three-deep in line

Italian translation: in file da tre

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English term or phrase: three-deep in line
Italian translation:in file da tre

09:02 Nov 17, 2009
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English term or phrase: three-deep in line
parliamo di truppe di 1800 e 1700 in marcia verso il nemico. ecco la frase:

Conventional 18th and early 19th century infantry tactics were uncomplicated: an attackin force marched three-deep in line abreast the defending force.

Grazie in anticipo!!!!

gabriele
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in file da tre
Explanation:
le forze di attacco marciavano in file da tre, affiancate alle forze di difesa.

Three-deep vuole dire che ci sono 3 persone una dietro l'altra, indica "lo spessore" della fila.
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4 +1in fila per tre
ARS54
4su tre file
rigrioli
3in file da tre
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urgentissimo - three-deep in line
in file da tre


Explanation:
le forze di attacco marciavano in file da tre, affiancate alle forze di difesa.

Three-deep vuole dire che ci sono 3 persone una dietro l'altra, indica "lo spessore" della fila.


Example sentence(s):
  • The Cafè le Repos was busy in the morning, customers two-deep at the bar, saving a few sous on their coffee
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su tre file


Explanation:
marciavano su tre file contro il nemico

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three-deep in line
in fila per tre


Explanation:
...Dovrebbe essere così, stando a =>>

"3two/three etc deepif things or people are two deep, three deep etc, there are two, three etc rows or layers of things or people:
People were standing four deep at the bar."

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/deep_2

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/deep_2

(e: "three deep → trois rangées de personnes" - www.thefreedictionary.com)

Ciao!


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Note added at 3 ore (2009-11-17 12:48:12 GMT)
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"...truppe dell'armata rossa in marcia lungo le strade che tagliano la steppa russa ... i soldati **in fila per tre** marciano con passo marziale e attraversano il ... "
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"...soldati ... **allineati in fila per tre**..."
www.italia-rsi.org

"...dei soldati ... **in fila per tre, a volte per due**, perché lo spazio era esiguo..."
www.imperium-romanum.it

"...uomini in marcia **in fila per tre** ... soldati..."
www.italienischen-militar-internierten.org

...non è come una fila al bar, IMO...

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Note added at 5 ore (2009-11-17 14:38:00 GMT)
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...**su 3 file** = "in rows of three" -> "...(men were put) in rows of three..." - www.firstworldwar.com

and so on...



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