tinderbox nel dizionario italiano Oxford-Paravia

Traduzioni di tinderbox nel dizionario inglese»italiano

tinderbox [ingl brit ˈtɪndəbɒks, ingl am ˈtɪndərˌbɑks] SOST

1. tinderbox:

tinderbox

= contenitore per l'esca, l'acciarino e la pietra focaia

the barn was a (real) tinderbox fig

il granaio avrebbe potuto or poteva prendere fuoco da un momento all'altro

2. tinderbox (tense situation, area):

tinderbox fig

polveriera f

Traduzioni di tinderbox nel dizionario italiano»inglese

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polveriera fig

tinderbox

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

He meets a witch, who asks him to climb into a hollow tree to retrieve a magic tinderbox.

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He threw the steel from his tinderbox over it, which tamed it.

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Instead of flowing rivers, we had riverbeds sun-baked into hard, cracked slabs fringed by tinderbox forest.

www.independent.ie

This place is a tinderbox waiting to go up.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

The fishing village has been a rare tinderbox of open rebellion since 2011 when large-scale protests broke out over land disputes.

qz.com

He fills his pockets with money, finds the tinderbox, and returns to the witch.

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Fire officials say they will take precautions to ensure the pyrotechnics do not spark another blaze in the tinderbox conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

He strikes the tinderbox and sends the dog with eyes the size of teacups to bring her to his apartment.

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Here we have a stadium which is sitting on a tinderbox, where 40000 odd people would be sitting.

www.firstpost.com

Small's familyon the surface a model of 1950's-style middle class contentment and successwas a tinderbox of closeted feelings and mental repression.

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