| inglese > italiano | |
| fine | |
| 1. agg. bello | |
| 2. agg. fine | |
| 3. avv. bene | |
| 4. inter. va bene | |
| 5. sost. (diritto) multa | |
| 6. verb. multare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| fine | |
| 1. adj. Senses referring to subjective quality. |  |
| 2. adj. Of superior quality. |  |
| The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen. |  |
| Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta. |  |
| 3. adj. (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory. |  |
| How are you today? – Fine. |  |
| Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess. |  |
| It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three. |  |
| 4. adj. (informal) Good-looking, attractive. |  |
| That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation. |  |
| 5. adj. Subtle, delicately balanced. |  |
| 6. adj. (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated. |  |
| 7. adj. Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous. |  |
| 8. adj. (An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when |  |
| When a girl says she's "fine," she ain't fine. |  |
| 9. adj. Senses referring to objective quality. |  |
| 10. adj. Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint. |  |
| The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men 2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”. |  |
| 11. adj. (of weather) Sunny and not raining. |  |
| 12. adj. Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces. |  |
| Grind it into a fine powder. |  |
| When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust. |  |
| 13. adj. Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth. |  |
| The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them. |  |
| 14. adj. Made of slender or thin filaments. |  |
| They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh. |  |
| 15. adj. Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition. |  |
| coins nine tenths fine |  |
| 16. adj. (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets. |  |
| ...to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a fournb... |  |
| 17. adj. (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous. |  |
| 18. adv. Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement. |  |
| 19. adv. Well, nicely, in a positive way. |  |
| Everything worked out fine. |  |
| 20. adv. (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately. |  |
| 21. adv. (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side. |  |
| 22. subst. Fine champagne; French brandy. |  |
| 23. subst. (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. |  |
| 24. v. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. |  |
| to fine gold |  |
| 25. v. (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner. |  |
| 26. v. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. |  |
| to fine the soil |  |
| 27. v. To change by fine gradations. |  |
| to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually |  |
| 28. v. To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration. |  |
| 29. v. (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off). |  |
| 30. subst. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. |  |
| The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years. |  |
| 31. v. To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). |  |
| She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed. |  |
| 32. v. (intransitive) To pay a fine. |  |
| 33. subst. (music) The end of a musical composition. |  |
| 34. subst. (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated. |  |
| 35. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease. |  |
| 36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop. |  |
| 37. subst. (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction. |  |
| 38. subst. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. |  |
| 39. subst. (legal) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| bello | |
| 1. adj. nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather etc.) |  |
| Che bello! - How nice! |  |
| una bella giornata - a beautiful day |  |
| 2. adj. good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person) |  |
| 3. adj. considerable (quantity) |  |
| una bella somma - a considerable amount |  |
| 4. adj. good |  |
| un bel lavoro - a good job |  |
| 5. n-m. beauty |  |
| il bello nell’arte - beauty in art |  |
| 6. n-m. (weather) fair-weather |  |
| Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? - Will tomorrow be back the good weather? |  |
| 7. n-m. (informal) man, fella |  |
| Dai, andiamo, bello! - C'mon, let's go, fella! |  |
| Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? - So, man, where do you come from? |  |