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26 Cards in this Set
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Dopo l' improvvida domanda, si ha l' impressione di essere cronisti apena tollerati.
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After that imprudent question, we feel like scarcely tolerated journalists.
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Hanno gia' sperimentato sulla propria pelle quanto sia duro allevare contemporaneamente un nugolo di marmocchi dai mille problemi.
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They've already experienced for themselves, how hard it is to bring up a gaggle of little urchins with thousands of problems all at once.
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E' tre volte piu alta di quanto mi aspettassi.
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Its three times higher than I expected.
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Hanno scoperto che bastava un millesimo di quella sostanza per uccidere una persona.
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They discovered that one thousandth part of that chemical was enough to kill somebody.
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Nei masi vivono oltre 80 mila anime, dato dell' unione agricoltori e che emerge calcolando mediamente cinque persone per maso.
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In the masi, there live over 80,000 souls, according to information provided by the farmers union and arrived at by calculating on average 5 people per maso.
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Io vado in esplorazione e poi torno a prenderti. In uno e' meno pericoloso che in due.
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Im off to scout round and then I'll come back and get you. Its safer if there is just one of us rather than two.
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Il globo terrestre misura quarantamila chilometri di circonferenza.
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The circumference of the earth is 40,000 km.
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E' certo una congettura azzardata.
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Its certainly a risky conjecture.
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E' altamente irresponsabile comportarsi in questo modo.
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It is highly irresponsible to behave like that.
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Non m' interessa neppur lontanamente.
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It doesnt even remotely interest me.
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carponi
striscioni penzoloni ginocchioni ciondoloni barcolloni coccoloni sdruccioloni saltelloni cavalcioni tentoni rovescioni strasciconi zoppiconi |
on all fours
crawling dangling kneeling drooping swayingly crouching slitheringly by leaps on horseback gropingly back to front dragging along limpingly |
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A mano a mano che scendavamo sentivamo il terribile calore della lava.
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Little by little as we climbed down, we felt the terrible heat of the lava.
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a stento
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with difficulty
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di botto
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suddenly
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All' inizio pensavo scherzasse, ma dopo capii che diceva sul serio.
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At first I thought he was joking, but later I realized he was saying it seriously.
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Ci sono ben troppi e troppo inattendibili ostacoli.
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There are really too many and too unforeseeable obstacles.
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Suonava magistralmente bene
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he played masterfully well.
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Ha agito in maniera interamente corretta.
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He acted entirely correctly.
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Da lontano fanno pensare a tre grosse tartarughe che si muovano lentamente lungo il viottolo.
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From a distance they bring to mind three large tortoises slowly moving along the lane.
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Frugando fra i vecchi bauli e le damigiane d' olio e saltata fuori una vecchia tela scurita e impolverata. Marianna la tira su.
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As she rummaged among the old trunks and the demijohns of oil, out jumped an old, darkened and dusty canvas. M pulls it up.
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abbassare lo sguardo
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to look down
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alzare lo sguardo
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to look up
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distogliere lo sguardo
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to look away
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riandare con la mente
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to look back(at life)
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fare spicco(essere prominente)
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to stand out
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Stare al largo
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to stand away
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