Taliančina | Angličtina |
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al limite della sopportazione preposition | at the end of one's tether(at the limit of one’s patience) |
al limone adjective | lemon(having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons) |
al lumicino preposition | at death's door(about to die) |
al massimo preposition | at best(in the most favorable of conditions) at most(at the most; at a maximum or upper limit) |
al minimo preposition | at a minimum(at the least) |
al momento preposition | at present(currently) |
al naturale adjective | plain [plainer, plainest](unseasoned) unseasoned(not sprinkled with seasoning) |
al passo adverb {f} | abreast(informed) |
al peggio non c'è mai fine phrase | it never rains but it pours(unfortunate events occur in quantity) |
al più presto preposition | as quickly as possiblepreposition |
al più presto adverb | as soon as possible(as soon as is possible) ASAP(as soon as possible) right away(very soon; immediately) |
al posto di preposition | in place ofpreposition |
al posto di adverb | in lieu(instead (of); in place (of)) instead(in the place of (it)) |
al-Qaida proper noun | al-Qaeda(The global network of militant Islamic extremists.) |
al quadrato adjective | squared(raised to the second power) |
al ragù noun | bolognese(dish served with bolognese) |
al rintocco di preposition | on the stroke of(precisely at a particular time) |
al rovescio adverb | upside down(inverted) |
al sangue adjective | rare [rarer, rarest](cooked very lightly) |
al timone noun | helm [helms](position of control or leadership) |
al traverso adverb | abreast(nautical: side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam) |
al verde adjective | broke(lacking money; bankrupt) cash-strapped(without funds) skint(penniless, poor, impecunious, broke) |
al volante preposition | behind the wheel(in control of a vehicle) |
al volo noun {f} | flying visit(very short visit) |
ala noun {f} | wing [wings](part of an animal) |
ala a delta noun {f} | delta wing(swept-back wing) |
ala grande noun {f} | power forward(a basketball player) |
ala portante verb | hydrofoil(wing) |
Alabama proper noun {f} | Alabama(U.S. State) |
alabarda noun | spear [spears](long stick with a sharp tip) |
alabarda noun {f} | halberd(hand weapon) |
alabardiere noun | halberdier(a soldier armed with a halberd) |
alabastro noun {m} | alabaster(variety of gypsum) |