Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: [cpe] one word, three sentences

Ogni settimana mi arriva la newsletter di flojoe per il proficiency e 
ogni tanto ci do anche un'occhiata, anche se difficilmente riesco a 
beccare quella parola che sta bene in ognuna delle tre frasi date. Mi 
date una mano?
- It took a while to understand but I finally got the ........ of it.
- Don't give up. Just ........ in there till the end.
- The thought of my visit to the dentist is going to ........ over me
until it's over.
Nella seconda metterei "hang", ma nelle altre non ce lo vedo.
- He has a small vegetable ......... at the bottom of the garden.
- I had to wear an eye ........ for a week following the accident.
- There was an icy ........ on the road that caused the car to skid.
Dalla seconda frase deduco che ci vuol il corrispettivo di "benda", cioč 
"bandage" o "dressing", ma non mi sembra che ci stiano nelle altre due 
frasi. "Vegetable dressing" si dice, ma non mi sembra il giardino 
c'entri qualcosa.
- He was refused ......... into the country because he didn't have a
valid visa.
- The first competition ........ to be picked by the computer will
win ten thousand dollars.
- The computer firm advertised a number of vacancies for data
........ clerks.
boh
- Whisk the milk into the flour until it has a ......... consistency
without any lumps whatsoever.
- Many students find the transition from school to university less
than ........, especially if they are away from their families for
the first time.
- I don't trust that car salesman. He's far too ........ for my
liking!
soft?
Volendo ho anche tutte le newsletter dell'anno scorso, ma direi che per 
ora puň bastare cosě.
:-)
Grazie.
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
"I've had enough trouble for a lifetime"

 Grazie.
You're welcome.
Kiuhnm

 smooth?
I see you've done your homework. I haven't.
:-/
Stasera o oggi pomeriggio ne posto delle altre, va.
:-)
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 "icy patch" sarebbe un tratto ghiacciato di strada?
Yeah:
http://www.answers.com/topic/four-wheel-drive
Kiuhnm

Enrico il Pentolaio wrote:
[...]
***Second round***
It is my greatest regret that I never learned to play a/an
......... while I was still at school.
The internet has proved a powerful ........ in changing the way
that people access information.
That carpentry tool looks more like a/an ........ of torture!
means of torture, ma nella prima frase non ce lo vedo proprio.
It's freezing cold out here. Don't you think it's time to .......
back home?
The new police chief is to ........ an investigation into
corruption amongst his officers.
I couldn't believe it when the defender managed to ........ the
ball into the back of the net during the last few seconds of the
football match.
head?
The hospital would only give news to Trudy's ....... family and not
her friends and distant relatives.
The law will take place with ........ effect.
The patient reported experiencing ........ benefits following the
operation and is not expected to need any further treatment.
boh
A distant cousin of mine ........ a fortune when his father died.
The Government have ........ all the problems of the previous
administration.
She's obviously ........ her mother's talent for languages as she
passed her language exams with flying colours.
inherited!
Questo era facile.
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 Questo era facile.
in effetti

 e ci siamo
La frase ostica era quella con family, in pratica.
[...]
Ok, grazie mille!
Ora continuo a fare un po' di programmazione in assembly, poi stasera ne 
posto altri, se la cosa non vi scoccia.
:-)
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 posto altri, se la cosa non vi scoccia.
I'm not sure how you "study" for exercises like this. If you read enough 
and listen to enough, you probably just "know" these expressions.
I guess reading a book of idioms just to check how many you know could 
be useful. But as a way of learning them in the first place.. hmm.

 be useful. But as a way of learning them in the first place.. hmm.
I'll think about it, though I have other priorities right now.
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 I sure read and watch enough stuff,
A lot of the "use of English" type stuff looks like it comes
from "The Times" or similarly formal newspapers, or Radio 4.

 dovrei averlo sentito.
Copio e incollo dallo Zanichelli:
a.
1 immediato; diretto; senza intervallo: an immediate response, una 
risposta immediata; immediate cause, causa immediata; immediate 
inference, deduzione immediata; the immediate heir to the throne, 
l'erede diretto al trono
2 prossimo; stretto; vicino: one's immediate family, i parenti stretti 
(o prossimi).

 from "The Times" or similarly formal newspapers, or Radio 4.
I'll stick to the Economist, then. The Time (no -s) is still being 
delivered to my address, though I am pretty positive that the 
subscription should have expired by now. I'm fed up with all this waste 
paper I keep piling up.
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 subscription should have expired by now.
I mean the newspaper, not the weekly magazine. There's no connection.
I guess "The Economist" is the right sort of style. I've hardly ever 
read it.

 read it.
I renewed my subscription a fortnight ago.
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 subscription should have expired by now. 
"should have expired" or "should be expired"?
Now that I think about it, the latter sounds better.
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 "should have expired" or "should be expired"?
For what it's worth, I prefer the first one.
Kiuhnm

 Nella seconda metterei "hang", ma nelle altre non ce lo vedo.
1. HANG (After three weeks of using this computer I think I've finally got 
the hang of it)
2. HANG (it doesn't need further investigation)
3. HANG (He's got financial worries hanging over him.)
[FONTE: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms - CUP fifth printing 
2002] 

 3. HANG (He's got financial worries hanging over him.)
Ok, thanks.
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Qui l'unico che mi sembra adatto e' PATCH, anche se ricorre solo 1 volta in 
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=icy+patch
Nel primo e secondo caso e' 1 scelta quasi obbligata. 

 means of torture, ma nella prima frase non ce lo vedo proprio.
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