Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Il verbo "to rock"

Salve a tutti.
Volevo sapere che significato ha il verbo "to rock" in espressioni del
genere:
"We will rock you"
"Rock the disco"
"Rock the microphone"
"I am rocking"
"Let the music rock you"
"Rock it up"
"Watch your head rock"
Mi è capitato spesso di trovare questo termine in canzoni ma sul vocabolario
non ho trovato definizioni che diano un senso logico alla traduzione.
Grazie mille!
My address:
earthq...@hotmail.com

 "Watch your head rock"
Sorry, but I only have time to write my response to you in English.
Think of "to rock" in the sense of Rock n` Roll music. It means to create an
euphoric feeling of joy that makes you want to move your body. I expect that at
one time "rock" was only associated with music. Now the meaning has been
generalized to other things including, I fear to say, professional wrestling.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

To rock si puņ tradurre con muoversi, nel senso di ballare, le espressioni
che hai presentate hanno tutte a che fare con la musica.

 che hai presentate hanno tutte a che fare con la musica.
Significa anche cullare, muovere gentilmente in un senso e nell'altro
"..rocked by sweet baby james"
        James Taylor
-- 
Non muore cio' che in eterno puo' attendere
  e col volgere dei millenni anche la morte puo' morire
             HPL

         James Taylor
Ho fatto una suppposizione, forse infondata, che la domanda si è tratto del
significato slang. Certamente il verbo "to rock" ha il significato normale che
si può tradurre con "muoversi" o "cullare." Forse avete ragione che qualche del
esempio prende il significato normale invece del significato slang. Non si può
sapere senza sapere il contesto. Si deve fare notare, comunque, che l'autore ha
scritto che non ha trovato definizioni che diano un senso logico alla
traduzione.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

generalized to other things including, I fear to say, professional wrestling.
LOL
You rock, man
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 >euphoric feeling of joy
to create _a_ euphoric feeling
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 to create _a_ euphoric feeling
Fascinating
Why?

 Why?
Because of the beginning sound of the first syllable. The indefinite article "a"
is used before words beginning with a consonant sound while "an" is used before
words beginning with a vowel sound. For example:
an exciting feeling (vowel sound "e")
a euphoric feeling (consonant sound "y")
an honest man (vowel sound "o")
a horrible man (consonant sound "h")
an underhand throw (vowel sound "u")
a one-hand throw (consonant sound "w")
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 a euphoric feeling (consonant sound "y")
A nightmare! :(
And it doesn't take into consideration... my Italian pronunciation ;))))

A nightmare! :(
Not really, it comes natural after a while-- it's actually more likely
to get it wrong in writing than speech. 
Ciao,


 Why?
Easier to say for starters :-)) I think it's because euphoric is
actually said as if  it's 'yuforic' so it's not a vowel sound. 
My dictionary says in England 'an' will be said before union or
European. Personally it sounds very unusual and awkward to my ears and
isn't used down here.
Other regional variations include before the h'
For example Americans may say "an herb" because they're not pronouncing
the h, but the rest of us will be say "a herb" because we are
pronouncing the h. 
Which may be an immense relief for you to know. :-)))
cheers,
Loki
-- 
lo...@REMOVE-ASGARDclear.net.nz

difference at "alphabet" level not on sound!!!
Then they shouldn't. It's the sound that determines the article -
everywhere in the English-speaking world.
(Who exactly is teaching this?)
Raymot
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 ;))))
Just think yu foric, (no relation to poor Yorick)
cheers,
Loki
-- 
lo...@REMOVE-ASGARDclear.net.nz

 Just think yu foric, (no relation to poor Yorick)
 Dear Loki,
Did you know him well?
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 Did you know him well?
No he was too grave for my liking.
Loki
-- 
lo...@REMOVE-ASGARDclear.net.nz