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become (to begin to be) verb [UK: bɪˈkʌm] [US: bɪˈkʌm] | diventareverbWhat will we become? = Cosa diventeremo? |
grow ((intransitive) to appear or sprout) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ] [US: ˈɡroʊ] | spuntareverb |
grow ((intransitive) to become bigger) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ] [US: ˈɡroʊ] | crescereverb ingrossarsiverb svilupparsiverb |
grow ((transitive) to cause something to become bigger) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ] [US: ˈɡroʊ] | coltivareverbI grow rice. = Coltivo riso. |
grow (to assume a condition or quality) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ] [US: ˈɡroʊ] | apparireverb diventareverbJohn is growing frustrated. = John sta diventando frustrato. |
narrow [narrower, narrowest] (having small width) adjective [UK: ˈnæ.rəʊ] [US: ˈnero.ʊ] | angustoadjective strettoadjective |
grow up (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ ʌp] [US: ˈɡroʊ ʌp] | |
grow up (to flourish) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ ʌp] [US: ˈɡroʊ ʌp] | attecchireverb fiorireverb svilupparsiverb |
grow up (to mature and become an adult) verb [UK: ɡrəʊ ʌp] [US: ˈɡroʊ ʌp] | crescereverb |
narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) adjective [UK: ˌnæ.rəʊ ˈmaɪn.dɪd] [US: ˌnæro.ʊ ˈmaɪn.dɪd] | ristrettoadjective |
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] | |
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 | |
the fox may grow grey but never good (one cannot change one's own nature) phrase |