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no sooner said than done (no sooner than something is said it will be done) phrase [UK: nəʊ ˈsuː.nə(r) ˈsed ðæn dʌn] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈsuː.nər ˈsed ˈðæn ˈdən] | dettophrase fattophrase |
no thank you (polite way of saying no) interjection [UK: nəʊ θæŋk juː] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈθæŋk ˈjuː] | grazieinterjection nointerjection |
one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen (women have great influence on their male partners) phrase | |
one's bark is worse than one's bite (one acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless) phrase | |
passive euthanasia noun | eutanasia passivanoun |
polyurethane [polyurethanes] (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links) noun [UK: ˌpɒ.li.ˈjʊə.rə.θeɪn] [US: ˌpɑː.li.ˈʊ.rə.ˌθen] | poliuretanonoun |
rather than (instead of, in preference to) preposition [UK: ˈrɑː.ðə(r) ðæn] [US: ˈræ.ðər ˈðæn] | anzichépreposition |
rather than (to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred) conjunction [UK: ˈrɑː.ðə(r) ðæn] [US: ˈræ.ðər ˈðæn] | anzichéconjunction |
shorthand (rough and rapid method of writing) noun [UK: ˈʃɔːt.hænd] [US: ˈʃɔːrt.ˌhænd] | stenografianoun |
shorthanded (team sports) adverb | inferiorità numericaadverb |
silicoethane noun | silicoetanonoun |
tetrachloroethane [tetrachloroethanes] noun [UK: tˈetrəklˌɔːrəʊˌiːθeɪn] [US: tˈetrəklˌoːroʊˌeθeɪn] | tetracloroetanonoun |
tetrafluoromethane (carbon tetrafluoride) noun | tetrafluorometanonoun |
the pen is mightier than the sword (more power can achieved writing than fighting) phrase [UK: ðə pen ɪz ˈmaɪ.tɪə(r) ðæn ðə sɔːd] [US: ðə ˈpen ˈɪz ˈmaɪ.tiər ˈðæn ðə ˈsɔːrd] | |
there's more than one way to skin a cat (a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) phrase | |
trichlorofluoromethane (chlorofluorocarbon CFCl3) noun | triclorofluorometanonoun |
two heads are better than one (joint thinking pays) phrase [UK: ˈtuː hedz ə(r) ˈbe.tə(r) ðæn wʌn] [US: ˈtuː ˈhedz ˈɑːr ˈbe.tər ˈðæn wʌn] | |
you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar (It is easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude rather than with rude demands and negativity) phrase | si pigliano più mosche in una gocciola di miele che in un barile d'acetephrase |