chaos

caos, disordine

Situazione di grande confusione in cui nulla è organizzato come dovrebbe.

In inglese semplice: A situation where things are badly confused and nothing is properly organized.

• The kitchen was in chaos.
• Heavy snow caused chaos on the roads.
• Who can restore order after all this chaos?

Come si usa: in chaos (The office was in chaos after the move.); descend into chaos (The meeting descended into chaos when everyone started shouting.)

Sinonimi: disorder, confusion, mayhem

Contrari: order

Espressioni comuni: complete chaos, in chaos, cause chaos

abisso

Apertura o spazio vuoto molto profondo e ampio.

In inglese semplice: A very deep, wide opening or empty space.

• A dark chaos opened beneath the cliff.
• He stared down into a vast chaos.
• The poet imagined a chaos stretching below the earth.

Sinonimi: abyss, chasm

Espressioni comuni: a vast chaos, a dark chaos