2 Flashcards

1
Q

when i was little i had a dog

A

quando ero giovane avevo un cane

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2
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Im against it because

A

io sono contraria perche

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3
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where did you go on vacation

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dove andavi in vacanza?

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4
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usually we went to the sea

A

di solito andavamo al mare

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5
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I think little about my childhood

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alla mia infanzia ci penso poco

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6
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dolphin

A

il delfino

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7
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lion

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un leone

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8
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a little town

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un paesino

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9
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childhood

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infanzia

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10
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and the children ask us to protect animals

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e i bambini ci chiedono di proteggere gli animali

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11
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the animal rights activist awareness had grown

A

è cresciuta la coscienza “animalista”

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12
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the most loved, the most feared

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il piu amato, il piu temuto

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13
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almost all children would like to have an animal and even if the favorite animal always stays the dog

A

quasi tutti i bambini vorrebbero avere un animale e anche se l’animale preferito resta sempre il cane

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14
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almost all children would like to have an animal and even if the favorite animal always stays the dog

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quasi tutti i bambini vorrebbero avere un animale e anche se l’animale preferito resta sempre il cane

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15
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1 child out of 5

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un bambino su cinque

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16
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other species

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altre specie

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17
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girls more than boys like cats, in the second place,

A

le femmine amano piu dei maschi, al secondo posto

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18
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tigers

A

le tigri

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19
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bird

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gli uccelli

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20
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almost everyone have or had an animal at home

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quasi tutti hanno o hanno avuto un animale in casa

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21
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hamster, hamsters

A

il criceto, i criceti

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22
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a rabbit, rabbits

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il coniglio, i conigli

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23
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almost 1 out of 10

A

quasi uno su dieci

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24
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the most hated animal

A

l’animale piu odiato

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25
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the tiger

A

la tigre

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26
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the city is not suitable for animals

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la citta non è andata agli animali

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27
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later remind me to buy food for Felix

A

dopo mi ricordi di comprare da mangiare

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28
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you dont seem to spoil him a little too much

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non ti sembra di viziarlo un po troppo

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29
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maybe i say it because im allergic to cats

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forse lo dico perche sono allergica ai gatti

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30
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when i was young i has a dog, his name was romeo

A

da piccola avevo un cane, si chiamava romeo

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31
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he would wake me up, accompagny me at school to school and when i would come home, he would wait for me behind the door

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mi svegliava, mi accompagnava a scuola e quando tornavo a casa, mi aspettava dietro la porta

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32
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he would be able to be ale to recognize the sound of the bus of the school

A

riusciva a riconoscere il rumore dell’autobus della scuola

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33
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why dont you have more animals

A

perche non hai piu animali

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34
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its a shame tho

A

è un peccato

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35
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animals bring harmony into the home

A

gli animali portani armonia in casa

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36
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in the city the animals suffer

A

in citta gli animali soffrono

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37
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he knows the breed of the dog

A

conosce la razza del cane

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38
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he doesnt want to take out the dog

A

non vuole portare fuori il cane

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39
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he promises to walk the dog in the morning

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promette di portare il cane a passeggiare la mattina

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40
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pros and cons

A

pro e contro

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41
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are you guys favourable or against having animals at home

A

siete favorevoli o contri avere animali in casa?

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42
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im against….

A

sono contro a

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43
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im favourable to / pro

A

sono favorevole a

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44
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as a child he would spend the summer

A

da bambino passava l’estate

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45
Q

he would go for long walks

A

faceva lunghe passeggiate

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46
Q

she met her husband

A

ha conosciuto suo marito

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47
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how nice that photo in the hallway, its you as a child no?

A

che bella quella foto in corridoio, sei tu da bambino no?

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48
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that was the first time that i travelled in a plane

A

quella è stata la prima volta che ho viaggiato

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49
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usually though, we would go to the sea in tuscany, , at my grandparents

A

di solito pero, andavamo al mare in toscana dai miei nonni

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50
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to tell the truth, when i was younger i went to the sea little

A

a dire la verita, da piccola andavo poco al mare

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51
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how would you spend the summers?

