Come Dire?

Question 1

in primo (secondo, terzo, ecc.) logo

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in the first (second, third, etc.) place

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Per incominciare

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To begin with

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Per iniziare

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To begin with

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Al / in principio

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At the beginning

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All’inizio

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At the beginning

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Inizialmente

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Initially

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Prima di iniziare

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Before beginning

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Prima di tutto

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First of all

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Innanzitutto

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First of all

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Sopratutto

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Above all

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Fin dall’inizio

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Straight away

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Fin dal principio

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Straight away

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In seguito

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Next

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Successivamente

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Next

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Per continuare

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To continue

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Dopodiché

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Afterwards; after which

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Inoltre

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Moreover

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Peraltro

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Moreover

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Per di più

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In addition

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Cominciamo col considerare

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Let’s start by considering

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Innanzitutto diciamo che

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First of all let’s say that

Question 22

Prima di entrare nel argomento / discorso

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Before getting into the subject

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Prima di affrontare il tema / problema / questione

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Before tackling the theme / problem / question

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Vorrei dire fin dall’inizio

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I would like to say straightaway

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alcune considerazioni prima di addentrarci nell'argomento

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a few thoughts before getting into the subject

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prima di iniziare occorre s o m b r a r e (sgomberare) il terreno

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before beginning we should clear the ground

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senza preamboli

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without preamble / beating about the bush

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poi dopo, in seguito, faremo un'analisi della situazione

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and then, following that, we'll do an analvsis of the situation

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dopodiche potremo trarre delle conclusioni

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after which we will be able to draw some conclusions

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Perché + subj.

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So that

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A quale / che scopo?

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For what purpose?

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Per quale ragione / motivo?

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For what reason?

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Porre una domanda

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Ask a question

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Poiché

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Since / because

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A causa di

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Because of

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Dato che

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Given that

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Visto che

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Seeing that

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Giacché

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Since, because

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Perciò

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Therefore

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Occorre chiederci

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We have to ask ourselves

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Per una ragione o per un’altra

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For one reason or another

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Lo ha fatto senza motivo / ragione

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He did it for no reason

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Dice così perché non lo sa

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He says that because he doesn’t know

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Quindi / perciò forse non è vero

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So maybe it’s not true

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Poiché è un mio amico non dico niente

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Since he’s a friend I’m not saying anything

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C’è da chiedersi il perché

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One has to wonder why

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Ma siamo proprio sicuri?

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But are we really sure?

Question 48

La domanda va posta in questi termini

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The question has to be put in these terms

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A che scopo mi fa questa interrogazione

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To what end are you interrogating me

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Me lo fa perché tradisca i miei amici?

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Are you doing it to betray my friends?

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Come mai potrebbe pensare una cosa simile

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However could you think such a thing?

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Ebbene

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Well

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Il manganello

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Club

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Manganellare

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To hit with a club