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Questions related to the definition and nuance of meaning of a word
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metterci impegno
This is not a fixed expression.
My understanding is that ci in this context is a demonstrative pronoun that stands for in ciò = "in this" (rather than an adverb, like "here").
Vi chiedo di metterci im …
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tranne che + negazione
See Treccani, non, definition e.:
Usato pleonasticamente, si può trovare [...] dopo le locuz. congiuntive a meno che, salvo che, eccetto che e sim.: per poco non ci riuscivo; dovrò rinunciare all’acq …
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"ti mancherai" vs. "mancherò"
This is notoriously confusing, because English and Italian use opposite sentence structures to describe the feeling of missing someone.
In English, this is rendered as a literal feeling. The subject o …
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"la" in "la finisca di chiedermela"
In this circumstance, "la" is an indeterminate pronoun and it implicitly refers to something negative.
Both those sentences are grammatically correct, but I would argue that they have slightly differe …
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translating "anzi tempo"
Have you checked on a dictionary? https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/anzitempo/
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Possiamo dire "come" o "che"?
Both sentences are correct – and basically interchangeable.
As referenced in Treccani, conjunction come can be either temporal or declarative.
Cong. temporale. Significa «appena che, quando». [...]
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Come tradurre threatening meglio che nel dizionario
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Anche secondo me minaccioso è un'ottima traduzione di threatening. Se penso a "un uomo minaccioso", è probabile che stia cercando volontariamente di apparire tale, …
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