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♦ from /frɒm, frəm/prep.1 (provenienza, derivazione, origine, allontanamento) da; da parte di (q.): to start from London, partire da Londra; to be absent from school, essere assente da scuola; DIALOGO → - Discussing university- Where are you from?, di dove sei?; da dove vieni?; I'm from Italy, sono italiano; I'm from Macclesfield, sono di Macclesfield; a fall from a horse, una caduta da cavallo; to be far from home, essere lontano da casa; to go away from home, andarsene da casa; to translate from French, tradurre dal francese; Tell him from me that…, ditegli da parte mia che…; You will hear from my solicitor, avrete notizie da parte del mio avvocato; vi contatterà il mio avvocato; There were from twenty to thirty people in the room, nella stanza c'erano dalle venti alle trenta persone; DIALOGO → - Refusing a call- It's Dave Fox from Cooper and Cooper, sono Dave Fox della Cooper and Cooper2 (sottrazione, esclusione) a; (separazione) da: to take st. from sb., portare via (o prendere, togliere) qc. a q.; to separate st. from st., separare qc. da qc.; to hide the truth from sb., nascondere la verità a q.; to keep a secret from others, nascondere un segreto agli altri; to require st. from sb., richiedere qc. a q.; esigere qc. da q.; to prevent sb. from doing st., impedire a q. di fare qc.3 (causa) per; a causa di; di: to speak from experience, parlare per esperienza; to suffer from hunger [from rheumatism], soffrire per la fame [di reumatismi]; to tremble from fear, tremare di (o dalla o per la) paura5 (differenza): She was different from her classmates, era diversa dai suoi compagni; to tell (o to know) one thing from another, distinguere una cosa da un'altra6 ( mezzo o materia) con; di: Flour is made from wheat, la farina si fa col grano; a box made from wood, una scatola fatta di legno7 (limitazione) a giudicare da; a: from what I saw, a giudicare da quello che vidi; from what he tells me, a quanto mi dice (o asserisce)● from A to B, da un punto all'altro □ from A to Z, dall'A alla Z; (fig.) da cima a fondo: to know st. from A to Z, sapere qc. a menadito □ from above, dal disopra; di sopra □ from bad to worse, di male in peggio □ from behind, dal didietro; da dietro □ from beneath, dal disotto; da sotto □ from day to day, di giorno in giorno; da un giorno all'altro □ from hand to hand, di mano in mano □ from long ago, da un tempo remoto □ from mouth to mouth, di bocca in bocca □ from over, dal disopra; da sopra □ from my point of view, dal mio punto di vista □ from time to time, di quando in quando; di tanto in tanto □ from top to toe, da cima a fondo □ (fam. USA) from way back, da molto tempo; da tempo immemorabile □ to paint from life, dipingere dal vero □ (mus.) to play from memory, suonare a memoria.
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