♦ occasional

♦ occasional
♦ occasional /əˈkeɪʒənl/
a.
1 occasionale; accidentale; casuale: This thing is quite occasional, questa cosa è del tutto accidentale
2 di circostanza; d'occasione; celebrativo: occasional poems, poesie di circostanza
3 sporadico; saltuario: occasional meetings, riunioni saltuarie
an occasional licence, una licenza per vendere alcolici solo in certe ore (in GB) □ an occasional table, una tavola aggiunta per l'occasione (di un banchetto, ecc.) □ I smoke an occasional cigarette, di tanto in tanto, fumo una sigaretta.

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