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stumble off

Italian translation: mettersi faticosamente in marcia/movimento - avviarsi sussultando/arrancando

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English term or phrase:stumble off
Italian translation:mettersi faticosamente in marcia/movimento - avviarsi sussultando/arrancando
Entered by: AdamiAkaPataflo

15:03 Nov 17, 2010
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / poesia
English term or phrase: stumble off
Women took coffee and milk to the soldiers and it was one long block party till the trucks and tanks loaded up and stumbled off.
erme
Italy
Local time: 02:48
mettersi faticosamente in marcia/movimento - avviarsi sussultando/arrancando
Explanation:
mi dà l'idea che i mezzi siano carichi e si avviino strattonando, a singhiozzo, come se "inciampassero"...
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AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 02:48
Grading comment
Grazie a tutti
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7mettersi faticosamente in marcia/movimento - avviarsi sussultando/arrancando
AdamiAkaPataflo
3 +2andarsene / partire arrancando
Ernestine Shargool


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
mettersi faticosamente in marcia/movimento - avviarsi sussultando/arrancando


Explanation:
mi dà l'idea che i mezzi siano carichi e si avviino strattonando, a singhiozzo, come se "inciampassero"...

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 02:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 312
Grading comment
Grazie a tutti

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ernestine Shargool: Ooops... I got delayed on the Internet. :-)//Great minds! I love the verb 'arrancare'... it's so expressive!
8 mins
  -> bello, però, che abbiamo avuto lo stesso pensiero! grazie, sbesolons // sooo true, I love the verb, too, for that very reason!
agree  Angelo Gualano
2 hrs
  -> grazie, Angelo :-)
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto: spuf spuf, vrooom...vedo anche la pacca sul cofano come dire: "vai"
3 hrs
  -> ahhh, davvero - stavamo guardando lo stesso film! ;-)))
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
5 hrs
  -> grazie, belè
agree  luskie: allineamento perfettamento riuscito, dottor spock ;)
20 hrs
  -> uffa, ho cambiato apposta pettinatura, ma le orecchie continuano a tradirmi... :-))) (c)osmoticamente tua
agree  BdiL: ...e io le orecchie me le immaginavo soltanto. ;-) M.
1 day 1 hr
  -> accipicchiona, stavolta le orecchie non c'entrano - mi sono tradita da sola!! sbaciuks, maurizzziiobbbello
agree  ARS54: ...ci sono anch'io!, :-))
5 days
  -> sbaciukkiolons, carissima, grazie! :-)
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
andarsene / partire arrancando


Explanation:
1 Camminare come fanno gli zoppi e gli sciancati
‖ estens. Avanzare a fatica, con sforzo: arrancava su per la salita; la carrozza arrancava lungo i tornanti ripidi

... partirono arrancando.

Ernestine Shargool
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
5 hrs
  -> :-x)
agree  ARS54: idem..., :-))
5 days
  -> Woof woof! :-X)
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