Engleză | Italiană |
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-on ((physics) subatomic particles) | -one{m} |
-one (ketone) | -one{m} |
-onym (word) | -onimo{m} |
-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") [UK: nes] [US: ˈnes] | |
-nomy (system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field) | -nomia{f} |
-nym (type of word or name) | |
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism) phrase | |
ace up one's sleeve (a surprise of which others are not aware) noun | |
all at once (All at the same time, all together) adverb [UK: ɔːl ət wʌns] [US: ɔːl ət ˈwəns] | in un sol colpoadverb in una sola voltaadverb nello stesso momentoadverb |
all at once (unexpectedly) adverb [UK: ɔːl ət wʌns] [US: ɔːl ət ˈwəns] | d'un trattoadverb tutto d'un trattoadverb tutto in una voltaadverb |
angels dancing on the head of a pin (arcane intellectual speculation) noun | il sesso degli angelinoun |
as best one can (in the best possible way, given the circumstances) adverb | come meglio si puòadverb |
as far as one knows (to the best of my knowledge) adverb | per quanto si saadverb |
assert oneself (defend one's opinions) verb [UK: ə.ˈsɜːt wʌn.ˈself] [US: ə.ˈsɝːt wʌn.ˈself] | farsi avantiverb farsi rispettareverb farsi valereverb imporsiverb |
at once (at the same time) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | contemporaneamenteadverb |
at once (immediately) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | immediatamenteadverb subitoadverb |
at once (together) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | insiemeadverb |
at one's feet (at one's disposition) preposition | ai propri piedipreposition |
at the end of one's tether (at the limit of one’s patience) preposition [UK: ət ðə end əv wʌnz ˈte.ðə(r)] [US: ət ðə ˈend əv wʌnz ˈte.ðər] | al limite della sopportazionepreposition |
at the top of one's lungs preposition | a pieni polmonipreposition |
back to square one (located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) adjective | essere punto e a capoadjective |
bang one's head against a brick wall (to waste effort on a futile project) verb | |
bare one's teeth ((figuratively) to show aggression) verb | mostrare i dentiverb |
base on (to derive (a work) from) verb | adattare daverb |
bee in one's bonnet (something of particular interest or concern) noun | fissazionenoun idea fissanoun |
beside oneself (consumed by an emotion) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself] [US: bə.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself] | fuori di sèpreposition |
bite off more than one can chew (To try to do too much) verb [UK: baɪt ɒf mɔː(r) ðæn wʌn kæn tʃuː] [US: ˈbaɪt ˈɒf ˈmɔːr ˈðæn wʌn ˈkæn ˈtʃuː] | fare il passo più lungo dellaverb gambaverb |
bite one's tongue (prevent oneself from uttering a word) verb | |
bite the hand that feeds one (cause harm to a benefactor) verb |