go around

girare intorno a, girare

Muoversi in cerchio o seguire un percorso intorno a qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Move in a circle or follow a path round something.

• The wheels go around slowly.
• We went around the fallen tree.
• Does this path go around the whole island?

Come si usa: go around something (The road goes around the lake.)

Sinonimi: circle, rotate

Espressioni comuni: go around something, go around corners

circolare, diffondersi

Passare da una persona all’altra, soprattutto una notizia o una malattia.

In inglese semplice: Pass from one person to another, especially news or an illness.

• A cold is going around.
• A strange rumour went around the office.
• What stories are going around about the new manager?

Sinonimi: spread, circulate, go about

Espressioni comuni: go around school, go around town

bastare per tutti

Essere in quantità sufficiente perché tutti possano averne una parte.

In inglese semplice: There is enough of something for everyone to have a share.

• There is enough food to go around.
• We bought extra cake so there would be plenty to go around.
• Are there enough tickets to go around?

Come si usa: enough something to go around (There are enough seats to go around.)

Sinonimi: suffice

Espressioni comuni: enough to go around, plenty to go around

andare a trovare, passare da

Andare a casa di qualcuno o in un altro posto per trascorrervi un po’ di tempo.

In inglese semplice: Go to someone’s home or another place to spend time there.

• I will go around later.
• She went around to her neighbour’s flat for tea.
• Shall we go around to your parents’ house tonight?

Come si usa: go around to somewhere (We went around to Ben’s house after dinner.)

Sinonimi: visit, drop by, go round

Espressioni comuni: go around tonight, go around later

discutere continuamente, rimuginare

Continuare a discutere o rimuginare su una questione senza risolverla.

In inglese semplice: Keep arguing about something or thinking about it without settling it.

• Must we go around over this again?
• They went around for hours over who should pay.
• I keep going around over that problem in my head.

Come si usa: go around over something (They went around over the same old dispute.)

Sinonimi: argue, obsess

Espressioni comuni: go around again, go around endlessly

riattaccare

Interrompere il tentativo di atterraggio e risalire con l’aereo per riprovare.

In inglese semplice: Stop trying to land a plane and climb to try again.

• The pilot decided to go around.
• We went around because the runway was blocked.
• The tower told the aircraft to go around immediately.

Sinonimi: abort the landing

Espressioni comuni: go around again, go around immediately