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-th (used to form the ordinal numeral) | |
-hedron (solid figure) | -edro{m} |
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (small but certain advantage is preferable) phrase [UK: ə bɜːd ɪn ðə hænd ɪz wɜːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə bʊʃ] [US: ə ˈbɝːd ɪn ðə ˈhænd ˈɪz ˈwɝːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə ˈbʊʃ] | |
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step phrase [UK: ə ˈdʒɜː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d maɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪð ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ step] [US: ə ˈdʒɝː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d ˈmaɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪθ ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ ˈstep] | un viaggio di mille miglia comincia con il primo passophrase |
a man is known by the company he keeps (people are similar in character to their friends) phrase | |
a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description) phrase | |
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down (An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.) phrase | |
above the fray (uninvoled in a difficult argument) preposition | al di sopra della mischiapreposition |
above the law (exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else) preposition | al di sopra della leggepreposition |
absence makes the heart grow fonder (When someone or something is far away, one realizes how much one loves or misses them or it) phrase | |
Acts of the Apostles (fifth book of the New Testament) proper noun [UK: ækts əv ðə ə.ˈpɒs.l̩z] [US: ˈækts əv ðə ə.ˈpɑːs.l̩z] | Atti degli Apostoliproper noun |
add fuel to the fire (worsen a conflict) verb [UK: æd ˈfjuːəl tuː ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈæd ˈfjuːəl ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
admiral of the fleet (top naval rank) noun [UK: ˈæd.mə.rəl əv ðə fliːt] [US: ˈæd.mə.rəl əv ðə ˈfliːt] | grande ammiraglionoun |
against the clock (in a time-restricted manner) preposition | contro il tempopreposition |
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) proper noun | Alessandro Magnoproper noun |
algebraic graph theory (branch of graph theory) noun | teoria algebrica dei grafinoun |
algebraic number theory (branch of number theory concerning algebraic number fields) noun | teoria algebrica dei numerinoun teoria dei numeri algebricanoun |
all cats are grey in the dark (proverb) phrase | |
all good things come to an end (nothing good lasts forever) phrase | |
all over the place preposition [UK: ɔːl ˈəʊv.ə(r) ðə ˈpleɪs] [US: ɔːl ˈoʊv.r̩ ðə ˈpleɪs] | a dritta e a mancapreposition dappertuttopreposition dovunquepreposition ovunquepreposition |
all that glitters is not gold (things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) phrase [UK: ɔːl ðæt ˈɡlɪ.təz ɪz nɒt ɡəʊld] [US: ɔːl ˈðæt ˈɡlɪ.tərz ˈɪz ˈnɑːt ɡoʊld] | |
all the same (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) adverb [UK: ɔːl ðə seɪm] [US: ɔːl ðə ˈseɪm] | comunqueadverb lo stessoadverb ugualmenteadverb |
all the tea in China (something priceless or invaluable) noun | |
all the time (always) adverb [UK: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm] [US: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm] | sempreadverb |
all the time (frequently) adverb [UK: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm] [US: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm] | spessissimoadverb |
all the way (to the end) adverb [UK: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ] [US: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ] | infineadverb |
all the world's a stage (people have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre) phrase [UK: ɔːl ðə wɜːldz ə steɪdʒ] [US: ɔːl ðə ˈwɝːldz ə ˈsteɪdʒ] | tutto il mondo è paesephrase |
all things being equal (without considering external factors) adverb | a parità di condizioniadverb |
all things considered (generally speaking, all in all) adverb [UK: ɔːl ˈθɪŋz kən.ˈsɪ.dəd] [US: ɔːl ˈθɪŋz kən.ˈsɪ.dərd] | tutto sommatoadverb |