founder

fondatore

Persona che avvia un’azienda, un’organizzazione o un’altra attività duratura.

In inglese semplice: Someone who starts a company, organization, or other lasting activity.

• The founder still runs the company.
• Its founders met at university.
• Who was the founder of this school?

Come si usa: founder of something (She is the founder of a local charity.)

Sinonimi: creator, establisher

Espressioni comuni: company founder, founder of something

fonditore

Persona che realizza oggetti versando metallo caldo e liquido in stampi.

In inglese semplice: Someone who makes metal objects by pouring hot liquid metal into shaped containers.

• A founder cast the bronze bell.
• The workshop employed several skilled founders.
• The founder poured hot metal into a sand mould.

Sinonimi: caster, metal caster

Espressioni comuni: bell founder, type founder, bronze founder

fonditore

Lavoratore responsabile di un grande forno che riscalda materiali per produrre ferro.

In inglese semplice: A worker responsible for a large furnace that heats materials to produce iron.

• The founder checked the blast furnace.
• An experienced founder supervised the smelting process.
• The ironworks employed two founders to manage its furnaces.

Espressioni comuni: iron founder, blast-furnace founder

laminite

Malattia grave dei cavalli che provoca gonfiore e dolore all’interno degli zoccoli.

In inglese semplice: A serious condition in horses in which the inside of the feet becomes swollen and painful.

• The pony developed founder last spring.
• The vet treated the horse for founder.
• Severe founder can leave a horse unable to walk.

Sinonimi: laminitis

Espressioni comuni: severe founder, founder in horses

fallire

Fallire o smettere di progredire a causa di problemi seri.

In inglese semplice: To fail or stop making progress because of serious problems.

• Their plans foundered through lack of money.
• The talks foundered when neither side would compromise.
• Without public support, the project may founder.

Come si usa: founder on something (The deal foundered on a dispute over costs.)

Sinonimi: fail, collapse

Contrari: succeed

Espressioni comuni: founder on something, plans founder

affondare

Far riempire d’acqua e affondare una barca o una nave.

In inglese semplice: To make a boat or ship fill with water and sink.

• Huge waves foundered the boat.
• The storm foundered several fishing vessels.
• Water pouring through the damaged hull finally foundered the ship.

Sinonimi: sink, swamp

Espressioni comuni: founder a ship, founder the boat

inciampare

Inciampare o cadere, a volte perdendo la capacità di camminare bene.

In inglese semplice: To stumble or fall, sometimes becoming unable to walk properly.

• The horse foundered on the rough track.
• His tired mount foundered and fell.
• The rider stopped when her horse began to founder.

Sinonimi: stumble, fall

Espressioni comuni: founder in mud, founder on something