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(tirare) to draw(irregular); lo trasse a sé she drew him towards her; ~ qcs. a riva to pull o drag sth. ashore; ~ qcn. in salvo to rescue sb.; ~ qcn. in arresto to place sb. under arrest; ~ qcn. in inganno to deceive o trick sb.; ~ un sospiro di sollievo to sigh with relief
(tirare fuori) ~ fuori dalla tasca una pistola to pull a gun from one’s pocket; ~ qcn. d’impaccio to help sb. out of their predicament
(ricavare) to get(irregular), to gain, to derive [soddisfazione];
to get(irregular) [sollievo];
to draw(irregular) [ispirazione, morale]; ~ un film da un romanzo to make a film out of a novel; ~ il massimo dalla situazione to make the most of the situation; ~ beneficio da to (get some) benefit from [vacanza, cura]; ~ profitto da qcs. to turn sth. to (good) account, to take advantage of o to make capital out of sth.; ~ vantaggio da to capitalize on; ~ piacere da qcs. to (take) delight in sth.; da questo si può ~ un insegnamento there is a lesson to be learned from this
(dedurre) ~ conclusioni da qcs. to draw conclusions o inferences from sth., to make deductions from sth.; non ~ conclusioni sbagliate don’t jump to the wrong conclusions
(avere) ~ origine da qcs. to originate from sth.
(indurre) ~ qcn. in errore to mislead sb.
trarsi pronom.
(mettersi) -rsi da parte to step o stand aside
(tirarsi fuori) -rsi d’impaccio to get out of a fix.
(considerare) to treat, to handle [persona, animale, oggetto]; ~ qcn. da amico, come un figlio to treat sb. as a friend, like a son; ~ qcn., qcs. male to treat sb., sth. badly, to mistreat sb., sth.; essere trattato bene, male to be well, badly treated; ~ qcn. con gentilezza to treat sb. kindly; ~ qcn. duramente to be hard on sb.; non ho intenzione di farmi ~ così I’m not going to be treated like that; saper ~ to have a way with [bambini, donne];
to know how to handle [impiegati, alunni]
(affrontare) [libro, film] to deal(irregular) with, to cover, to treat [questione, argomento]; (discutere) to deal(irregular) with, to discuss [questione]
comm. (vendere) to deal(irregular) in, to carry [prodotto, marca]; ~ merce rubata to handle stolen goods
(fare oggetto di trattative) to deal(irregular), to transact, to negotiate (anche pol.); ~ un affare to transact business; ~ un accordo to negotiate a settlement
med. to treat [malato, malattia]; cosmet. to condition, to treat [capelli, pelle]
(lavorare) to treat, to process [sostanza chimica, fibra tessile];
to process [acque di scarico]
intr. (aus. avere)
(avere a che fare) to deal(irregular) (con qcn. with sb.)
(avere per argomento) ~ di to deal with, to be about [soggetto]
(giungere a patti) to deal(irregular), to negotiate (con with); ~ sul prezzo to negotiate the price
impers. (aus. essere) di cosa si tratta? what is it about? non si tratta di questo! that’s not the point! si tratta della tua salute! we’re talking about your health! si tratta di tua moglie it has to do with o it’s about your wife; so chi ha vinto: si tratta di X I know who the winner is: it’s X; si trattava di prendere una decisione it was a case of making a decision; quando si tratta di qcs., di fare when it comes to sth., to doing
trattarsi pronom. -rsi bene to treat oneself well, to spoil oneself.
(segno tracciato) stroke; (linea) line; ~ di pennello brushstroke; cancellare qcs. con un ~ di penna to cross sth. out with a pen
(caratteristica) (di cosa) feature, characteristic; (di persona, carattere) trait; il ~ saliente di qcs. the main feature of sth.; non hanno nessun ~ in comune they have nothing in common; avere dei -i in comune to be alike in some respects
ling. fon. feature
(parte) (di strada, mare, fiume) stretch; il ~ di strada tra the stretch of road between; abbiamo fatto un ~ di strada assieme we walked along together for a while; avere un lungo ~ da percorrere to have a long way to go
(periodo) period (of time); per un lungo ~ for a long while o time; (tutt’)a un ~ all of sudden, suddenly; a -i (qua e là) in patches; (a momenti) in intervals, at times
tratti m.pl. (lineamenti) features; -i regolari, fini regular, delicate features.