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aching to

Italian translation: desiderava ardentemente

05:02 Aug 14, 2020
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Science fiction novel
English term or phrase: aching to
In questo passaggio il protagonista cerca di resistere a un impulso/richiamo premendosi contro il terreno (credo nel tentativo di combattere il richiamo con il provare dolore). Il passaggio completo è

Kyre lowered his body until it rested flat to the ground, and pressed his chin hard to the rubble. It cut and scratched, but he didn’t care. It forced his head to stay upright under memory’s pull of Rillent’s easy promises and Kyre’s own desire to believe them. Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to. His muscles strained, drove the skin and bones of his chin and throat into the edges of the debris.

e ho difficoltà a rendere la frase

Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to
Alessandro Nosenzo
Italy
Local time: 03:53
Italian translation:desiderava ardentemente
Explanation:
Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to.

Gli impediva di cedere, cosa che il suo corpo voleva/desiderava ardentemente.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-14 07:08:16 GMT)
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ache
verb

to be in continuous pain
far male, dolere
My tooth aches.

to have a great desire
desiderare
She was aching to tell him the news.
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Elena Feriani
Italy
Local time: 03:53
Grading comment
Grazie mille per la spiegazione esaustiva!
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3 +3desiderava ardentemente
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
desiderava ardentemente


Explanation:
Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to.

Gli impediva di cedere, cosa che il suo corpo voleva/desiderava ardentemente.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-14 07:08:16 GMT)
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ache
verb

to be in continuous pain
far male, dolere
My tooth aches.

to have a great desire
desiderare
She was aching to tell him the news.

Elena Feriani
Italy
Local time: 03:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
Grazie mille per la spiegazione esaustiva!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah Cerri: oppure "anelava tanto"
48 mins
  -> Grazie :)
agree  Silvia Ricci Nakashima
2 hrs
  -> Grazie :)
agree  martini
10 hrs
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