bound up

strettamente legato, connesso

Legato a qualcosa tanto che l'uno influenza l'altro o ne dipende.

In inglese semplice: Closely connected with something, so that one affects or depends on the other.

• Our futures are bound up together.
• Her identity is closely bound up with her work.
• Children's health is bound up with their living conditions.

Come si usa: bound up with something (The town's future is bound up with tourism.)

Sinonimi: connected, linked, intertwined

Contrari: unrelated

Espressioni comuni: closely bound up, bound up with something

assorto, assorbito

Così concentrato su qualcosa da dimenticare o trascurare tutto il resto.

In inglese semplice: Giving so much attention to something that you forget or ignore other things.

• She is bound up in her work.
• He was so bound up in the book that he missed dinner.
• Don't get too bound up in your own problems.

Come si usa: bound up in something (He was bound up in his research and forgot to eat.)

Sinonimi: absorbed, engrossed, preoccupied

Espressioni comuni: bound up in something, completely bound up