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Inglese Poesia e Prosa Translation Glossary

Inglese term		Inglese translation
he is the people and that wisdom will die with him		a form of arrogance
he lost his water		weakling
He read it con brio		with gusto
He stepped on six gray (grey) flagstones		He stepped on six gray (grey) flagstones
He stood his chance for the rest		He was prepared to take the risk of any other trouble he might get into...
he \'rolled up\' himself and did not only \'give\' a few cousins.		he personally served in the army, he didn\'t claim credit for the sacrifice of other family members
head turned with		is she deluded by fantasies of...
heaviness of her features		her features were not fine or delicate in any way
held less or no sway		had much less or no influence/were of much less or of no importance
help with the structure please		Keep the references clear
Her grass is very green		she is fortunate to have (a good life, all others do not have etc.)
her spirit was one with the boisterous winds of heaven		she identified with nature around her as it reflected her feelings,even when it was windy or stormy.
her taking for granted		she accepted automatically, without questioning
heralded		acclaimed
hide		skin
hillbilly cat		a country, folk, western, unsophisticated yet cool person
Hippie twist		angle influenced by the hippie movement
historical odds		(likelihood based on the) historical pattern
history, said he...		History, said X	acetran
Entered by: acetran
hitched sob		gasping (for breath) sob/sobbing with a catch in throat/breath	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
hod (Scottish dialect)		bob; jolt; ride awkwardly	Rowan Morrell
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
Hoist on my own petard		caught in my own trap
home on the range		old American folk tune	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
honorary paisan		honorary italian, affectionate way of saying he's very close
honored more in the breach than the observance		bad custom, more honored when violated than when followed
Hook up		have casual sex
hookups		useful connections
hoping her dreams would take her away from that cold cement floor		Some suggestions
horn		type of spoon / horn spoon
hornswoggler		snake oil salesman, conman	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
hot suppers ��and stacks of reds and stacks of blues		expensive dinners and large amounts of red and blue casino chips
hours lived, but not measured.		time was spent but not taken into account, just experienced	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
hove over		heaved over/drew over/moved over
How should I not?		How could I not? How could I fail to?
however much she might, on occation, threaten in anger to do so		Occasionally, she angrily threatened to give herself . . In reality, she would not, regardless of how frequently she threatened.
huffy		too easily offended
hung back		refrained from being friendly (in this context)
I am the bull of the lick		I am the king of the salt lick
I don't have diddly squat		I don't have anything
I lisped in numbers		I lisped in verse

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