misc

Question 1

spargersi

Answer 1

spread out

Question 2

Camminavano spediti,

Answer 2

they walked quickly

Question 3

spediti

Answer 3

quickly

Question 4

Tom cercò di acchiappare Mary.

Answer 4

Tom tried to catch Mary

Question 5

finché non arrivarono ad un bivio.

Answer 5

until they came to a crossroads

Question 6

acchiappare

Answer 6

catch

Question 7

un bivio.

Answer 7

crossroads

Question 8

e alle risate che si sarebbe fatto il papà quando li avrebbe rivisti tornare a mani vuote,

Answer 8

and the laughs that dad would have when he saw them again come back empty-handed,

Question 9

pensando alla lepre sfuggita

Answer 9

thinking about the escaped hare

Question 10

sfuggita

Answer 10

escaped

Question 11

l’uno accanto all’altra,

Answer 11

side by side

Question 12

Gretel iniziava ad avere paura – ci siamo persi… – mormorava al fratello,

Answer 12

Gretel was beginning to be afraid - we got lost … - she murmured to her brother,

Question 13

mormorare

Answer 13

to murmur

Question 14

intravidero un grande slargo nella foresta.

Answer 14

they caught a glimpse of a large clearing in the forest.

Question 15

slargo

Answer 15

clearning

Question 16

intravedere

Answer 16

to glimpse

Question 17

una buffa casetta azzurra,

Answer 17

a funny little blue house

Question 18

e le finestre cicciotte come salsicce.

Answer 18

and the windows chubby like sausages

Question 19

cicciotte

Answer 19

chubby

Question 20

Hänsel e Gretel si avvicinarono di corsa e quando erano ormai praticamente sulla soglia della porta,

Answer 20

Hansel and Gretel ran up to them and when they were practically on the threshold of the door,

Question 21

si accorsero che l’intera casa era fatta di dolcissimo marzapane

Answer 21

they realized that the whole house was made of very sweet marzipan

Question 22

Presi dai morsi della fame, i due staccarono un piccolo pezzetto dal muro e iniziarono a mangiarlo, piano, con timore

Answer 22

Taken by the pangs of hunger, the two detached a small piece from the wall and began to eat it, slowly, with fear

Question 23

timore

Answer 23

fear

Question 24

presero manciate sempre più grosse.

Answer 24

they took bigger and bigger handfuls.

Question 25

Ne mangiarono fino a riempirsi le pance

Answer 25

They ate it until their bellies were full

Question 26

Una vecchietta con gli occhi socchiusi, probabilmente miope, disse con voce forte e minacciosa:

Answer 26

An old woman with half-closed eyes, probably myopic, said in a strong and threatening voice:

Question 27

e spinti dalla fame abbiamo

Answer 27

and driven by hunger we have

Question 28

fumante…

Answer 28

steaming