Parola del giorno in inglese

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inglese > italiano
cricket
1. sost. (zoologia) grillo
2. sost. (sport) cricket
inglese > inglese
cricket
1. subst. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
2. subst.          (US, slang) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
3. subst. A wooden footstool.
4. subst. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
5. subst. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
6. subst. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
7. subst. (chiefly British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
That player's foul wasn't cricket!
8. v. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
italiano > inglese
grillo
1. subst. cricket (insect)
2. subst. whim, fancy
3. subst. shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening)

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A single cricket can be heard.  It was just another day and another cricket match for this extraordinary man whose very presence at this event was, put simply, numbing.  She had fetched a cricket bat and knife upstairs, though her account of when and what triggered her to do so remains confused.  The wood, traditionally used for cricket bats, baskets and fencing, has emerged in Scandinavia as a serious source of energy in a world seeking to combat climate change.  My father did marvellous things for hundreds of people, not just with his help for polo and cricket clubs, but with his tireless support for prostate cancer charities.

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