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pressed down on the city

Italian translation: opprimeva la città

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English term or phrase:pressed down on the city
Italian translation:opprimeva la città

12:41 Jul 12, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-07-15 20:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: pressed down on the city
the sky had filled with white cloud the pressed down on the city

.." che premevano sulla città"?
Lucia Valentino
Italy
Local time: 19:50
opprimeva la città
Explanation:
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Eleonora_P
Italy
Local time: 19:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6opprimeva la città
Eleonora_P
3 +1che schiacciava la città/che incombeva sulla città
Ivana Giuliani
3 +1schiacciava la città...
AdamiAkaPataflo
4[che] gravava sulla città
Zypcio
3che incombeva sulla città
Marco Ferrentino


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
opprimeva la città


Explanation:
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Eleonora_P
Italy
Local time: 19:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 11
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Piera Biffardi
2 mins
  -> Grazie Piera! :)
agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: :-)
3 mins
  -> Grazie Adami! :)
agree  Elena Zanetti
5 mins
  -> Grazie Elena! :)
agree  Arabella Fiona Palladino: esatto
1 hr
  -> Grazie Arabella! :)
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto
1 hr
  -> Grazie Fabrizio! :)
agree  Chiara Santoriello
2 hrs
  -> Grazie Chiara! :)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
che schiacciava la città/che incombeva sulla città


Explanation:
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Ivana Giuliani
Italy
Local time: 19:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: non posso che concordare con "schiacciava" ;-)))
1 min
  -> Grazie...
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
schiacciava la città...


Explanation:
... come se volesse spremerle fuori (rifacendomi alla domanda iniziale) :-)

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 19:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 312

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivana Giuliani: anch'io ho fatto lo stesso ragionamento, malgrado il caldo che mi schiaccia il cervello... Meraviglia!
3 mins
  -> grazie, bella - qua invece fa bello-fresco-pure-troppo, sicché schiacciamenti zero :-)))
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[che] gravava sulla città


Explanation:
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Zypcio
Italy
Local time: 19:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
che incombeva sulla città


Explanation:
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Marco Ferrentino
Italy
Local time: 19:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12
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