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1 valle
f valley* * *valle s.f.1 valley: la valle del Po, the Po Valley; una valle molto verde, a very green valley; le pietre rotolarono a valle, the rocks rolled downhill; i pastori scendono a valle, the shepherds come down to the plain // (econ.) a valle, afterwards (o forward): integrazione a valle, forward integration2 (poet.) vale, dale: per monti e per valli, up hill and down dale (o over hill and dale) // questa valle di lacrime, this vale of tears.* * *['valle]sostantivo femminile valleya valle — downriver, down river
a valle di — downstream of (anche fig.)
••per monti e per -i — up hill and down dale BE, over hill and dale AE
* * *valle/'valle/sostantivo f.valley; a valle downriver, down river; a valle di downstream of (anche fig.); scendere a valle to go downstream\ -
2 monte
m mountainfig mountain, pilea monte upstreamfig mandare a monte ruin, mess up colloq* * *monte s.m.1 mountain; (spec. usato davanti ai no.pr.sing.) mount: catena di monti, mountain range (o chain); in cima a un monte, on the top of a mountain; monte sottomarino, (con la sommità piatta) gnyot; il Monte Rosa è uno dei monti più alti d'Europa, Monte Rosa is one of the highest mountains in Europe // Monte Bianco, Mont Blanc; i Monti Cantabrici, the Cantabrian Mountains; Monte Everest, Mount Everest // a monte, (di fiume) upriver (o upstream), (fig.) andare a monte di un problema, to get to the bottom of a problem; le cause del suo comportamento vanno cercate a monte, you have to go to the source to find the reasons for his behaviour // per valli e per monti, up hill and down dale // promettere mari e monti a qlcu., to promise s.o. the earth2 (gran quantità) mountain, heap, lot, great deal: un monte di cose, a lot of things; un monte di difficoltà, a mountain of difficulties; un monte di libri, a heap of books // (econ.): monte salari, total wages; monte ore, paid working hours3 (carte scartate al gioco) discarded cards (pl.) // andare a monte, (annullare la partita) to scrap the game, (fig.) (andare in fumo) to fail (o to come to nothing): il fidanzamento è andato a monte, the engagement was broken off; tutti i miei piani sono andati a monte, all my plans have fallen through (o have come to nothing); mandare a monte, to cause to fail, (disdire) to cancel: mandò a monte i nostri progetti, he wrecked our plans; l'incontro fu mandato a monte, the meeting fell through (o was cancelled)4 (insieme delle poste dei giocatori) pool; (fam.) kitty // monte premi → montepremi5 ( banca) bank: monte dei pegni, monte di pietà, pawnshop (o pawn agency), (amer.) hockshop; portare l'orologio al monte di pietà, to pawn one's watch6 (anat.) monte di Venere, del pube, mons veneris, mons pubis.* * *['monte]sostantivo maschile1) (montagna) mountain2) geogr. (seguito da un nome proprio)3) fig. (grande quantità) mountain, mound, heap, pileho un monte di cose da fare — I have a mountain o heaps of things to do
4) gioc. (carte scartate) discarded cards pl.5) a monte upstream, upriverlo sci a monte — the upper o uphill ski
andare a monte — [progetto, piano] to fall through, to go down the drain colloq.
mandare a monte — to wreck, to scrap [negoziati, progetti]
•monte ore — burocr. total number of hours
monte dei pegni o di pietà pawnshop; impegnare qcs. al monte di pietà to pawn sth.; monte di Venere — anat. mons veneris
••per -i e per valli — up hill and down dale BE, over hill and dale AE
cercare qcs. per mari e per -i — to search o hunt high and low for sth
* * *monte/'monte/sostantivo m.1 (montagna) mountain3 fig. (grande quantità) mountain, mound, heap, pile; ho un monte di cose da fare I have a mountain o heaps of things to do4 gioc. (carte scartate) discarded cards pl.5 a monte upstream, upriver; lo sci a monte the upper o uphill ski; risolvere un problema a monte to get to the root of the problem; andare a monte [progetto, piano] to fall through, to go down the drain colloq.; mandare a monte to wreck, to scrap [negoziati, progetti]; mandare a monte il fidanzamento to break (off) the engagementper -i e per valli up hill and down dale BE, over hill and dale AE; cercare qcs. per mari e per -i to search o hunt high and low for sth.\monte ore burocr. total number of hours; monte dei pegni o di pietà pawnshop; impegnare qcs. al monte di pietà to pawn sth.; monte di Venere anat. mons veneris.
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