a piene mani...
English translation: unsparingly
| 09:19 Nov 8, 2010 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Michele Armellini Italy Local time: 13:17 | ||||||
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| 5 | greatly/considerably... |
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| 3 | unsparingly |
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| 3 | to the full extent |
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| 3 | (delving) liberally (or to the full) nto |
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19 mins confidence: 
unsparingly Explanation: Mi sembra semplicemente una metafora, non ha a che vedere con il campo tecnico del testo. Parecchi altri avverbi andrebbero bene. |
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22 mins confidence:
greatly/considerably... Explanation: "a piene mani" means "a lot", so here I would say something like "drawing greatly/considerably on experience" or other synonyms |
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19 mins confidence:
to the full extent Explanation: Suggestion. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2010-11-08 09:42:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_spanish/cooking_culinar... An Italian to Spanish previous question. |
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5 hrs confidence:
(delving) liberally (or to the full) nto Explanation: - |
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Reference comments
1 hr |
| Reference: a piene mani Reference information: Pescare a piene mani - WordReference Forums 6 posts - 4 authors - Last post: 4 May 2008 "Pescare a piene mani" = "to pick up (to take away) something (idea, data, concept, etc) in plenty (or aplenty, galore)". ... forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=941333 - Cached |
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