covered everything important when she sat down

Italian translation: nel sedersi, copriva a malapena le sue parti più intime

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English term or phrase:covered everything important when she sat down
Italian translation:nel sedersi, copriva a malapena le sue parti più intime
Entered by: Francesca Siotto

14:39 May 16, 2009
English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: covered everything important when she sat down
However, at the table in an exclusive hotel dining room twenty minutes later, she had to struggle not to squirm as the clingy fabric barely covered everything important when she sat down.
manu84 (X)
Local time: 13:15
nel sedersi, copriva a malapena le sue parti più intime
Explanation:
credo che si riferisce alle parti intime che il tessuto così aderente copriva a malapena.


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oppure "che, nel sedersi, celava a malapena le sue parti più intime"
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Francesca Siotto
Italy
Local time: 13:15
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Summary of answers provided
4copriva a malapena tutto ciò che conta/le cose importanti
Sarah Jane Webb
4nel sedersi, copriva a malapena le sue parti più intime
Francesca Siotto
3quando si sedeva a malapena copriva le sue intimità
Giuseppe Bellone


  

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copriva a malapena tutto ciò che conta/le cose importanti


Explanation:
Potresti rigirare la frase così:
...poichè, quando si sedette, il tessuto aderente copriva a malapena tutto ciò che conta/le cose importanti

Sarah Jane Webb
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nel sedersi, copriva a malapena le sue parti più intime


Explanation:
credo che si riferisce alle parti intime che il tessuto così aderente copriva a malapena.


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Note added at 8 mins (2009-05-16 14:48:15 GMT)
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oppure "che, nel sedersi, celava a malapena le sue parti più intime"

Francesca Siotto
Italy
Local time: 13:15
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Native speaker of: Italian
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quando si sedeva a malapena copriva le sue intimità


Explanation:
.... perchè la stoffa aderente copriva a malapena le sue intimità quando si sedeva.

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 13:15
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