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come passavi l’estate

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52
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i didnt used to like it at all, it was all very boring

A

non mi piaceva per niente, era tutto molto noioso

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53
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every morning we would go in the town to grocery shop, my dad would buy the newspaper, my mom would take me to a park where there were few children

A

tutte la mattine andavamo in paese a fare la spesa, mio padre comprava il giornale, mia mamma mi portava in un parco dove c’erano pochi bambini

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54
Q

i would listen the whole day to the old disks of my nonna or i would read comics

A

ascoltavo tutto il giorno i vecchi dischi di mia nonna o leggevo fumetti

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55
Q

it also scared me a but

A

mi faceva anche un po paura

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56
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it wasnt very fun

A

non era molto divertente

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57
Q

my parents would go on long walks in the mountain in the afternoon, but me i didnt like to walk alot

A

i miei genitori facevano lunghe passeggiate in montagna nel pomeriggio, ma a me non piacevo camminare molto

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58
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but one time we went in a nearby town and there i met a kid my age and he lived in a town really close to my grandparents house

A

pero una volta siamo andati in un paese vicino e li ho conosciuto un bambino che avevo la mia eta e viveva in un paesino proprio vicino a casa dei miei nonni

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59
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at first he seemed very mean, then however we became friends, very friends

A

prima mi sembrava molto antipatico, siamo diventati amici, molto amici

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60
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do you know who that kid was

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sai chi era quel bambino

60
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do you know who that kid was

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sai chi era quel bambino

61
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do you know who that kid was

A

sai chi era quel bambino

62
Q

the writer interviewed in the course of her career, different well known characters

A

la scrittrice ha intervistato nel corso della sua carriera, diversi personaggi noti

63
Q

her interviews have been collected in the volume

A

le sue interviste sono state raccolte nel volume

64
Q

you find part of the interview done by the writer

A

trovi parte della intervista fatta dalla scrittrice

65
Q

were you a closed child?

A

eri una bambini chiusa?

66
Q

did you have a happy childhood

A

hai avuto un’infanzia felice

67
Q

did you like to study

A

ti piaceva studiare

68
Q

you never went to the movies? to dance?

A

non andavi mai al cinema, a ballare?

69
Q

when you werent studying, what were you doing? sports?

A

quando non studiavi? cosa facevi?

70
Q

do you think back with pleasure to your childhood

A

ripensi con piacere alla tua infanzia?

71
Q

I think about it little, but when i think about it, i do it with pleasure

A

ci penso poco, ma quando ci penso, lo faccio con piacere

72
Q

in a certain sense si

A

in un certo senso si,

73
Q

the thing that would torment me the post was the feeling to be unloved in the family

A

la cosa che piu mi tormentava era la sensazione di essere poco amata in famiglia

74
Q

I remember i would make up sicknesses to attract the attention to me

A

mi ricordo che inventavo le malattie per attirare l’attenzione su di me

75
Q

I wanted to stay sick and instead i was always good

A

volevo stare male e invece stavo sempre bene

76
Q

in what relationship were you with yours?

A

in che rapporti eri con i tuoi

77
Q

I had a strict father that would have dreadful outbusts

A

avevo un padre severo che faceva delle tremende sfuriate

78
Q

then there were the fights between me and my siblings. the fights between my dad and my mom

A

poi c’erano le liti fra me e i miei fratelli. le liti fra mio padre e mia mamma

79
Q

how were you as a child. what character did you have

A

com’eri da bambina? che carattere avevi

80
Q

i was rather cheerful, but not very lively, not very talkative

A

ero abbastanza allegra, ma non molto vivace, non molto loquace

81
Q

talkative

A

loquace

82
Q

did you always live in torin during your childhood

A

hai sempre vissuto a torino durante l’infanzia?

83
Q

but of palermo i dont remember anything

A

ma di palermo non ricordo niente

84
Q

i left when i was 3 years old

A

sono andata via che avevo 3 anni

84
Q

i left when i was 3 years old

A

sono andata via che avevo 3 anni

85
Q

my memories date back to 7 years

A

i miei ricordi risalgono ai 7 anni

86
Q

did you like going to school

A

ti piaceva andare a scuola

87
Q

no, really the year that i went to school my melancholy started

A

no, proprio l’anno che sono andata a scuola sono cominciate le mie malinconie

88
Q

i would feel like the other girls were friends amongst them. i would feel excluded

A

sentivo che le altre ragazze erano amiche fra loro, mi sentivo esclusa

89
Q

i studied well

A

studiavo bene

90
Q

arithmetics for example i didnt understand at all

A

l’aritmetica per esempio non lo capivo per niente

91
Q

i was good in english

A

ero brava in inglese

92
Q

i would write long and very accurate essays

A

scrivevo temi lunghi e molto accurati

93
Q

what is it that made you suffer the most in school

A

cos’è che ti faceva soffrire di piu nella scuola

94
Q

the boredom. i remember a deadly bore

A

la noia, mi ricordo una noia mortale

95
Q

i used to hate sport

A

odiavo lo sport

96
Q

my dad used to force me to go rockclimbing in the mountain

A

mio padre mi costringeva a fare le scalte in montagna

97
Q

i would go there, but with gritted teeth/bu force

A

io ci andavo ma a denti stretti

98
Q

i ended up with hating every type of sport

A

ho finito con l’odiare ogni tipo di sport

99
Q

i would write, until 18 years old, i wrote poems

A

scrivevo, fino a diciottani, ho scritto poesie

100
Q

I would go to the little parties in my friends house

A

andavo alle festiccole in casa di amici,

101
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I would dance badly, but i would have fun

