nothing+broken

bianco come la neve — (as) white as snow

veste come suo padre — he dresses like his father

a scuola come a casa — both at school and at home, at school as well as at home

ci vuole uno come lui — we need somebody like him

è come parlare al muro — it's like talking to the wall

come glielo dico? — how will I tell him?

non so come dirglielo — I don't know how to tell him

(il modo in cui) mi piace come scrive — I like the way he writes, I like his style of writing

ecco come è successo — this is how it happened

attento a come parli! — mind your tongue!

(quanto) come è brutto! — how ugly he (o it) is!

come mi dispiace! — I'm terribly sorry!

A come Ancona — A for Andrew

(in quale modo) mi scrisse come si era rotto un braccio — he wrote to tell me about how he had broken an arm

mi ha spiegato come l'ha conosciuto — he told me how he met him

dovevi vedere come lo picchiava — you should have seen the way he was hitting him

sai come sia sensibile — you know how sensitive he is

si comporta come ha sempre fatto — he behaves as he has always done

è meglio/peggio di come mi aspettavo — it is better/worse than I expected

come arrivò si mise a lavorare — as soon as he arrived he set to work, no sooner had he arrived than he set to work

come se n'è andato, tutti sono scoppiati a ridere — as soon as he left, everyone burst out laughing

come (se) — as if, as though

il come e il perché — the whys and the wherefores

come stai? — how are you?

come ti chiami? — what's your name?

come si scrive? — how do you spell it?

sapere come fare — to know how to do

com'è John? — what is John like?

com'è la casa? — what does the house look like?

come? — excuse me? pardon? sorry?

come hai detto? — what did you say?

come sei gentile! — how kind of you!

come sei cresciuto! — haven't you grown! how you've grown!

come ci siamo divertiti! — what a great time we had!

(ma) come! — what!

come no! — of course! sure!

come la maggior parte delle persone — like most people

in una situazione come questa — in such a situation

un cappello come quello — a hat like that one

fai come me — do as I do

ha fatto come gli ho detto — he did it the way I told him

(fai) come vuoi — do as you like

come avevamo deciso — as we had agreed

come sempre — as ever, the same as always

come al solito — as usual

come segue — as follows

ecco come è successo — it happened like this, this is what happened

per come la vedo io — as I see it

nero come il carbone — as black as coal

è intelligente come te — he is as intelligent as you

trattare qcn. come un bambino — to treat sb. like a child

è più facile di come pensavo — it's easier than I thought

di giorno come di notte — by day as well as by night

tanto qui come all'estero — both here and abroad

in un paese come l'Italia — in a country like Italy

lavorare come insegnante — to work as a teacher

presentarsi come candidato — to stand as a candidate

cosa c'è come dessert? — what's for dessert?

come potete vedere — as you can see

T come Tom — T for Tom

avaro com'è, non ti darà nulla — he's so mean, he won't give you anything

come da istruzioni — as requested, as per your instructions

come da programma — according to schedule

rispettala come fosse tua madre — respect her as though she were your mother

mi guardò come per dire "te l'avevo detto" — he looked at me as if to say "I told you so"

si comporta come se fosse a casa sua — he acts like he owns the place

si sono comportati come se niente fosse — they behaved as if nothing had happened

come si è fatto buio sono tornato a casa — as it went dark I came back home

come giro le spalle — as soon as my back is turned

mi ha detto come l'ha trovato — he told me how he had found it

il come e il perché di qcs. — the how and the why of sth

come non detto — forget it, never mind

come minimo — at the very least

il monte Everest — Mount Everest

il monte Bianco — Mont Blanc

risolvere un problema a monte — to get to the root of the problem

mandare a monte il fidanzamento — to break (off) the engagement

- a del cranio — skull bones

mi fanno male le -a — my bones ache

rompersi l'osso del collo — to break one's neck

osso di pesca — peach stone

osso di balena — whalebone

osso di seppia — cuttlebone

in carne e -a — in the flesh, real live

essere fatto di carne e -a — to be (only) flesh and blood

essere pelle e -a — to be a barebones, to be reduced to a skeleton

rompere le -a a qcn. — to thrash the living daylights out of sb.

fare economia fino all'osso — to practise strict economy

essere marcio fino alle -a — to be rotten to the core

molla l'osso! — give it back! put it down!

sputa l'osso! — let it out! just say it!

ha buttato il cappotto sul letto — he threw his coat onto the bed

buttare fuori qn — to throw sb out

buttare qc addosso a qn — to throw sth at sb

buttare qc a qn — to throw sth to sb

buttare qc per terra — to throw sth on the ground

hai già buttato la pasta? — have you put the pasta in?

buttarsi il cappotto sulle spalle — to throw one's coat round one's shoulders

era rotto e l'ho buttato via — it was broken and I threw it away

non è un tipo da buttar via — he's not bad looking

buttare giù — (scritto) to jot down, scribble down, (cibo, boccone) to gulp down, (edificio) to pull down, knock down, (governo) to bring down

buttare giù un muro — to knock down a wall

buttare giù due righe — to scribble a couple of lines

(fraseologia) buttare la colpa addosso a qn — to lay the blame on sb

buttare i soldi dalla finestra — to throw money down the drain

ho buttato là una frase — I mentioned it in passing

gli ha buttato in faccia tutto il suo disprezzo — she told him to his face how much she despised him

mi ha buttato in faccia tutta la verità — he flung the truth at me

(fam : apparire) la faccenda butta male — things are looking bad

buttarsi in acqua — to jump into the water

buttarsi dalla finestra — to jump out of the window

buttarsi nelle braccia di qn — to throw o.s. into sb's arms

buttarsi in ginocchio — to throw o.s. down on one's knees

buttarsi (anima e corpo) in qc — to throw o.s. (wholeheartedly) into sth

buttare qcs. per terra, in aria — to throw sth. to the ground, up into the air

buttare (giù) qcs. dalla finestra — to throw sth. out of the window

buttare una coperta sul letto — to throw a blanket over the bed

buttare qcn. giù dal letto — to get sb. out of bed

-rsi (giù) dalla finestra, sotto un treno — to throw oneself out of the window, in front of a train

buttati! — go for it! just do it!

non ti buttare giù — don't do yourself down

buttare la pasta — to put the pasta (into the boiling water)

buttare qcs. in faccia a qcn. — to throw sth. into sb.'s teeth, to cast sth. up at sb.

buttare a mare qcs. — to throw sth. out the window

è intelligente e pure bella, il che non guasta — she is intelligent, and beautiful into the bargain

- rsi la salute — to ruin one's health

veicolo a quattro, due -e — four-, two-wheeled vehicle

ruota della roulette — roulette wheel

ruota di mulino — millwheel

è uscito il 5 sulla ruota di Napoli — number 5 was drawn in Naples

mantello a ruota — circular cape

gonna a ruota — flared skirt

fare la ruota — [ pavone] to display, to spread one's tail; fig. to strut o parade around

ruota motrice — driving wheel

andare a ruota libera — to freewheel

essere l'ultima ruota del carro — to be fifth wheel, to be at the bottom of the heap

parlare a ruota libera — to blabber on

seguire a ruota qcn. — to follow hot on sb.'s heels

contenuto zuccherino — sugar content