; He has ruined his chances of going to university, ha buttato via le sue chance di andare all'università* * *I 1. ['ruːɪn]1) U (collapse) (physical) rovina f., distruzione f.; (financial) rovina f., fallimento m.; (moral) rovina f., fine f.in a state of ruin — [ building] in rovina
to fall into ruin — andare o cadere in rovina
2) (building) rovine f.pl.2.in ruins — distrutto, rovinato (anche fig.)
••II ['ruːɪn]to go to rack and ruin — andare in rovina, in malora
1) (destroy) distruggere [career, economy]
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