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rather
abbastanza
piuttosto
preferiresti che restassi qui con te?
would you rather that I stayed here with you ?
preferirei che lo facesse adesso
I’d rather he did it now?
preferirei che non lo facesse
I’d rather he didn’t
preferirei che non dicessi certe cose
I’d rather you didn’t say these things
I’m rather upset today because it’s raining.
rather than
piuttosto che
invece di
piuttosto che litigare dovreste parlarne e risolverlo
rather than fight, you guys should talk and talk it out
let’s use a real microphone rather than our phone
talk out
superare⇒, risolvere
Jen and her husband are seeing a counsellor to try and talk out their differences.
Jen e suo marito vanno da uno psicologo per cercare di superare i propri dissidi attraverso il dialogo.
come into
entrare in possesso.
He came into a large inheritance when he was quite young.
È entrato in possesso di una grande eredità quando era molto giovane.
show off informal vantarsi⇒, darsi delle arie
He’s showing off to impress her.
Si vanta per far colpo su di lei.
he's showing off new car
show off mettere in mostra, mettere in risalto vi
he’ ll get the opportunity to show off his voice
likely (that) adj (probable) probabile (che), plausibile (che), presumibile (che) agg
It’s likely that he’ll want to come with us.
È probabile che voglia venire con noi.
He will likely leave tomorrow. Probabilmente partirà domattina.
work [sth] out informal (resolve) risolvere⇒, trovare una soluzione a vtr
They have a lot of problems to work out with their marriage.
Hanno molti problemi da risolvere nel loro matrimonio.
worked them out
we need work out a way of improving sales
tap into attingere , sfruttare
Paula wished she could tap into Rachel’s enthusiasm.
Paula sperava di poter sfruttare l’entusiasmo di Rachel.
sfogarsi
vent He vented (or: poured out) his anger on his son.
