Engelska | Italienska |
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look on (to watch; to observe) verb [UK: lʊk ɒn] [US: ˈlʊk ɑːn] | stare a guardareverb |
look over one's shoulder (check obsessively out of fear) verb | |
lose one's balance (become unsteady) verb [UK: luːz wʌnz ˈbæ.ləns] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈbæ.ləns] | sbilanciarsiverb |
lose one's head (behave irrationally or lose self-control) verb [UK: luːz wʌnz hed] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈhed] | perdere la testaverb |
lose one's temper (to be explosively angry) verb [UK: luːz wʌnz ˈtem.pə(r)] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈtem.pər] | arrabbiarsiverb perdere la calmaverb vedere rossoverb |
love of one's life noun | grande amorenoun |
lower one's guard (to become less guarded) verb | |
make a name for oneself (to gain fame) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ə ˈneɪm fɔː(r) wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈneɪm ˈfɔːr wʌn.ˈself] | affermarsiverb sfondareverb |
make a show of oneself (To embarrass oneself or others in public) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ə ʃəʊ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈʃoʊ əv wʌn.ˈself] | dare spettacoloverb |
make a spectacle of oneself (To embarrass oneself or others in public) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] | dare spettacoloverb |
make an exhibition of oneself (to embarrass oneself in public) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ən ˌek.sɪ.ˈbɪʃ.n̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈæn ˌek.sə.ˈbɪʃ.n̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] | dare spettacoloverb |
make one's bed and lie in it (to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences) verb | |
make up one's mind (to decide, to reach a conclusion) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ʌp wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈmeɪk ʌp wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | decidersiverb |
meet one's match (be opposed by someone of comparable strength) verb [UK: miːt wʌnz mætʃ] [US: ˈmiːt wʌnz ˈmætʃ] | |
mend one's ways (attempting to remedy one's failings) verb [UK: mend wʌnz ˈweɪz] [US: ˈmend wʌnz ˈweɪz] | ravvedersiverb |
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 | |
money doesn't grow on trees (you must work in order to have money) phrase [UK: ˈmʌ.ni ˈdʌznt ɡrəʊ ɒn triːz] [US: ˈmʌ.ni ˈdʌ.zənt ˈɡroʊ ɑːn ˈtriːz] | |
more than one can shake a stick at (occurring in abundance) adjective [UK: mɔː(r) ðæn wʌn kæn ʃeɪk ə stɪk ət] [US: ˈmɔːr ˈðæn wʌn ˈkæn ˈʃeɪk ə ˈstɪk ət] | più di quanto tu possa immaginareadjective |
move on (to start dealing with something else) verb [UK: muːv ɒn] [US: ˈmuːv ɑːn] | passare oltreverb |
neuro-oncology (study of brain neoplasms) noun | neurooncologianoun |
ninety-one (cardinal number ninety-one) numeral [UK: ˈnaɪn.ti wʌn] [US: ˈnaɪn.ti wʌn] | novantunonumeral |
no one (not even a single person) pronoun [UK: nəʊ wʌn] [US: ˈnoʊ wʌn] | nessunopronoun |
no one is born a master phrase | nessuno nasce maestrophrase |
not only … but also conjunction | non solo … ma ancheconjunction |
odd one out (misfit) noun [UK: ɒd wʌn ˈaʊt] [US: ˈɑːd wʌn ˈaʊt] | eccentriconoun intrusonoun |
odd one out (puzzle) noun [UK: ɒd wʌn ˈaʊt] [US: ˈɑːd wʌn ˈaʊt] | trova l'intrusonoun |
of one's own accord (without being commanded or controlled) preposition [UK: əv wʌnz əʊn əˈk.ɔːd] [US: əv wʌnz ˈoʊn əˈk.ɔːrd] | di propria iniziativapreposition |
of one's word (that keeps promises and tells the truth) preposition | di parolapreposition |