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2012-02-09 asking questions:

Dear Rich,    First of all I have to point out that "Mi dà una ricevuta, per favore?"  means “Do you give me a receipt, please?”, not  “You give me a receipt please?” whose Italian translation would be

2012-02-08 Meaning of an Italian expression:

Hello,    First of all the word “casciabang“ does not exist in standard Italian where we have the term “cacciaballe” denoting someone who talks a load of rubbish, in short a “bullshitter” (Vulgar Slang)

2012-02-07 translation:

Dear Rich,    Actually the verb form “dà” in "Mi dà una ricevuta per favore?" must be written with a grave accent,as you can see, not with an acute accent,as shown in the computer sentence "Mi dá una ricevuta

2012-02-04 phrase:

Dear Zahra,    in “il sacco a pelo” which is a sleeping bag , i.e. “ a large, warmly lined, usually zippered bag for sleeping, especially outdoors”, the literal meaning of the noun "pelo" is "hair" related

2012-02-03 Da Vinci Quote Translation:

Hello,  I have to apologize, I had absendmindedly mistranslated your quote! Punisce is of course the correct translation of Punish, and the Leonardo da Vinci's quote is exactly that, "Chi non conosce il

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