La Grande Mare

sul mare — (barca) on the sea, (villaggio, località) by o beside the sea

una vacanza al mare — a holiday beside o by the sea, a seaside holiday

andare al mare — (in vacanza) to go to the seaside

di mare — (brezza, acqua, uccelli, pesce) sea attr

essere in alto mare fig — to have a long way to go

è una goccia nel mare fig — it's a drop in the ocean

in alto mare — on the open o high seas, offshore; fig. offshore

siamo ancora in alto mare — fig. we still have a long way to go

andare al mare — to go to the seaside o sea

un pezzo grosso fig — a big shot

dirla o spararla grossa — to shoot a line, to tell tall stories Brit o tales Am

sbagliarsi di grosso — to be completely wrong o mistaken

grosso modo — grossomodo

un pezzo grosso — fig. a big shot o cheese, a bigwig

sbagliare di grosso — to be gravely o badly mistaken, to be quite wrong

scrivere grosso — [ persona] to write in big letters; [ penna] to write thickly

il grosso di — the majority o bulk of [ spettatori]; the main body of [ manifestanti]; the main part of [ spese]

grosso calibro — big gun (anche fig.)

Ex: The book contains the following chapters: practical horse nutrition; equine genetics; stallions; mares; parturition; care of mare and foal; and identification, selection, and marketing horses.

con questo caldo — in o with this heat

quanti anni hai? — how old are you?

quanti metri desidera? — how many metres would you like?

quanti soldi ti hanno chiesto? — how much did they ask you (for it)?

quanta stoffa ti serve? — how much material do you need?

quanto tempo? — how long?, how much time?

quanto tempo ci metti da qui all'ufficio? — how long does it take you from here to the office?

quante volte? — how often?, how many times?

quanto tempo sprecato! — what a waste of time!

ti darò quanto denaro ti serve — I'll give you as much money as you need

prendi quanti libri vuoi — take as many books as you want

fermati quanto tempo vuoi — stay as long as you want

quanto costa? — how much does it cost?

quanto credi costerà? — how much do you think it will cost?

quanto è da qui al negozio? — how far is it from here to the shop?

quanti di loro? — how many of them?

quanto ci hai messo a farlo? — how long did it take you to do it?

quanti ne desidera? — how many do you want?

quanti ne abbiamo oggi? — what's the date today?

quanto stai via? — how long will you be away?

quant'è? — how much is it?

quante me ne ha dette! — (insulti) the way he insulted me!, (bugie) the number of lies he told me!

gli darò quanto chiede — I'll give him what o as much as he asks for

è quanto di meglio potessi trovare — it's the best you could find

a quanto dice lui — according to him

in risposta a quanto esposto nella sua lettera... — in answer to the points raised in your letter...

saranno scelti quanti hanno fatto domanda in tempo — all (those) whose applications arrived in time will be selected

per quanto ne so — as far as I know

faremo quanto potremo per aiutarti — we'll do all we can o as much as we can to help you

era tanto felice quanto non lo era mai stato — he was happier than he had ever been

spende tanto denaro quanto ne guadagna — he spends all that o every penny he earns, he spends as much as he earns

fanne venire quanti vuoi — get as many as you like to come

sapessi quanto abbiamo camminato! — if you knew how far we have walked!

quanto fumi al giorno? — how many (cigarettes) do you smoke a day?

Dio solo sa quanto mi sono arrabbiato! — God only knows how angry I was!

quanto pesi? — how much do you weigh?

quanto sono felice! — how happy I am!

aggiungere brodo quanto basta — add sufficient o enough stock, add as much stock as is necessary

dovrai aspettare quanto è necessario — you'll have to wait as long as is necessary

strillava quanto poteva — she was shouting at the top of her voice o as loud as she could

mi sono riposato quanto mai in questi ultimi tempi — I've had more rest than ever recently

è una ragazza quanto mai spontanea — she's a very natural girl

è famoso non tanto per i romanzi quanto per le poesie — he's famous not so much for his novels as for his poetry

è tanto sciocco quanto cafone — he is as stupid as he is rude, he is both stupid and rude

quanto è vero Iddio...! — I swear to God...!

in quanto insegnante — as a teacher

non ho suonato in quanto temevo di svegliarti — I didn't ring as o since I was afraid I would wake you

in quanto a — (per ciò che riguarda) as for

in quanto ai soldi che mi devi... — as for the money you owe me..., as far as the money you owe me is concerned...

per quanto si sforzi, non riesce — however hard he tries he can't do it

per quanto sembri complicato — however complicated it may seem

cercherò di fare qualcosa per lui, per quanto non se lo meriti — I'll try and do something for him although o even though he doesn't deserve it

quanto meno uno insiste tanto più gli viene offerto — the less one demands the more one is offered

quanto più mi sforzo di ricordare tanto meno ci riesco — the harder o the more I try to remember the less I succeed

quanto più — the more

quanto più presto potrò — as soon as I can

verrò quanto prima — I'll come as soon o as early as possible

a quanto ammontano le perdite? — how much o what do the losses come to?

quanto manca ancora? — (di tempo) how much longer is it? (di spazio) how much further is it?

- i ne abbiamo oggi? — what's the date today o today's date?

-i — (coloro che) those who

quanto costa? — how much o what does it cost?

mi piacerebbe sapere quanto lo ha pagato — I'd like to know how much o what he paid for it

era più lontano di quanto non ricordassi — it was further away than I remembered; (con verbo)

grande quanto basta — big enough ( per to)

aggiungere sale quanto basta — add salt to taste; (con avverbio)

non mi ha detto niente quanto all'ora della riunione — he didn't say anything to me concerning o about the time of the meeting

un uomo largo di spalle o di spalle larghe — a broad-shouldered man

in larga misura — to a great o large extent

di larghe vedute — (fig : liberale) broad-minded

di manica larga fig — generous, open-handed

farsi largo tra la folla — to make o push one's way through the crowd

non andare al largo — (nuotando) don't go too far out

prendere il largo — to put out to sea, fig to make off, escape

in -a misura — o

parte — in large measure, to a large o great extent

prendere il largo — to push off, to put (out) to sea; colloq. fig. to do a bunk

cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo — to hunt high and low o far and wide for sth.

farsi largo — to push (one's way) ( tra through)

stare -ghi — colloq. (avere molto spazio) to have plenty of room

abitava lì presso — he lived nearby o near there

da presso — (esaminare) closely

lavora presso di noi — (alle dipendenze di) he works for o with us

'presso' — (su busta, cartolina) 'care of', 'c/o'

per andare a Roma passo da Firenze — to get to Rome, I go via o by o through Florence

da qcn. — (a casa di) at sb.'s (place)

"da Mario" — (su un'insegna) "Mario's"

lavorare dalle 9 alle 5 — to work from 9 till o to 5

non è da lui — it's not like him o unlike him

nascondere la verità a qn — to hide o keep the truth from sb

dovresti nasconderti — you had better hide, fig you should be ashamed of yourself

viaggiare per il mondo — to go around o travel the world

il treno per Roma — the train for o to Rome

per terra — on the ground o floor

per il tuo bene — for your own good o sake