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1. adv
1) (extremely) molto, tanto

very happy — molto felice, felicissimo (-a)

it's very cold — fa molto freddo

very well — molto bene

very little — molto poco

very much — molto, tanto, (stronger) moltissimo, tantissimo

very much younger — molto più giovane

are you tired? — (yes,) very — sei stanco? — (sì,) tanto

he's so very poor — è poverissimo

2)

(absolutely) the very first — il (la)primissimo (-a), proprio il (la)primo (-a)

the very last — l'ultimissimo (-a), proprio l'ultimo (-a)

the very latest design — l'ultimissimo modello

they are the very best of friends — sono grandissimi amici

to wish sb the very best of luck — augurare a qn ogni fortuna

at the very most — al massimo

at the very least — come minimo, almeno

at the very latest — al più tardi

he won't come until 9 o'clock, at the very earliest — non arriverà prima delle 9, al più presto

the very same hat — lo stesso identico cappello

it's my very own — è proprio mio

2. adj
1) (precise) stesso (-a)

that very day — quello stesso giorno

his very words — le sue stesse parole

her very words were ... — le sue parole testuali furono...

he's the very man we want — è proprio l'uomo che cercavamo

the very book which — proprio il libro che

the very thing! — proprio quel che ci vuole!

at that very moment — proprio in quel momento

the very next day — proprio il giorno dopo

2) (mere) solo (-a)

the very thought (of it) alarms me — il solo pensiero mi spaventa, sono spaventato solo al pensiero

the very idea! — neanche per sogno!

3)

(extreme) at the very bottom/top — proprio in fondo/in cima

at the very end — proprio alla fine

to the very end — fino alla fine

in the very depths of the jungle — nel cuore della giungla


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