S03 Flashcards

1
Q

REVERSE S3

You (pl.) don’t have enough good sense to understand.

A

Non avete abbastanza buon senso per capire.

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2
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REVERSE S3

When he got there he was dismayed to find out his group had already left.

A

Quando ci arrivò scopri con sgomento che il suo gruppo era già partito.

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3
Q

REVERSE S3

I never thought I could run that fast.

A

Non avrei mai pensato di poter correre così in fretta.

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4
Q

REVERSE S3

He jumped over the fence and dived into alleys and footpaths.

A

Scavalcò lo steccato e si gettò tra vicoli e sentieri.

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5
Q

REVERSE S3

All you (plur./formal) have to do

is to speak up (say it).

A

Non avete che da dirlo.

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6
Q

REVERSE S3

Several buildings had suffered major damage.

A

Alcuni edifici avevano subito danni ingenti.

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7
Q

REVERSE S3

People started (perfect form) to stream out of the room.

A

La gente ha cominciato a defluire dalla sala.

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8
Q

REVERSE S3

She came over and drummed her knuckles on my desk.

A

E venuta a picchiettare le nocche sulla mia scrivania.

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9
Q

REVERSE S3

I hadn’t sat the journalism exam yet.

A

Non avevo ancora dato l’esame di giornalista.

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10
Q

REVERSE S3

It was an open plan layout.

A

La disposizione interna era a pianta aperta…

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11
Q

REVERSE S3

…write thirty lines of nonsense.

A

…scrivere trenta righe di scemenze…

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12
Q

REVERSE S3

They started to exchange fast jokes.

A

Hanno cominciato a scambiarsi battute rapide.

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13
Q

REVERSE S3

This time you’ve really pissed me off.

A

Questa volta mi hai proprio seccato.

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14
Q

REVERSE S3

I haven’t had to deal with this sort of situation a lot.

A

Non mi è capitato spesso di affrontare una situazione del genere.

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15
Q

REVERSE S3

In these matters I have complete faith in your judgement.

A

In queste cose ho una fiducia quasi cieca nel tuo giudizio.

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16
Q

REVERSE S3

He seemed at ease with them.

A

Sembrava a suo agio con loro.

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17
Q

REVERSE S3

I’ve corrected a piece that had come in in too rough a state.

A

Ho aggiustato un pezzo che era arrivato in una versione troppo difettosa.

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18
Q

REVERSE S3

I had succeeded in ducking military service thanks to my eye problems.

A

Ero riuscito a evitare il servizio militare per i miei problemi alla vista.

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19
Q

REVERSE S3

We jumped out of our clothes.

A

Ci siamo strappati via i vestiti.

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20
Q

REVERSE S3

I was ready to do the name-dropper, the snob, the budding author, to run the whole gamut of attitudes, from sincerity to fakery.

A

Ero disposto a fare il gettanomi e lo snob e il giovane scrittore, battere tutta la gamma degli atteggiamenti dalla sincerità alla simulazione.

21
Q

REVERSE S3

I rushed downstairs to let her in.

A

Sono sceso di corsa ad aprirle.

22
Q

REVERSE S3

We met/parted outside the house.

A

Ci siamo salutati sotto casa.

23
Q

REVERSE S3

A small square formed by the meeting of three alleys.

A

Una piazzetta formata da un incrocio di tre vicoli.

24
Q

REVERSE S3

Maria would slip from under the covers, and soon after would be dressed, ready for the day.

A

Maria sgusciava fuori dalle coperte, poco dopo era già vestita e pronta per la giornata.

25
Q

REVERSE S3

They were exchanging looks between them.

A

C’era un gioco di sguardi muti tra loro.

26
Q

REVERSE S3

She came to ask me if I could re-visit the text and explanatory heading of a piece.

A

E venuta a chiedermi se potevo rivedere il testo e le didascalie di un pezzo

27
Q

REVERSE S3

You clam shut, forming a sort of impenetrable pod.

A

Ti si chiude intorno, fino a formare una specie di guscio impenetrabile.

28
Q

REVERSE S3

All you have to do is pull redundant adjectives and adverbs.

A

Tutto quello che devi fare è togliere gli aggettivi o gli avverbi di troppo.

29
Q

REVERSE S3

It was 1959 (coll.) and Italy was a petty and moralizing country, grey as a sidewalk.

A

Era il Cinquantanove, l’Italia era un paese meschino e moralista, grigio come un marciapiede.

30
Q

REVERSE S3

Heavily made up girls, with dyed hair and padded shoulders.

A

Erano ragazzotte dalle facce bistrate e dai capelli tinti e dalle spalline imbottite.

31
Q

REVERSE S3

Bedsheets hanging from strings between walls, overflowing rubbish bins.

A

Le lenzuola appese sui fili tra muro e muro, i bidoni della spazzatura strapieni.

32
Q

REVERSE S3

Feral cats slipping below parked cars.

A

I gatti semidomestici che sgusciavano sotto le macchine ferme.

33
Q

REVERSE S3

The cat wriggled out of my arms.

A

Il gatto mi sguscio dalle braccia.

34
Q

REVERSE S3

It was a kind of knowledge (coll. culture) for which I had never felt envy.

A

Era un tipo di cultura per cui non avevo mai provato invidia.

35
Q

REVERSE S3

relegate him to the closet like an old toy.

A

ributtarlo nel ripostiglio come un giocattolo vecchio

36
Q

REVERSE S3

I had never read more than a few lines of his reviews.

A

Non avevo mai letto più di qualche riga delle sue recensioni

37
Q

REVERSE S3

I saw her a couple of times with a guy who had an air of owning her.

A

L’ho vista con un tipo un paio di volte, e lui aveva un atteggiamento di proprietà.

38
Q

REVERSE S3

between a sip of cappucino and a bite of sfogliatella

A

tra un sorso di cappuccino e un morso di sfogliatella

39
Q

REVERSE S3

S/he looked away to avoid looking me in the eye.

A

Distoglieva la faccia per non guardarmi negli occhi.

40
Q

REVERSE S3

Terrible haste possessed me.

A

Mi era salita dentro una fretta terribile.

41
Q

REVERSE S3

They’re such petty crooks as beggars belief.

A

…sono dei ladri di polli che non ci crederesti…

42
Q

REVERSE S3

I started taking notes on how I might develop characters and their relations.

A

Ho cominciato a segnarmi appunti su come avrei potuto sviluppare i personaggi e i loro rapporti.

43
Q

REVERSE S3

There was still no work to do.

A

Non c’era ancora nessun lavoro da fare.

44
Q

REVERSE S3

I started running among the puddles and the torrents pouring out of broken gutters.

A

Mi sono messo a correre tra le pozzanghere e gli scrosci delle grondaie rotte.

45
Q

REVERSE S3

I felt awkward and presumptuous, lacking the minimum qualities required to invite such a girl to dinner.

A

mi sentivo goffo e presuntuoso, privo delle qualità minime per invitare a cena una ragazza così.

46
Q

REVERSE S3

I was losing control of the situation.

A

La situazione mi stava scivolando tra le mani.

47
Q

REVERSE S3

I felt dumb and pathetic, unable to make my way in the world.

A

Mi sentivo stupido e meschino, incapace di muovermi nel mondo.

48
Q

REVERSE S3

evade whoever is chasing one and chase whoever is evading one

A

scappare da chi insegue e inseguire chi ci scappa

49
Q

REVERSE S3

We sat down in the ugly kitchen and had a chat.

A

Ci siamo seduti nella brutta cucina a fare due chiacchiere.