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18:50 Mar 19, 2016 |
French to Italian translations [PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Poetry | |||||||
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4 +1 | venite, accomodatevi |
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2 +1 | far banchetto |
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altra citazione degli stessi anni |
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venite, accomodatevi Explanation: fare le proprie cose, pensare a se stessi siccome orge significa anche orzo, zucchero d'orzo, non mi spiacerebbe che volesse dire "rimpinzatevi" (di cibo) oppure fate come se foste a casa vostra Reference: http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=orge |
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far banchetto Explanation: http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/banchettare/ http://www.florilege.free.fr/florilege/hugo/passerea.htm |
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Reference: altra citazione degli stessi anni Reference information: Trattandosi di versi, la scelta della traduzione dipenderà dell'insieme. − Loc. verb. fig., vieillie. Faire ses orges. Faire ses affaires en réalisant des profits, en s'enrichissant, le plus souvent de façon peu scrupuleuse: 2. Le drôle se fait donc huit mille francs aux boulevards (...). Comprends-tu? (...) −Je comprends que je ne suis pas libre d'écrire ce que je pense... −Eh! que t'importe, si tu y fais tes orges... Balzac,Illus. perdues, 1839, p.433. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2016-03-20 08:21:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ... "dall'insieme" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2016-03-20 09:56:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- La definizione è contenuta a più riprese nel link citato http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=orge Prov., fig. et pop., Faire ses orges, faire bien ses orges, Faire son profit, faire bien ses affaires. Il ne se prend guère qu'en mauvaise part. Dictionnaire de L'Académie française, 6th Edition (1832-5) |
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