Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: afferrare la testa

Salve,
"le afferrò la testa (fra le sue mani)"
si può dire come:
- "he got hold of her head in his hands" ?
- "he grabbed her head by his hands" ?

F. used his keyboard to write :

Penso:
He grabbed her head in (not by) his hands.
"By his hands" means by means of "per mezzo di".
For me "He got hold of", sounds like he cut off her head first, then 
holds the head in his hands :) What movie are you looking at? :P
-- 
Groetjes Renée

):

I concur.  "he grabbed her head in his hands"
-- 
Joey from NY
Remember: It is To Laugh
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator,
but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
    -- WH Auden

 I concur.  "he grabbed her head in his hands"
... per farne che ?

 ... per farne che ?
quickly kissed her lips and her forehead
grazie a tutti per le risposte

 quickly kissed her lips and her forehead
...and then??? :)


 ...and then??? :)
Then, she broke his eggs with a knee-blow.
-- 
"She often gave herself very good advice 
(though she very seldom followed it)."
                -- Lewis Carroll

 Then, she broke his eggs with a knee-blow.
 
Feisty!


 Then, she broke his eggs with a knee-blow.
Also you are looking at the wrong movies...
-- 
Groetjes Renée

> I concur.  "he grabbed her head in his hands"
I never heard : "I concur" as an affirmative. Learning every day!
-- 
Groetjes Renée

 
*Ain't larnin' great?  :)
(*Isn't the ability to acquire knowledge of new things a terribly positive 
experience?)


 Feisty!
??
[Google] Traduzione da inglese verso italiano:
Feisty!
?!
===
feisty / ?f??st?/ agg. colloq.
   1. (lively) esuberante, pieno di vita
   2. AE colloq. (quarrelsome) irritabile, aggressivo.
===
Da Wikizionario, il dizionario a contenuto aperto.
Open book 01.svg Aggettivo
feisty
   1. esuberante, energico
===
feisty
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Etymology
1896, American, feist (?small, aggressive dog?) +? -y;[1] the
term feist (now rare) itself originally meant ?stink?, and
earlier ?fart?, from Middle English, from Old English, from
Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European ? see feist
for details.
Pronunciation
          Rhymes: -a?sti
Adjective
feisty (comparative feistier or more feisty, superlative
feistiest or most feisty)
   1. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
   2. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in
spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
   3. Easily offended and ready to bicker.
Derived terms
    * feistily
    * feistiness
Translations
tenacious
    * Dutch: hardnekkig nl(nl)
    * Finnish: ärhäkkä fi(fi), kipakka fi(fi)
    * German: zäh de(de), hartnäckig de(de)
    * Italian: tenace it(it), tosto it(it)
    * Swedish: ettrig sv(sv)
belligerent
    * Dutch: strijdlustig nl(nl), strijdbaar nl(nl), vechtlustig
nl(nl)
    * French: qui a du tempérament fr(fr), agressif fr(fr)
    * German: streitsüchtig de(de), kampflustig de(de)
    * Italian: combattivo it(it)
    * Swedish: stridslysten, stridbar
===
feist·y  (fst)
adj. feist·i·er, feist·i·est
1. Touchy; quarrelsome.
2. Full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky. 
feisty [?fa?st?]
adj feistier, feistiest Informal
1. lively, resilient, and self-reliant
2. US and Canadian frisky
3. US and Canadian irritable
[from dialect feist, fist small dog; related to Old English
f?sting breaking wind]
Adj.    1.      feisty - showing courage; "the champion is faced
with a
feisty challenger"
spunky, plucky
spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
        2.      feistyfeisty - quick to take offense                
huffy, thin-skinned, touchy
sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or
circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and
its needs"
feisty
adjective fiery, spirited, active, bold, lively, sparkling,
vigorous, energetic, animated, have-a-go (informal),
courageous, ardent, game, plucky, high-spirited, sprightly,
vivacious, spunky (informal), mettlesome At 66, she was as
feisty as ever.
===
feist·y
? ?/?fa?sti/ Show Spelled[fahy-stee] Show IPA
?adjective, feist·i·er, feist·i·est.
1.
full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky:
The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
2.
ill-tempered; pugnacious.
3.
troublesome; difficult: feisty legal problems. 
Origin:
1895?1900, Americanism; feist + -y1
Related Words for : feisty
plucky, spunky, touchy
feisty (?fa?st?) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
?adj , feistier, feistiest
1.      lively, resilient, and self-reliant
2.      (US), (Canadian) frisky
3.      (US), (Canadian) irritable
 
[C19: from dialect feist, fist small dog; related to Old English
f?sting breaking wind]
Word Origin & History
feisty
1896, Amer.Eng. from feist "small dog," from fice, fist
(Amer.Eng., 1805) "small dog;" short for fysting
curre "stinking cur," attested from 1520s, from M.E. fysten,
fisten "break wind" (mid-15c.); related to O.E.
fisting "stink." The 1811 slang dictionary defines fice as "a
small windy escape backwards, more obvious to the nose than
ears; frequently by old ladies charged on their lap-dogs." Cf.
also Dan. fise "to blow, to fart," and obsolete English
askefise, lit. "fire-blower, ash-blower," from an unrecorded
O.N. source, used in M.E. for a kind of bellows, but
originally "a term of reproach among northern nations for an
unwarlike fellow who stayed at home in the chimney corner"
[OED].
-- 
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a
proper judge of it.
    -- Oscar Wilde

Renee, 09:01, venerdì 27 maggio 2011:

Is there some kind of a gender gap?
Women fantasticate on love, men on violence?
 
-- 
Behold the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one
basket" -- which is but a manner of saying,  "Scatter your
money and  your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Put all
your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket!"
    -- Mark Twain

 Women fantasticate on love, men on violence?
I believe that the word you're looking for is 'fanticize.'


Oops! I was thinking of 'infanticide.' I meant to write 'fantasize.'

):

In addition to the myriad definitions and nuances you've dug up, is there a 
question here? Your post started out with a couple of ?? but then it seems 
you answered your own ??.


 'fantasize.'
I was in doubt (my first choice was "fantastize"... :-) but then
I looked only in my OLD dict, where "fantasize" is absent.
-- 
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the
night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
                -- George Orwell

 couple of ?? but then it seems you answered your own ??.
Sorry for being so cryptic.
I had never seen before that word, so I did all that in a vain
attempt to retain something.
I am quite poor in English as she is spoken.
:-)
-- 
When two people are under the influence of the most violent,
most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions,
they are required to swear that they will remain in that
excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until
death do them part.
    -- George Bernard Shaw