Inglese | Italiano |
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hollowness (the state or quality of being hollow) noun [UK: ˈhɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈhɒlo.ʊ] | cavernositànoun |
homegrown (Grown at home) adjective [UK: ˈhomˈɡrəʊn] [US: ˈhomˈɡroʊn] | fatto in casaadjective nostranoadjective |
hometown [hometowns] (place of birth or residence) noun [UK: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] | città di originenoun |
hunt down (hunt something and capture it) verb [UK: hʌnt daʊn] [US: ˈhənt ˈdaʊn] | dare la cacciaverb |
kick someone when they are down (make things worse for someone) verb | |
knock down (hit or knock (something) so that it falls) verb [UK: nɒk daʊn] [US: ˈnɑːk ˈdaʊn] | abbattereverb |
know [knew, known, knowing, knows] (be informed about) verb [UK: nəʊ] [US: ˈnoʊ] | sapereverbDo you know? = Lo sai? |
know [knew, known, knowing, knows] (have knowledge of) verb [UK: nəʊ] [US: ˈnoʊ] | conoscereverb |
know [knew, known, knowing, knows] (understand (a subject)) verb [UK: nəʊ] [US: ˈnoʊ] | capireverbI don't know what's going on anymore. = Non ci capisco più niente. |
landowner [landowners] (a person who owns land) noun [UK: ˈlæn.dəʊ.nə(r)] [US: ˈlænˌdo.ʊ.nər] | proprietario terrieronoun |
let down (to allow to descend) verb [UK: let daʊn] [US: ˈlet ˈdaʊn] | abbassareverb |
let down (to disappoint) verb [UK: let daʊn] [US: ˈlet ˈdaʊn] | deludereverb scontentareverb |
let-down (disappointment or anticlimax) noun [UK: ˈlet daʊn] [US: ˈlet daʊn] | delusionenoun smacconoun |
let-down (release of milk) noun [UK: ˈlet daʊn] [US: ˈlet daʊn] | allattamentonoun |
lie down (assume a reclining position) verb [UK: laɪ daʊn] [US: ˈlaɪ ˈdaʊn] | coricarsiverb distendersiverb sdraiarsiverb |
lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety ) verb | confinareverb |
lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure) noun [UK: ˈlɑːk.ˌdaʊn] [US: ˈlɑːk.ˌdaʊn] | confinamentonoun lockdownnoun |
look down on (to regard or treat as inferior) verb [UK: lʊk daʊn ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈlʊk ˈdaʊn ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | |
look down one's nose (To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt) verb [UK: lʊk daʊn wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈlʊk ˈdaʊn wʌnz noʊz] | |
look up and down (scrutinize someone's appearance) verb | |
man about town (a worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places) noun [UK: mæn ə.ˈbaʊt taʊn] [US: ˈmæn ə.ˈbaʊt ˈtaʊn] | uomo di mondonoun |
market town (town that has a traditional right to hold a regular market) noun [UK: ˈmɑːkɪt taʊn] [US: ˈmɑːrkət ˈtaʊn] | borgonoun |
meltdown [meltdowns] (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor) noun [UK: ˈmelt.daʊn] [US: ˈmelt.daʊn] | fusione del nocciolonoun |
mind one's own business (to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) verb | |
monotown noun | monocittànoun |
moss-grown (having a covering of growing moss) adjective [UK: ˈmɒs ɡrəʊn] [US: ˈmɒs ɡroʊn] | muschiatoadjective |
mow [mown, mown, mowing, mows] (to cut down) verb [UK: maʊ] [US: ˈmoʊ] | falciareverb mietereverb tagliare l'erbaverb |
mummy brown (brown pigment originally prepared from ground-up remains of Egyptian mummies, etc.) noun | bruno bitumenoun |
my car has broken down phrase | ho l'auto in pannephrase ho la macchina in pannephrase |