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boyfriend [boyfriends] (male friend) noun [UK: ˈbɔɪ.frend] [US: ˈbɔɪ.frend] | amiconoun |
boyfriend [boyfriends] (male partner in a romantic relationship) noun [UK: ˈbɔɪ.frend] [US: ˈbɔɪ.frend] | fidanzatonoun ragazzonoun |
Brendan (male given name) proper noun [UK: ˈbren.dən] [US: ˈbren.dən] | Brendanoproper noun |
burn the candle at both ends (work hard night and day) verb [UK: bɜːn ðə ˈkæn.dl̩ ət bəʊθ endz] [US: ˈbɝːn ðə ˈkæn.dl̩ ət boʊθ ˈendz] | |
calendar [calendars] (system by which time is divided) noun [UK: ˈkæ.lɪn.də(r)] [US: ˈkæ.lən.dər] | calendarionoun |
calendarist (a person who uses a calendar) noun | calendaristanoun |
calends (first day of a month of the Roman calendar) noun [UK: ˈkæ.ləndz] [US: ˈkæ.ləndz] | calendenoun |
cendrée (grey colour (noun)) noun | cenerinonoun |
Christendom (the Christian world) noun [UK: ˈkrɪsn.dəm] [US: ˈkrɪ.sən.dəm] | cristianitànoun |
circumbendibus (a roundabout or confusing manner) noun [UK: ˌsɜːk.əm.ˈben.dɪ.bəs] [US: ˌsɜːrk.əm.ˈben.də.bəs] | circonlocuzionenoun |
cloakroom attendant noun [UK: ˈkləʊ.kruːm ə.ˈten.dənt] [US: ˈkloʊ.kruːm ə.ˈten.dənt] | guardarobieranoun guardarobierenoun |
codefendant noun | coimputatonoun litisconsortenoun |
commend [commended, commending, commends] (to congratulate or reward) verb [UK: kə.ˈmend] [US: kə.ˈmend] | encomiareverb |
commend [commended, commending, commends] (to entrust) verb [UK: kə.ˈmend] [US: kə.ˈmend] | affidareverb raccomandareverb |
commend [commended, commending, commends] (to praise) verb [UK: kə.ˈmend] [US: kə.ˈmend] | elogiareverb lodareverbI commended him according to his merits. = Lo lodai secondo i suoi meriti. |
commendation [commendations] (act of commending; praise) noun [UK: ˌkɒ.men.ˈdeɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌkɑː.mən.ˈdeɪʃ.n̩] | elogionoun encomionoun |
common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) noun | lavanda veranoun |
Commonwealth of Independent States (alliance of former Soviet republics) proper noun [UK: ˈkɒ.mən.welθ əv ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpen.dənt steɪts] [US: ˈkɑː.məˌn.welθ əv ˌɪn.də.ˈpen.dənt ˈsteɪts] | Comunità degli Stati Indipendentiproper noun CSIproper noun |
compendium [compendiums] (short, complete summary) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpen.dɪəm] [US: kəm.ˈpen.diəm] | compendionoun |
comprehend [comprehended, comprehending, comprehends] (to cover) verb [UK: ˌkɒm.prɪ.ˈhend] [US: ˌkɑːm.pri.ˈhend] | comprendereverbHe soon comprehended the significance of her words. = Comprese subito il significato delle parole di lei. |
comprehend [comprehended, comprehending, comprehends] (to understand) verb [UK: ˌkɒm.prɪ.ˈhend] [US: ˌkɑːm.pri.ˈhend] | capireverb |
condescend [condescended, condescending, condescends] (come down from one's superior position) verb [UK: ˌkɒn.dɪ.ˈsend] [US: ˌkɑːn.də.ˈsend] | accondiscendereverb |
condescend [condescended, condescending, condescends] (treat a person as though inferior) verb [UK: ˌkɒn.dɪ.ˈsend] [US: ˌkɑːn.də.ˈsend] | concedereverb |
condescendingly (In a condescending manner) adverb [UK: ˌkɒn.dɪ.ˈsen.dɪŋ.li] [US: ˌkɒn.dɪ.ˈsen.dɪŋ.li] | |
corrigendum [corrigenda] (error that is to be corrected in a printed work) noun [UK: ˌkɒ.rɪ.ˈdʒen.dəm] [US: ˌkɒ.rɪ.ˈdʒen.dəm] | refusonoun |
countertendency (contrary tendency) noun | controtendenzanoun |
crescendo (music: instruction to play gradually more loudly) noun [UK: krɪ.ˈʃen.dəʊ] [US: krɪ.ˈʃendo.ʊ] | crescendonoun |
dead end (position that offers no hope of progress) noun [UK: ded end] [US: ˈded ˈend] | punto mortonoun stancanoun stasinoun |
dead end (street or path that goes nowhere) noun [UK: ded end] [US: ˈded ˈend] | cul de sacnoun cul di sacconoun ronconoun |