lot

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
9. A prize in a lottery.
10. Allotment; lottery.
11. All members of a set; everything.
12. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Verb

1. To allot; to sort; to apportion.
2. (informal) To count or reckon (on or upon).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɒt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

Frasi

Okay , there is not a lot to do at the moment .

Ok, al momento non c'è molto da fare.

Before you meet the handsome prince you have to kiss a lot of toads .

Prima di incontrare il bel principe devi baciare un sacco di rospi.

I learned a lot by studying piano books that had chord charts .

Ho imparato molto studiando libri per pianoforte che avevano grafici di accordi.