who ever would have guessed who would have thought it!

chi è d'accordo, alzi la mano — those who agree raise your hand

chi dei due finirà per primo — the first one to finish

chi di voi vuole partire — those of you who want to leave

ho trovato chi può farlo — I've found someone who can do it

non trova chi lo possa aiutare — he can't find anyone to help him

porta chi vuoi — bring who you like

chi legge, chi dorme — some people are reading, others sleeping

chi sa la risposta? — who knows the answer?

"chi è stato?" - "chi lo sa" — "who did it?" - "who knows"

con chi esci? — who(m) are you going out with?

da chi l'hai preso? — who did you get it from?

"l'ho regalato" - "a chi?" — "I gave it away" - "who to?"

chi l'avrebbe detto? — who would ever have guessed it?

chi di voi...? — which of you...?

di chi è (questo)? — whose is this?

di chi è l'articolo? — the article is by whom? who is the article by?

a chi lo dici! — don't I know it! you tell me!

senti chi parla! — look who's talking!

(toh) chi si vede! — look who's here!

non scrive mai — he never writes

non scrive mai? — doesn't he ever write?

mai più! — never again!

non farlo mai più! — don't (you) ever do that again!

mai e poi mai! — never ever!

ora o mai più — it's now or never

hai mai visto una cosa del genere? — have you ever seen something like that?

dove mai sarà andato? — wherever did he go?

perché mai l'hai fatto? — why ever did you do that?

chi l'avrebbe mai detto! — who ever would have guessed? who would have thought it!

più bella che mai — more beautiful than ever

più, meno che mai — more, less than ever before

è felice come (non) mai — she has never been happier

meglio tardi che mai — better late than never

non si sa mai! — you never know! you never can tell!

je n'en pense rien — I have no opinion about it

qu'est-ce que tu penserais d'un week-end en Normandie? — what would you say to a weekend in Normandy?

il ne disait rien mais n'en pensait pas moins — he said nothing but it didn't mean that he agreed

c'est bien ce que je pensais! — I thought as much!

je te le dis comme je le pense — I'm telling you (just) what I think

elle ne pense pas un mot de ce qu'elle dit — she doesn't believe a word of what she's saying

tu penses vraiment ce que tu dis? — do you really mean what you're saying?

vous pensez si j'étais content! — you can imagine how pleased I was!

pensez donc! — just imagine!

pense que ça ne sera pas facile — remember that it won't be easy

ça me fait penser qu'il faut que je lui écrive — that reminds me that I must write to him/her

penser faire — to be thinking of doing, to intend to do

c'est bien pensé! — it's well thought out!

dire quelque chose sans y penser — to say something without thinking

regardez le pendule et ne pensez plus à rien — look at the pendulum and empty your mind

sans penser à mal — without meaning any harm

tu n'y penses pas! c'est trop dangereux! — you can't be serious! it's too dangerous!

n'y pensons plus! — let's forget about it!

penser à — to remember

pense à ton rendez-vous — remember your appointment

mais j'y pense, c'est ton anniversaire aujourd'hui! — now I come to think of it, it's your birthday today!

il me fait penser à mon père — he reminds me of my father

penser à faire — to be thinking of doing

façon de penser — way of thinking

je lui ai dit ma façon de penser! — I gave him/her a piece of my mind!

je pense comme vous — I agree with you

Je pense donc je suis. — I think, therefore I am.

penser tout haut — to think aloud

Je pense à mes vacances. — I'm thinking about my holidays.

pensez-y — think about it

vous n'y pensez pas! — you're not serious!

sans penser à mal — without meaning any harm

n'y pensons plus — let's forget it

Tu penseras à moi, quand je passerai mon examen! — You'll think of me when I pass my exam!

penser à faire qch — to think of doing sth

Cette photo me fait penser à la Grèce. — This photo reminds me of Greece.

Fais-moi penser à téléphoner à Claire. — Remind me to phone Claire.

On ne sait jamais ce qu'il pense. — You never know what he's thinking.

