dead

morto

Che non è più in vita.

In inglese semplice: No longer alive.

• The bird is dead.
• They found several dead fish in the lake.
• Her grandfather has been dead for years.

Sinonimi: deceased

Contrari: alive, living

Espressioni comuni: dead body, dead bird, dead plants, dead relatives

scarico, inattivo

Che non funziona perché manca elettricità, energia o segnale.

In inglese semplice: Unable to work because there is no electricity, power, or signal.

• My phone is dead.
• The car had a dead battery.
• We tried calling, but the line was dead.

Sinonimi: flat, unpowered

Contrari: live

Espressioni comuni: dead battery, dead phone, dead line

intorpidito, insensibile

Che non sente nulla, detto di una parte del corpo.

In inglese semplice: Unable to feel anything in a part of your body.

• My arm feels dead.
• She woke up with a dead leg.
• His hand was dead after he slept on it.

Sinonimi: numb

Espressioni comuni: dead arm, dead leg, dead hand

senza vita, sterile

Dove non ci sono piante, animali o altre forme di vita.

In inglese semplice: Having no living plants, animals, or other forms of life.

• They explored a dead planet.
• The pollution left a dead landscape behind.
• Could anything grow in this dead soil?

Sinonimi: lifeless, barren

Espressioni comuni: dead planet, dead landscape, dead world

completamente, esattamente

Rafforza una descrizione indicando che qualcosa è completo o esatto.

In inglese semplice: Completely or exactly, used to make a description stronger.

• You are dead right.
• The village is dead ahead.
• She stopped dead when she saw the snake.

Sinonimi: completely, exactly, totally

Espressioni comuni: dead wrong, dead ahead, dead serious

completamente, profondamente

Indica stanchezza, silenzio, immobilità o pallore estremi, che ricordano la morte.

In inglese semplice: In a way that seems like death, with extreme tiredness, silence, stillness, or lack of color.

• I was dead tired.
• The children were dead asleep.
• She stood dead still behind the door.

Sinonimi: utterly, completely

Espressioni comuni: dead tired, dead asleep, dead still

morti, defunti

Le persone che sono morte, considerate come gruppo.

In inglese semplice: People who have died, considered as a group.

• They buried the dead.
• A memorial honors the dead from the war.
• The living gathered to remember the dead.

Come si usa: the dead + plural verb (The dead are remembered each year.)

Sinonimi: the deceased

Contrari: the living

Espressioni comuni: the dead, bury the dead, honor the dead

cuore della notte, pieno inverno

Momento più buio della notte o periodo più freddo e quieto dell’inverno.

In inglese semplice: The time when night is darkest or winter is coldest and quietest.

• A door opened in the dead of night.
• We visited the cabin in the dead of winter.
• She heard footsteps during the dead of night.

Come si usa: in the dead of night/winter (They arrived in the dead of night.)

Sinonimi: depths

Espressioni comuni: dead of night, dead of winter