Compound Forms/Forme composte
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| at the very least expr | (emphatic: and no less) | come minimo loc avv |
| | | quantomeno avv |
| | | perlomeno avv |
| | I would offer to pay half the cost, at the very least. |
| | Come minimo mi offrirei di pagare la metà dei costi. |
| | Perlomeno dovresti chiamarla e ringraziarla. |
| at the very least expr | (emphatic: as the minimum) | come minimo loc avv |
| | | quantomeno avv |
| | At the very least you need to call her and say thank you. |
be the soul of [sth],
be the very soul of [sth] v expr | (personify or exemplify [sth]) | essere [qlcs] fatto persona, essere il ritratto di [qlcs], essere l'incarnazione di [qlcs] vi |
| | Mother Teresa was the very soul of Christian charity. |
| | Madre Teresa era l'incarnazione della carità cristiana. |
before your eyes,
right before your eyes,
before your very eyes adv | (right in front of you) | davanti agli occhi avv |
| | His father was murdered right before his eyes. |
| | Suo padre fu ucciso davanti ai suoi occhi. |
by a long margin,
by a very long margin expr | (by a large number or amount) (quantità, numeri) | con un ampio margine, con un buon margine loc avv |
| | (quantità, numeri) | con un vantaggio di loc avv |
| do very little business v expr | (have few commercial dealings) (di negozio) | lavorare poco, fare pochi affari, fare affari magri vi |
from under [sb]'s nose,
right from under [sb]'s nose,
from under [sb]'s very nose expr | figurative (in full view of [sb]) (evidente) | davanti al naso loc avv |
| | | in piena vista loc avv |
the image,
the very image,
the very image of [sth/sb] n | (copy) | la copia (di [qlcs/qlcn]), la copia esatta (di [qlcs/qlcn]) nf |
| | (informale) | la copia sputata (di [qlcs/qlcn]) nf |
| | This painting is the very image of the original. |
| | Questo dipinto è una copia esatta dell'originale. |
the image,
the very image of [sth] n | figurative (embodiment) (figurato: simbolo) | l'incarnazione (di [qlcs]) nf |
| | He was the image of male aggressiveness. |
| | Era l'incarnazione dell'aggressività maschile. |
| in a very real sense adv | (genuinely or literally) | nel vero senso della parola, letteralmente avv |
| | Our family was puritan in a very real sense: never smoked, swore, drank, or even danced. |
| | La nostra famiglia era puritana nel vero senso della parola: non aveva mai fumato, imprecato, bevuto alcolici e nemmeno ballato. |
| in the very act adv | (committing this crime) | nell'atto di prep |
| | I caught my dog in the very act of eating the steak I had bought for dinner. |
| | Ho colto il cane nell'atto di mangiare la bistecca che avevo comperato per cena. |
| | | in flagrante avv |
| | Ho colto il cane in flagrante mentre mangiava la bistecca che avevo comperato per cena. |
| not very adv | (hardly, only a little) | non molto avv |
| | That's not very nice of you. I'm not very interested in football. |
| | Non è molto carino da parte tua. Non sono molto interessato al calcio. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (all the way through) | fino in fondo, fino alla fine avv |
| | She performed flawlessly right to the end. |
| | Fece un'esibizione perfetta fino in fondo. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (to the moment of death) (fino alla morte) | fino alla fine avv |
| | I promise never to leave you: I'll stand by you right to the end. He suffered a lot, but he was in good spirits right to the end. |
| | Prometto che non ti lascerò mai, starò con te fino alla fine. Soffriva molto, ma rimase di buon umore fino alla fine. |
| speak very highly of [sb] v expr | (say good things about [sb]) | parlare molto bene di [qlcn] vi |
| | My son's teacher speaks very highly of him; she says he's a great student. |
| | L'insegnante di mio figlio parla molto bene di lui. Dice che è uno studente bravissimo. |
| thank you very much interj | (many thanks) | grazie mille inter |
| | Thank you very much; you've been very helpful. |
| | Grazie mille, sei stato molto di aiuto. |
that's all very well,
but | informal (nevertheless, even so) | fin qui tutto bene, ma |
| | That's all very well, but it still doesn't explain why you didn't finish the work. |
| the very thing n | (precisely what is required or specified) | cosa in particolare, cosa che veramente |
| this very minute adv | (immediately, without delay) | in questo istante, immediatamente, subito, ora, adesso avv |
| | I need an answer this very minute! |
| very bad adj | (awful, terrible) | terribile, tremendo, bruttissimo agg |
| | She is in bed with a very bad case of the flu. Trixie, you are being a very bad dog. |
| | È a letto con una terribile influenza. |
| very beginning n | (first word: of a text) (testo) | incipit nm |
| | The very beginning of the Bible is one of its best-known passages. |
| | L'incipit della Bibbia è uno dei suoi passaggi più noti. |