A

ballavo ma, mi divertivo

102
Q

basically/at the end i would prefer staying home to read

A

in fondo preferivo stare a casa a leggere

103
Q

i would read novels

A

leggevo romanzi

104
Q

what did you think to do when you grow up

A

cosa pensavi di fare da grande

105
Q

I wanted to do both the things

A

volevo fare tutte e due le cose

106
Q

he would get mad rarely

A

si arrabbiava raramente

107
Q

she doesnt remember much about the city where she was born

A

non ricorda molto della citta dove è nata

108
Q

she left palermo when she was 7

A

ha lasciato palermo quando aveva 7 anni

109
Q

at school she would be bored alot

A

a scuola si annoiava molto

110
Q

she would go willingly to the mountains

A

andava volentieri in montagna

111
Q

have you always lived in the same city

A

hai sempre vissuto nella stessa citta

112
Q

he liked to study

A

gli piaceva studiare

113
Q

she liked going to school

A

le piaceva andare a scuola

114
Q

what was your favorite subject

A

qual era la tua materia preferita

115
Q

what did you not like about school

A

che cosa non ti piaceva della scuola

116
Q

i thought to do when i grew up

A

pensavo di fare da grande

117
Q

a large table

A

un tavolone

118
Q

a large notebook

A

un quadernone

119
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a little notebook

A

un quadernino

120
Q

the little town

A

il paesino

121
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the big town

A

il paesone

122
Q

a little cat

A

un gattino

123
Q

a big cat

A

un gattone

124
Q

A nougat isnt a large tower but a christmas dessert

A

un torrone non è una torre grande ma un dolce natalizio

125
Q

a little heel isnt a turkey

A

un piccolo tacco non è un tacchino

126
Q

a breakthrough isnt a large horse

A

un cavallone non è un cavallo grande

127
Q

a breakthrough

A

cavallone

128
Q

in this terrace i spent my childhood

A

in questo terazzo passavo la mia infanzia

129
Q

as a young girl instead, i would come here to read and take in the sun

A

da ragazzina venivo qui a leggere e a prendere il sole

130
Q

i think hes one of his friends, one time he wrote on a big sheet youre beautiful and he attached it to the window

A

penso che lui è un suo amico, una volta ha scritto sei bella su una grande foglio e l’ho attacatto alla finestra

131
Q

she returned to her parents house to see the old photos again

A

è tornata a casa dei suoi genitori per rivedere le vecchie fotografie

132
Q

to get her books back

A

per riprendere i suoi libri

133
Q

as a young girll, laura had a neighbour that watched her often

A

da ragazzina laura aveva un vicino che la guardava spesso

134
Q

at 16 years old, he went to see a concert far away from home

A

a 16 anni, è andato a vedere un concerto lontano da casa

135
Q

here however is full of memories,

A

qui pero è pieno di ricordi,

136
Q

we had a little female cat that would eat the flowers

A

avevamo una gattina che mangiava i fiori

137
Q

there was a boy, he lived there and he would watch me while i took in the sun

A

c’era un ragazzo, viveva li e mi guardava mentro prendevo il sole

138
Q

the photo albums

A

gli album di foto

139
Q

here i was not so much a child, i was 17

A

non ero molto bambina, avevo 17 anni

140
Q

look what a miniskirt, how shameful

A

guarda che minigonna, che vergogna

141
Q

my parents never found out, but at 16 years old i told them i was sleeping at a friends and i went all the way to milan to see a concert

A

i miei non l’hanno saputo mai, ma a 16 anni gli ho detto che dormivo da una amica e sono andata fino a milano a vedere un concerto

142
Q

youre a snail, youre very slow

A

sei una lumaca, sei molto lento

143
Q

youre a parrot, you repeat words without understanding their meaning

A

sei un pappagallo, ripeti le parole senza capire il loro significato

144
Q

an ostrich

A

uno struzzo

145
Q

a donkey

A

un asino

146
Q

a fox

A

una volpe