-to finish o to end up?-

-to finish o to end up?-
Nota d'uso
Il verbo finire nel senso di ritrovarsi, dopo una serie di eventi, in una determinata situazione non si traduce con “to finish” ma con “to end up”: Finì senza un soldo, he ended up penniless (non he finished penniless); Come sei finito a lavorare qui?, how did you end up working here?

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  • finish — [fin′ish] vt. [ME finishen < extended stem of OFr finir < L finire, to end < finis, an end, limit, orig., boundary (post), something fixed in the ground < IE base * dhīgw , to stick in > DIKE1, L figere, FIX] 1. a) to bring to an… …   English World dictionary

  • finish — [n1] conclusion; completion accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, annihilation, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, culmination, curtain*, curtains*, death, defeat, denouement, desistance, end, ending, end of the line* …   New thesaurus

  • finish — ► VERB 1) bring or come to an end. 2) consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink). 3) (finish with) have nothing more to do with. 4) reach the end of a race or other sporting competition. 5) (finish up) chiefly Brit. end… …   English terms dictionary

  • end — end1 [end] n. [ME & OE ende, akin to Ger ende, Goth andeis < IE * antyos, opposite, lying ahead < * anti , opposite, facing (< base * ants, front, forehead) < OHG endi, forehead, Ger anti, L ante] 1. a limit or limiting part; point of …   English World dictionary

  • end — [n1] extreme, limit borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top …   New thesaurus

  • Finish — Fin ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss in several forms, whence E. ish: see ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • end — n 1 *limit, bound, term, confine Analogous words: *extreme, extremity 2 End, termination, ending, terminus are comparable when opposed to beginning or starting point and meaning the point or line beyond which a thing does not or cannot go (as in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • end up — {v.} 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. * /How does the story end up?/ 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. * /I hope you don t end up in jail./ 3. {informal} To die, be killed. * /The gangster ended up in the electric chair./ 4.… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • end up — {v.} 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. * /How does the story end up?/ 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. * /I hope you don t end up in jail./ 3. {informal} To die, be killed. * /The gangster ended up in the electric chair./ 4.… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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