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[wʊd] 1.1) (fuel, timber) legno m., legname m.2) (barrel) botte f., barile m.3) (forest) bosco m., foresta f.2. 3.modificatore [fire, smoke] di legna••touch wood! — BE
knock on wood! — AE tocca ferro!
we are not out of the wood yet — = non siamo ancora fuori pericolo o fuori dai guai
* * *[wud]1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which the trunk and branches of trees are composed: My desk is (made of) wood; She gathered some wood for the fire; I like the smell of a wood fire.) legno2) ((often in plural) a group of growing trees: They went for a walk in the woods.) bosco3) (a golf-club whose head is made of wood.) manico, impugnatura•- wooded- wooden
- woody
- wood carving
- woodcut
- woodcutter
- woodland
- woodlouse
- woodpecker
- wood pulp
- woodwind
- woodwork
- woodworm
- out of the woods
- out of the wood* * *[wʊd] 1.1) (fuel, timber) legno m., legname m.2) (barrel) botte f., barile m.3) (forest) bosco m., foresta f.2. 3.modificatore [fire, smoke] di legna••touch wood! — BE
knock on wood! — AE tocca ferro!
we are not out of the wood yet — = non siamo ancora fuori pericolo o fuori dai guai
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[wʊd]1. n1) (material) legno, (timber) legname mtouch wood! Am; knock on wood! — tocca ferro!
2) (forest) boscowoods npl boschi mpl3) (Golf) mazza di legno, Bowls boccia2. adj1) (made of wood) di legno2) (living etc in a wood) di bosco, silvestre -
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[θruː]1. prep1) (place) attraversoto look through the window — (look out) guardare dalla finestra, (look in) guardare dentro
to walk through the woods — camminare per or attraversare i boschi
to go through — (house, garden, wood) attraversare
2) (time, process) per, duranteall or right through the night — per tutta la notte
to go through a bad/good period — attraversare un brutto momento/periodo felice
2. adv1)to let sb through — lasciar passare qnplease go through into the dining room — prego, entrate in sala da pranzo
2) Brit Telec3)(time, process)
the party lasted right through until morning — la festa è andata avanti fino al mattino4)3. adj1) (attr: traffic) di passaggio, (ticket, train, passage) diretto (-a)"no through road" (sign) Brit — "strada senza uscita"
"no through traffic" (sign) Am — "divieto d'accesso"
2)to be through — avere finito
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