Limbo

  • 41limbo — s. m. (fig.) incertezza, indeterminatezza, vaghezza CONTR. sicurezza FRASEOLOGIA tenere nel limbo (fig.), tenere in sospeso □ vivere in un limbo (fig.), essere trasognati; vivere in un mondo irreale; non capire la realtà …

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  • 42limbo — I lim•bo [[t]ˈlɪm boʊ[/t]] n. pl. bos 1) rel (often cap.) a region on the border of hell or heaven in Roman Catholic teaching, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ 2) a… …

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  • 43limbo — I. /ˈlɪmboʊ / (say limboh) noun (plural limbos) 1. a place to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past consideration, or out of date. 2. prison, jail, or confinement. –phrase 3. in limbo, in a… …

  • 44limbo — noun /ˈlɪmbəʊ,ˈlɪmboʊ/ a) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus… …

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  • 45limbo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. land of the lost, no man s land, neither here nor there, nowhere, borderland, oblivion.See hell. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Abode of the (righteous) dead] Syn. nothingness, purgatory, nether regions; see… …

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  • 46limbo — is., den., İt. limbo 1) Irmaklarda, sığ sularda yük taşıyan bir tür tekne 2) Bir ticaret gemisinin içindeki yükü, bordasına yanaşan başka bir gemiye aktarma işlemi …

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  • 47limbo — ▌ estar en el limbo locución estar en las nubes, estar en babia, estar en la higuera, estar en la inopia (coloquial), tener la cabeza en los pies, tener la cabeza a las once. * * * Sinónimos: ■ aureola, corona, halo, orla, contorno, ribete …

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  • 48limbo — in limbo …

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  • 49limbo — [ˈlɪmbəʊ] noun in limbo in a situation where you have to wait to find out what will happen next[/ex] …

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  • 50limbo — 1. n. (pl. os) 1 (in some Christian beliefs) the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants, and of the just who died before Christ. 2 an intermediate state or condition of awaiting a decision etc. 3 prison, confinement. 4 a state of… …

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