Italian | English |
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-ore {m} | -er((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...) |
-remo verb | will [willed, willed, willing, wills](indicating future action) |
-rete verb | will [willed, willed, willing, wills](indicating future action) |
a portata di orecchio noun | earshot(distance) |
che non ha orecchio adjective | tone-deaf(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) |
che ore sono? phrase | what time is it(what is the time of day?) |
fare le ore piccole verb | burn the midnight oil(work through the night) |
fare orecchi da mercante verb | turn a deaf ear(to refuse to listen or hear something) |
i muri hanno le orecchie phrase | walls have ears(be careful about what you say) |
lancetta delle ore noun {f} | hour hand(hand of clock) |
liturgia delle ore noun {f} | Liturgy of the Hours( liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours) |
musica per le proprie orecchie noun | music to someone's ears(good news; pleasing sound or expression) |
parte orecchiabile noun {f} | hook [hooks](catchy musical phrase) |
prestare orecchio verb | hearken [hearkened, hearkening, hearkens](to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered) |
ti hanno fischiato le orecchie? phrase | are your ears burning(asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion) |
tutti i giorni 24 ore su 24 adverb | twenty-four seven(constantly) |
tutto orecchie adjective | all ears(listening intensely) |
we would sit by the hole on the frozen lake and fish for hours. - D'inverno ci sedevamo presso al buco sul lago ghiacciato e pescavamo per ore. verb | would(indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly) |