asleep

addormentato

Che sta dormendo.

In inglese semplice: Sleeping rather than awake.

• The baby is asleep.
• I fell asleep during the film.
• Were you still asleep when I called?

Come si usa: be asleep (The children are asleep.); fall asleep (I fell asleep on the train.)

Sinonimi: sleeping

Contrari: awake

Espressioni comuni: fall asleep, fast asleep, sound asleep

addormentato, intorpidito

Che ha perso la normale sensibilità, spesso con formicolio in una parte del corpo.

In inglese semplice: Unable to feel normally, often with an uncomfortable feeling like tiny sharp points in a body part.

• My foot is asleep.
• Her arm fell asleep during the long journey.
• Both legs were asleep when he finally stood up.

Come si usa: a body part falls asleep (My foot fell asleep after I sat on it.)

Sinonimi: numb

Espressioni comuni: foot is asleep, arm falls asleep, leg is asleep

distratto, disattento

Che non presta attenzione a ciò che sta succedendo.

In inglese semplice: Not paying attention to what is happening.

• Were you asleep during that discussion?
• The referee seemed asleep and missed the foul.
• Officials were asleep at the wheel as the crisis grew.

Come si usa: be asleep at the wheel (The managers were asleep at the wheel while costs rose.)

Sinonimi: inattentive, unaware

Contrari: alert, attentive

Espressioni comuni: asleep at work, asleep at wheel