jive

ballare il jive

Ballare con movimenti rapidi e vivaci al ritmo dello swing o di musica popolare simile.

In inglese semplice: To dance with quick, lively movements to swing music or similar popular music.

• We learned to jive together.
• They jived across the dance floor.
• Can you jive to this song?

Come si usa: jive to something (They jived to the band's lively music.)

Sinonimi: dance

Espressioni comuni: jive to music, jive with someone, learn to jive

concordare, quadrare

Essere coerente con qualcos’altro o accordarsi bene con esso.

In inglese semplice: To agree with something else or fit well with it.

• Those two stories don't jive.
• Her explanation jives with the facts.
• The numbers didn't jive with our earlier report.

Come si usa: jive with something (His account doesn't jive with the evidence.)

Sinonimi: agree, match, jibe

Contrari: conflict, clash

Espressioni comuni: jive with something, jive together, does not jive

ingannare, prendere in giro

Ingannare qualcuno o dire cose non vere.

In inglese semplice: To trick someone or say things that are not true.

• Don't jive me; tell me the truth.
• He was jiving us about his rich uncle.
• Are you jiving, or did that really happen?

Sinonimi: deceive, fool, kid

Espressioni comuni: jive someone, jive me, jive about something

parlare nel gergo jazz

Parlare usando parole ed espressioni informali tipiche dei musicisti jazz.

In inglese semplice: To talk using the informal words and expressions associated with jazz musicians.

• The musicians jived backstage after the show.
• He loved jiving with the jazz crowd.
• They jived about the band, using words I barely understood.

Espressioni comuni: jive with someone, jive about jazz

jive

Ballo vivace dai passi rapidi, spesso eseguito in coppia al ritmo dello swing.

In inglese semplice: A lively dance with quick steps, often performed by two people to swing music.

• They danced the jive together.
• Our next lesson covers basic jive steps.
• The couple won a prize for their jive.

Espressioni comuni: dance the jive, jive steps, jive lesson

swing

Musica jazz vivace con un ritmo marcato, adatta a ballare.

In inglese semplice: Lively jazz music with a strong rhythm that people can dance to.

• The band played jive all evening.
• She collects old jive records.
• Lively jive filled the club and drew everyone onto the dance floor.

Sinonimi: swing

Espressioni comuni: jive music, play jive, jive band

gergo jazz

Parole ed espressioni informali usate dai musicisti jazz e dalle persone del loro ambiente.

In inglese semplice: The informal words and expressions used by jazz musicians and people connected with them.

• He spoke jive with the musicians.
• Some expressions from jive entered everyday English.
• She studied the jive used in old jazz clubs.

Sinonimi: jazz slang

Espressioni comuni: speak jive, jazz jive, jive talk