| very beginning n | (first moment, starting point) | inizio nm |
| | | primo momento nm |
| | Let's make the rules clear from the very beginning. |
| | Chiariamo le regole fin dall'inizio. |
| very best n | (utmost) | il proprio meglio nm |
| | The doctors tried their very best, but they were unable to save the patient. |
| | I dottori fecero del loro meglio, ma non furono in grado di salvare il paziente |
| very few adj | (not many) | pochissimo agg |
| | | molto poco loc agg |
| | There are very few pills left in the bottle; I need to call the doctor to get a new prescription. |
| | Nel flacone sono rimaste pochissime pastiglie. Devo chiamare il dottore per farmi fare una nuova ricetta. |
| very few adj | (rare) | molto pochi, rari agg |
| very good adj | (excellent) | molto buono, ottimo agg |
| | I don't understand; he used to make very good grades. |
| | Non capisco, di solito prendeva ottimi voti. |
| very good interj | formal (very well, certainly) | perfetto, molto bene inter |
| | Very good then, I'll see you in the morning. |
| | Molto bene, allora ci vediamo domani mattina. |
| very high frequency | (30-300 MHz) | altissima frequenza nf |
| | | VHF nf |
| very light adj | (highly illuminated) | molto luminoso, luminosissimo agg |
| | The room was very light; I was dazzled as I walked in. |
| very light adj | (extremely lightweight) | molto leggero, leggerissimo agg |
| | A feather is very light object. |
| very like prep | (almost identical to) | molto simile a, quasi uguale a agg |
| | One sparrow is very like another to human eyes. |
| very likely adj | (highly probable) | molto probabile agg |
| | I think it very likely that we will get some rain tonight. |
| | È molto probabile che nel pomeriggio piova. |
| very little adv | (hardly anything) | molto poco, pochissimo pron |
| | We have very little in common. |
| | Abbiamo pochissimo in comune. |
| very little adj | (not much) | molto poco, pochissimo agg |
| | The news report provided very little useful information. |
| | Il bollettino dava pochissime informazioni utili. |
| very little n | (a small quantity) | molto poco, pochissimo nm |
| very low frequency n | (radio waves: 3-30 kHz) | bassissima frequenza nf |
| very low frequency n as adj | (radio waves: of 3-30 kHz) | a bassissima frequenza loc agg |
| very many adj | (a large number of) | un gran numero di |
| very many adj | (large in number) | un gran numero di |
| very much adv | (greatly) | molto avv |
| | I like him very much. |
| | La tua macchina mi piace molto. |
| very much n | (large amount) | moltissimo avv |
| Nota: Often used in negative sentences. |
| | I would share my candy with you but I don't have very much. |
| | Dividerei i miei dolcetti con te ma non ne ho molti. |
| very much like adj | (similar to) | molto simile a agg |
| very often adv | (frequently) | molto frequentemente, con gran frequenza avv |
| | Hoverflies are very often mistaken for wasps, but they do not sting. |
| very pale adj | (complexion: white) | molto pallido, pallidissimo agg |
| | Due to his very pale complexion he had to protect himself from the sun. |
| very pale adj | (faded, light) (colori) | sbiadito, molto leggero agg |
| | They painted their shutters a very pale shade of green that looked almost yellow. |
| Very Reverend adj | (title: church minister) | reverendo agg |
| | The Very Reverend Rudy Johnson will speak at the dinner tonight. |
| | Il reverendo Rudy Johnson parlerà questa sera alla cena. |
| very same adj | (exact or identical) | identico agg |
| | At 15 Jacques enrolled at the very same school that his late father had attended. |
| | A 15 anni Jacques si iscrisse all'identica scuola che aveva frequentato suo padre defunto. |
| very short adj | (extremely brief) | molto breve, molto corto agg |
| | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. |
| very short adj | (not tall) | molto basso agg |
| | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. |
| very short adv | (abrupt, rude) | secco, brusco agg |
| | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |
| very soon adv | (in a short while from now) | molto presto avv |
| | We will be leaving very soon. |
| | Partiremo molto presto |
| very soon adv | (rapidly) | rapidissimo agg |
| very well adv | (successfully) | molto bene, benissimo avv |
| | He patched the hole in the wall very well: you'd never know it was there. |
| | Ha rattoppato il buco nel muro molto bene: se non sai che c'era non lo noti. |
| very well interj | (expressing consent) (consenso) | bene, va bene inter |
| | Very well, then: you may go out tonight, but you must be home by midnight. |
| | Va bene: stasera puoi uscire, ma devi essere a casa entro mezzanotte. |
| VLF n | initialism (very low frequency) (ingl.: frequenza m. bassa, onde radio) | onde VLF, onde very low frequency nfpl |
| VLF n as adj | initialism (very low frequency) (ingl.: frequenza m. bassa, onde radio) | VLF, very low frequency agg invar |