misc

Question 1

pescò un vecchio scarpone

Answer 1

he picked up an old shoe

Question 2

una capanna sulla spiaggia.

Answer 2

a hut on the beach

Question 3

Infine, provò a calarsi dal camino

Answer 3

Finally he tried to climb down the chimney

Question 4

Il pesciolino lo scongiurò

Answer 4

The little fish begged him

Question 5

scongiurare

Answer 5

to implore, to beg

Question 6

Vi prego, vi scongiuro, respingere la relazione Caveri

Answer 6

Please, I beg you, reject the Caveri report

Question 7

respingere

Answer 7

to reject

Question 8

la relazione Caveri

Answer 8

The Caveri report

Question 9

posso esaudire qualunque desiderio che esprimerai

Answer 9

I can grant any wish you express

Question 10

posso esaudire

Answer 10

I can grant

Question 11

sciolse la rete e liberò il pesciolino

Answer 11

untied the net and freed the little fish

Question 12

sciogliere

Answer 12

to melt, to dissolve

Question 13

Il pescatore, per evitare di sentire i capricci della moglie,

Answer 13

The fisherman, to avoid hearing his wife’s whims,

Question 14

tornò in riva al mare e chiamò il pesciolino con un fischio:

Answer 14

went back to the seashore and called the little fish with a whistle:

Question 15

“A me non servirebbe, ma mia moglie ha chiesto un palazzo”.

Answer 15

“I wouldn’t need it, but my wife asked for a palace.”

Question 16

“Non preoccuparti” rispose il pesciolino

Answer 16

“Don’t worry,” replied the little fish

Question 17

“torna a casa e scoprirai che ho già esaudito il tuo desiderio”.

Answer 17

“Go home and you will find that I have already granted your wish”.

Question 18

Il pescatore tornò a casa e al posto della sua capanna trovò un palazzo meraviglioso.

Answer 18

The fisherman returned home and instead of his hut he found a marvelous palace.

Question 19

esaudire

Answer 19

to grant, to fufill

Question 20

Saremo lieti di esaudire le vostre richieste.

Answer 20

We will be happy to fulfill your requests.

Question 21

Sua moglie si trovava in una stanza arredata con tappeti e quadri preziosi.

Answer 21

His wife was in a room furnished with precious rugs and paintings.

Question 22

arredata

Answer 22

furnished

Question 23

arredare

Answer 23

to furnish

Question 24

Hai iniziato ad arredare la stanza?

Answer 24

Have you started decorating the room?

Question 25

in riva

Answer 25

on the shore

Question 26

. Questa volta, lo ammonì: “Esaudirò il tuo desiderio,

Answer 26

. This time, he admonished him, “I will grant your wish,

Question 27

ma ricorda a tua moglie che nella vita bisogna sapersi accontentare di ciò che si ha.

Answer 27

but remind your wife that in life you have to know how to be content with what you have.

Question 28

Ha già avuto molto e se chiederà qualcosa di più, perderà tutto.”

Answer 28

He has already had a lot and if he asks for more, he will lose everything. “

Question 29

Il pescatore tornò a casa, che ormai era diventata un castello. Salì nelle stanze della moglie e le riportò le parole del pesciolino.

Answer 29

The fisherman returned home, which had now become a castle. He went up to his wife’s rooms and brought back the words of the little fish.

Question 30

Ma i suoi avvertimenti non bastarono:

Answer 30

but his warnings were not enough

Question 31

dopo qualche giorno, la moglie entrò in camera sua dicendo: “Non è possibile che io sia solo una regina; dovrei essere l’imperatrice di questo paese”

Answer 31

after a few days, her wife entered her room saying, “I can’t possibly be just a queen; I should be the empress of this country “

Question 32

avvertimenti

Answer 32

warnings

Question 33

avvisare

Answer 33

to warn

Question 34

bastare

Answer 34

to suffice

Question 35

Per oggi può bastare .

Answer 35

that maybe enough for today

Question 36

Ma non fece in tempo a finire la frase che la terra cominciò a tremare sotto i suoi piedi.

Answer 36

But he did not have time to finish the sentence that the earth began to tremble under his feet.

Question 37

In men che non si dica, il castello svanì e i due si ritrovarono nella loro capanna in riva al mare.

Answer 37

In no time at all, the castle vanished and the two found themselves in their hut by the sea.

Question 38

In men che non si dica,

Answer 38

in no time at all

Question 39

il castello svanì

Answer 39

the castle vanished

Question 40

riva

Answer 40

shore