Exercises upon the Different Parts of Italian Speech, with References to Veneroni's Grammar / to which is added an abridgement of the Roman history, intended at once to make the learner acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Italian language

by Ferdinando Bottarelli

Upon the Irregular Construction of Personal and Possessive Pronouns.

[See Gram. p. 61, and 66.]

1. 1. Most men
   2. la maggior parte uómo
   3. worship love,
   4. adoráre amóre
   5. to it
   6. they sacrifice
   7. sagrificáre
   8. their finest days,
   9. bello giórno
   10. and from it
   11. they expect
   12. aspettáre
   13. their greatest happiness.
   14. grande felicità.

1. 1. Glory makes
   2. glória fare
   3. the whole ambition
   4. tutto ambizióne
   5. of heroes;
   6. eróe
   7. they thirst after nothing,
   8. respirare altro
   9. they seek nothing else;
   10. cercáre altro
   11. they apply to it alone,
   12. indirizzársi solo
   13. it is to it alone
   14. solo
   15. they make vows.
   16. fare voto.

1. 1. Self-love is
   2. amáre próprio
   3. our primum mobile;
   4. primo móbile
   5. it is that which
   6. rules our passions,
   7. regoláre passióne
   8. and to it
   9. are men indebted
   10. éssere uómo debitóre
   11. for most of the services
   12. maggior parte servízio
   13. which
   14. they reciprocally render
   15. reciprocaménte réndere
   16. one another.

1. 1. Is that
   2. éssere
   3. the tree
   4. albéro
   5. you were speaking of?
   6. parláre
   7. Yes, that is it.

1. 1. It looks
   2. parére
   3. very fine,
   4. bello
   5. but
   6. ma
   7. its fruit
   8. frutto
   9. is good for nothing.
   10. non vale níente.

1. 1. This,
   2. on the contrary,
   3. contrário
   4. has no appearance;
   5. avére apparénza
   6. it is
   7. a peach-tree,
   8. pérsico
   9. and the peaches
   10. pésca
   11. are delicious.
   12. éssere delizióso.

1. 1. When general G.
   2. quando generále G.
   3. saw himself pursued
   4. vedére seguitáto
   5. so close, he,
   6. così da vicíno
   7. reaching the river,
   8. arriváre fiúme
   9. threw himself in it
   10. gettársi
   11. (on horseback),
   12. a cavállo
   13. with a design
   14. intenzióne
   15. to cross it over,
   16. tráversáre
   17. rapid as it was;
   18. [1] rápido éssere
   19. when he came to
   20. quando veníre
   21. the stream,
   22. corrénte
   23. for all he did
   24. tutto fare
   25. to resist it,
   26. resístere
   27. he could not
   28. potére
   29. get the better of it;
   30. superare
   31. he then resolved
   32. allóra risólvere
   33. to go down with it,
   34. seguíre
   35. and let himself
   36. lasciarsi
   37. be carried away;
   38. portáre via
   39. but his horse
   40. ma cavállo
   41. was too tired
   42. éssere troppo stanco
   43. to be able to swim long;
   44. potére nuotáre molto
   45. and as he endeavoured
   46. come sforzársi
   47. to quit the stream,
   48. lasciáre corrénte
   49. the animal,
   50. bestia
   51. which had now
   52. avére
   53. lost all its strength,
   54. pérdere tutto forza
   55. sunk under him;
   56. sommergérsi
   57. he expected it,
   58. aspettársi
   59. therefore
   60. perciò
   61. resigned himself
   62. rassegnársi
   63. to his fate;
   64. destíno
   65. he still swam
   66. ancóra nuotáre
   67. (for a while)
   68. (per un pezzo)
   69. with the stream,
   70. corrénte
   71. but not being able
   72. ma potére
   73. to get out of it,
   74. sortire
   75. he was drowned.
   76. éssere annegato.

1. 1. The water
   2. acqua
   3. which you have recommended him
   4. avére raccomandáto
   5. to drink
   6. bere
   7. is not fit for him;
   8. essere próprio
   9. I know all its qualities,
   10. conóscere tutto qualità
   11. and will never recommend it
   12. mai raccomandáre
   13. in such a case.
   14. tale caso
   15. Of these two rivers,
   16. questo due fiúme
   17. one has its spring in
   18. avére sorgénte
   19. the Alps,
   20. and the other in
   21. altro
   22. the Pyrenees.
   23. