English-Italian translations for thin

sottileNon ho dubbi che la sua leadership ci costringerà a pattinare sul ghiaccio sottile. I have no doubt your leadership will have us all skating on very thin ice. La verniciatura sociale è davvero troppo sottile per poter offrire un'autentica protezione. The veneer of social varnish is really far too thin to offer genuine protection. Ora più che mai dobbiamo avere ben presente la sottile linea che separa la sicurezza interna dalla sicurezza esterna. We must, now more than ever, be conscious of the thin line separating internal security and external security.
magroUno di questi è l'anoressia, che ha generalmente una base psicologica legata al fatto che un corpo magro tende a essere presentato come più attraente. One of these is anorexia, which generally has a psychological basis linked to the fact that thin bodies tend to be presented as more attractive.

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La Commissione si è dimostrata un flessibile e comprensivo, ma alla fine la pazienza può esaurirsi, come in effetti è successo. The Commission has proven to be a flexible and understanding partner, but patience can, and does, wear thin in the end. Quando giunse la fine nel 1945, lo stesso popolo tedesco era fra le sue vittime, in un momento in cui i vincitori erano ben pochi. When the end came in 1945, the German people themselves were among its victims, at a time when victors were thin on the ground. Ciò garantisce una maggior coerenza tra le diverse azioni, evita una dispersione delle risorse che alla fin fine sono piuttosto scarse e consente di portare avanti una politica più chiara. This makes for greater coherence between the various measures, avoids a fragmentation of resources which are, after all, thin on the ground, and enables us to conduct a clearer policy.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering
A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole
To make thin or thinner
To dilute
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state

thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
thin wire; thin string
thin person
Water is thinner than honey.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
a thin disguise
chocolate mint thins
potato thins
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
seed sown thin

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