C'est bien ce que je pensais! — I thought as much!

penser que — to think (that)

Je pense que Yann a eu raison de partir. — I think Yann was right to leave.

qu'en pensez-vous? — what do you think?

je le pense aussi — I think so too

je pense que oui — I think so

je pense que non — I don't think so

penser faire qch — to be thinking of doing sth, to be planning to do sth

Ils pensent partir en Espagne en juillet. — They're thinking of going to Spain in July.

j'en doute! — I have my doubts!

je n'ai jamais douté de toi — I never doubted you

à n'en pas douter — undoubtedly, without a doubt

se douter de quelque chose — to suspect something

se douter que — to suspect that

je m'en doutais! — I thought so!, I suspected as much!

je me doute (bien) qu'il devait être furieux — I can (well) imagine that he was furious

nous étions loin de nous douter que — we didn't have the least idea that

il aurait dû se douter que... — he should have known that...

douter de [allié, sincérité] — to have doubts about, to have one's doubts about, [résultat] to be doubtful of

Je doute de sa sincérité. — I doubt his sincerity., I have my doubts about his sincerity.

j'en doute — I have my doubts

douter que — to doubt whether, to doubt if

no viene nunca — he never comes

nunca volveré a confiar en ella — I'll never trust her again

ninguno de nosotros había esquiado nunca — neither of us had ever skied before

¿has visto nunca cosa igual? — have you ever seen anything like this?

no lo he visto nunca jamás — I've never ever seen it

no lo haré nunca jamás — I'll never ever do it again

no lo veré nunca más — I'll never see him again

nunca es tarde — it's never too late

casi nunca — hardly ever

más que nunca — more than ever (before)

como nunca — like never before

nunca más — never again

nunca es tarde — it's never too late

casi nunca — hardly ever

más que nunca — more than ever (before)

como nunca — like never before

nunca más — never again

senza occhiali, non ci vedo — I can't see without my glasses

vedere qn fare qc — to see sb do sth

è una partita da vedere — it'll be a match worth seeing

ho visto costruire questa casa — I saw this house being built

vedere tutto nero — to take a bleak view of things

non vedo una via d'uscita — I can see no way out

modo di vedere — outlook, view of things

vorrei vedere te al posto suo! — I would like to see you in his place!

lo vedo male questo progetto — I can't see this project working

vedi pagina 8 — see page 8

fammi vedere il tuo tema — let me see your essay

vediamo se funziona — let's see if it works

è da vedere se... — it remains to be seen whether...

non lo vedo da molto tempo — I haven't seen him for a long time

guarda chi si vede! — look who it is!

farsi vedere — to show one's face

da quella volta non si è fatto più vedere — he hasn't shown his face since

non farsi più vedere in giro — to disappear from the scene

farsi vedere da un medico — to go and see a doctor

ho visto subito che... — I immediately realized that...

si vede! — that's obvious!

si vede che sono stanchi — you can tell they are tired

ci vedo poco chiaro in questa faccenda — I can't quite understand this business

(fare in modo) vedere di fare qc — to see (to it) that sth is done, make sure that sth is done

vedi tu se ci riesci — see if you can do it

(fraseologia) vedetevela voi — you see to it

se l'è vista brutta — he thought his last hour had come

essere ben/mal visto da qn — to be/not to be well thought of by sb

visto che... — seeing that...

non vedere qn di buon occhio — to disapprove of sb

non avere niente a che vedere con qn/qc — to have nothing to do with sb/sth

vederci doppio — to see double

non vedere più lontano del proprio naso — to be unable to see beyond the end of one's nose

chi s'è visto s'è visto! — and that's that!

non vederci più dalla rabbia — to be beside o.s. with rage

non vedere l'ora di fare qc — to look forward to doing sth

non vedo l'ora che arrivino — I can't wait for them to arrive

non vedo l'ora di conoscerlo — I can't wait to meet him

a vederlo si direbbe che... — by the look of him you'd think that...

in vita mia ne ho viste di tutti i colori — I've been through a lot in my time

ti faccio vedere io! — I'll show you!

