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beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points) verb [UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ] [US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ] | girarci intornoverb tergiversareverb |
bum around (loiter) verb | bighellareverb ciondolareverb gironzolareverb girovagareverb indugiareverb vagabondareverb |
coffee grounds (sediment) noun | fondi di caffènoun fondo di caffènoun |
come around (change one's mind) verb [UK: kʌm ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈkəm ə.ˈraʊnd] | ripensarsiverb |
eyes on the ground (observer(s) in an area of interest) noun | analizzatorinoun osservatorinoun |
feet on the ground (translations for "have one's feet on the ground") noun | |
foreground [foregrounds] (the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane) noun [UK: ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈfɔːr.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | primo pianonoun |
from the ground up (from the beginning) adverb | dalle fondamentaadverb |
fuck around (to procrastinate) verb [UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd] | cazzeggiareverb |
gain ground (to make progress or obtain advantage) verb [UK: ɡeɪn ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡeɪn ˈɡraʊnd] | |
ground [grounds] (background, context, framework, surroundings) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | dintorninoun |
ground [grounds] (basis, foundation, groundwork) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | basenoun fondamentanoun |
ground [grounds] (bottom of a body of water) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | fondonoun |
ground (crushed or reduced to small particles) adjective [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | macinatoadjectiveThe butcher ground the meat. = Il macellaio ha macinato la carne. |
ground [grounds] (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | massanoun |
ground [grounds] (football field) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | camponoun |
ground [grounds] (soil, earth) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | terranoun |
ground [grounds] (surface of the Earth) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | suolonoun superficienoun |
grind [ground, ground, grinding, grinds] (slang: to rotate the hips erotically) verb [UK: ɡraɪnd] [US: ˈɡraɪnd] | ancheggiareverb dimenarsiverb sculettareverb |
grind [ground, ground, grinding, grinds] (to reduce to smaller pieces) verb [UK: ɡraɪnd] [US: ˈɡraɪnd] | macinareverbJohn grinds the wheat. = John macina il grano. |
ground floor [ground floors] (floor of a building closest to ground level) noun [UK: ˈɡraʊnd.ˈflɔː] [US: ˈɡraʊnd.ˈflɔː] | pian terrenonoun pianterrenonoun |
ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd ˈaɪ.vi] [US: ˈɡraʊnd ˈaɪ.vi] | edera terrestrenoun |
ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd ˈaɪ.vi] [US: ˈɡraʊnd ˈaɪ.vi] | edera terrestrenoun |
ground rent (1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner) noun | canonenoun |
ground zero (point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd ˈzɪə.rəʊ] [US: ˈɡraʊnd ˈzɪro.ʊ] | terra zeronoun |