two pieces

un pezzo di pane — a piece o bit of bread

un pezzo di carta — a piece o slip of paper

un pezzo di terreno — a piece o plot o patch of land

due -i di torta — two pieces o slices of cake

un pezzo di sapone — a cake o bar of soap

in -i — in pieces o bits

a -i — (rotto) [ oggetto] in pieces; fig. [ persona] beat, dead tired

tagliare qcs. a o in -i to chop sth. to pieces; rompere qcs. in (mille) -i to break sth. into (a thousand) pieces, to smash sth. to pieces o bits; cadere a o in -i to fall apart o to pieces; fare a -i (rompere) to break [sth.] into pieces [ oggetto]; fig. (criticare) to take o tear [sth.] apart [libro, film]; fare a -i qcn. — fig. to tear sb. to pieces

venduto al pezzo — sold separately o individually

costano 5 euro al pezzo — they cost 5 euros apiece o a piece o each

un bel pezzo di ragazza — a nice bit of stuff BE, a piece

che pezzo d'asino! — what an ass o a fool!

pezzo di bravura — mus. bravura passage

pezzo di carta — colloq. (titolo di studio) = diploma, degree

pezzo forte — pièce de résistance; (di collezione) centre-piece; teatr. speciality act BE, specialty number AE; mus. set piece

pezzo grosso — big shot o noise, bigwig spreg.

pezzo da museo — museum piece (anche scherz.)

unire in matrimonio — to unite o join in matrimony

il sentimento che li unisce — the feeling which binds them together o unites them

unire le forze — to combine o join forces

unire in matrimonio — [ sacerdote] to join in marriage, to marry

restare -i — to hang o hold together

tagliare la gola a qn — to cut o slit sb's throat

tagliare il capo o la testa a qn — to behead sb, cut sb's head off

taglia e incolla Inform — cut and paste

tagliare la strada a qn — (in macchina) to cut in on sb, (a piedi) to cut across in front of sb

tagliare le gambe a qn fig — to make it impossible for sb to act, tie sb's hands

tagliare i panni addosso a qn — (sparlare) to tear sb to pieces

tagliare qcs. con le forbici — to scissor o snip sth.

tagliare qcs. a pezzi — to cut sth. into pieces o bits

tagliare qcs. a cubetti o dadini — to dice o cube sth., to chop sth. into cubes

tagliare i viveri a qcn. — to cut off sb.'s lifeline o supplies (anche fig.)

(farsi) tagliare i capelli — to have one's hair cut o a haircut

il camion mi ha tagliato la strada — the lorry cut across my path o cut me off

- rsi le vene — to slash one's wrists; (amputarsi)

- rsi i capelli — to cut one's hair; (farsi tagliare) to have one's hair cut o a haircut

- rsi le unghie — to cut o clip one's nails

tagliare la corda — to flake off, to clear off BE, to scarper BE

quel vino mi ha tagliato le gambe — that wine made me really drowsy o laid me out

milleuno — a o one thousand and one

mille euro — a o one thousand euros

"Le mille e una notte" — letter. "The Arabian Nights"

te l'ho detto mille volte — I told you thousands of times o a thousand times

a che ora smonti? — (fig : da lavoro) when do you knock off?, when do you finish (work)?

sono rimasto in casa — I stayed at home, I stayed indoors

è nell' editoria/nell' esercito — he is in publishing/in the army

è in fondo all'armadio — it is at the back of the wardrobe

è bravo in latino — he's good at Latin

dottore in legge — doctor of law

in lei ho trovato una sorella — I found a sister in her

in lui non c'era più speranza — there was no hope left in him

nell' opera di Shakespeare — in Shakespeare's works

vivo in Scozia — I live in Scotland

aveva le mani in tasca — he had his hands in his pockets

il pranzo è in tavola — lunch is on the table

se fossi in te — if I were you

un giornale diffuso in tutta Italia — a newspaper read all over o throughout Italy

andare in campagna/in montagna — to go into the country/to the mountains

andrò in Francia — I'm going to France

entrare in casa — to go into the house

entrare in macchina — to get into the car

gettare qc in acqua — to throw sth into the water

inciampò in una radice — he tripped over a root

l'ho messo là in alto/basso — I put it up/down there

spostarsi di città in città — to move from town to town

sta facendo un viaggio in Egitto — he's travelling in o around Egypt

negli anni ottanta — in the eighties

è cambiata molto in un anno — she has changed a lot in a year

in autunno — in autumn

di giorno in giorno — from day to day

in gioventù — in one's youth

in questo istante — at the moment

in luglio, nel mese di luglio — in July

lo farò in settimana — I'll do it within the week

mi piace viaggiare in aereo — I like travelling by plane, I like flying

pagare in contanti/in dollari — to pay cash/in dollars

ci andremo in macchina — we'll go there by car, we'll drive there

siamo andati in treno — we went by train

in abito da sera — in evening dress

tagliare in due — to cut in two

in fiamme — on fire, in flames

in gruppo — in a group

in guerra — at war

tradurre in italiano — to translate into Italian

parlare in italiano — to speak Italian

nell' oscurità — in the darkness

in piedi — standing, on one's feet

in prosa — in prose

in silenzio — in silence

scrivere in stampatello — to write in block letters

in versi — in verse

in marmo — made of marble, marble attr

braccialetto in oro — gold bracelet

lo stesso modello in seta — the same model in silk

me lo hanno dato in dono — they gave it to me as a gift

in favore di — in favour of

in onore di — in honour of

in altezza — in height

arrivarono in gran numero — they arrived in large numbers

in lunghezza — in length

siamo in quattro — there are four of us

in tutto — in all

si è fatto male nel salire sull'autobus — he hurt himself as he was getting onto the bus

nell' udire la notizia — on hearing the news

abito in via Roma — I live in BE o on AE via Roma

passeggiare in centro — to walk in the city centre BE o around downtown AE

viaggiare in Cina, negli Stati Uniti — to travel around o through Cina, the United States

in settimana mangio alla mensa — during the week I eat at the canteen; (entro)

incollare un francobollo ad una lettera — to put o stick a stamp on a letter

incollare insieme dei cartoncini — to stick o glue pieces of card together

incollarsi a qn fig — to stick close to sb

incollare il naso al vetro — to glue o press one's nose against the windowpane

- rsi a — to stick to [muro, pagina, pelle]

ci manca il pane — we've run out of bread, we don't have o haven't got any bread

manca un quarto alle 6 — it's a quarter to Brit o of Am 6

mancare all'appello — (persona) to be absent from roll call, (cose) to be missing

c'è mancato poco o poco è mancato che si facesse male — he very nearly hurt himself

gli manca una rotella fig — he's got a screw loose

gli indizi non mancano — there's no lack o there are plenty of clues

non ci manca nulla qui — we don't want o lack for anything here

manca un quarto alle due — it's a quarter to BE o of AE two

ormai manca poco — (a una meta) we've almost arrived; (a una data) the day o time is nearly here

c'è mancato poco che morisse — he almost o (very) nearly died

tagliare la gola a qn — to cut o slit sb's throat

tagliare il capo o la testa a qn — to behead sb, cut sb's head off

taglia e incolla Inform — cut and paste

tagliare la strada a qn — (in macchina) to cut in on sb, (a piedi) to cut across in front of sb

tagliare le gambe a qn fig — to make it impossible for sb to act, tie sb's hands

tagliare i panni addosso a qn — (sparlare) to tear sb to pieces