si vide perduto — he realized (that) he was lost

si vide negare l'ingresso — he was refused admission

si vide costretto a... — he found himself forced to...

ci vedremo da mio cugino — I'll see you at my cousin's

ci vediamo domani! — see you tomorrow!

non vedevo nulla — I couldn't see a thing

vedere qcn., qcs. con i propri occhi — to see sb., sth. with one's own eyes

l'hanno vista entrare — she was seen going in, someone saw her go in

non si vede nessuno — there's nobody to be seen

sullo sfondo si vedono dei monti — you can see mountains in the background

fare vedere qcs. a qcn. — to show sb. sth.

fammi vedere — let me see, let me have a look

fammi vedere come si fa — show me how to do it

l'ho visto alla televisione — I saw it on television

andare a vedere una partita — to go see a match

è un film da vedere — the film is worth seeing

è triste da vedere — it's sad to see

vorrei vedere te al mio posto! — I'd like to see how you'd get on!

ma guarda che cosa ci tocca vedere! — could you ever have imagined such a thing!

lo vedo o vedrei bene come insegnante I can just see him as a teacher; non me lo vedo a viaggiare da solo — I can't imagine him travelling alone

tu come vedi la situazione? — how do you view the situation?

per come la vedo io — as I see it

il suo modo di vedere le cose — his way of looking at things

vedere in qcn. un amico — to see sb. as a friend

vedi tu — see for yourself, do as you think best

non vedo dove sia il problema — I can't see the problem

non vedo perché — I don't see why

si vedeva che... — I could see (that)

come vedete — as you can see

vedo che ti piace — I see you like it

da quel che vedo — from what I can see

vedi se è asciutto — see if it's dry

vai a vedere se — go (and) see if

"io non pago!" - "staremo a vedere!" — "I won't pay!" - "we shall see about that!"

è ancora da vedere — that remains to be seen

aspetta e vedrai — (you just) wait and see

vediamo un po' — let me see

vedremo — well, we'll see

dovresti fare vedere quella ferita — you should get that wound looked at

vedi di comportarti bene! — see that you behave yourself!

vediamo di non fare sbagli — let's try not to make mistakes

la vedo raramente — I see very little of her

mi ha fatto piacere vederla — I was pleased to see her

guarda chi si vede! — look who's here!

a Perugia ci sono molte cose da vedere — there are a lot of sights in Perugia

non ho mai visto Roma — I have never been to Rome

vedi sopra, sotto, a pagina 6 — see above, below, page 6

vedo! — I'll see you!

vedere vederci to see, to be able to see; ci vedo bene I've got good sight; non ci vedo I can't see; (ci) vedo poco — I can hardly see

- rsi allo specchio — to see oneself in the mirror

-rsi costretto a fare qcs. — to find oneself forced to do

non mi vedo come avvocato — I don't see myself as a lawyer

non mi vedo a fare — I don't see myself doing

non ci vediamo da mesi — we haven't seen each other for months

si vedono alle 10 — they're meeting at 10

ci vediamo (domani, dopo)! — see you (tomorrow, later)!

la cicatrice non si vede — the scar doesn't show

vedersela con qcn. — to sort it out with sb.

vedetevela voi! — work it out for yourselves!

dovrai vedertela con tuo padre — you'll have your father to deal with

non avere nulla a che vedere con — to have nothing to do with, to bear no relation to

dare a vedere — to show

visto? che ti avevo detto? — there you are! what did I tell you?

non posso proprio vederlo! — I can't stand the sight of him!

te la farò vedere — just you wait, I'll show you

non vedo l'ora che arrivino le vacanze — I can't wait for the holidays, I'm looking forward to the holidays

non vedo l'ora di conoscerlo — I can't wait to meet him, I'm looking forward to meeting him

non vederci dalla rabbia — to be blind with rage

non ci vedo più dalla fame — I'm so hungry I can't see straight, I'm starving

vedere lontano — to be far-sighted

ho visto giusto — I guessed right

chi s'è visto s'è visto — that's that

a mio vedere — in my opinion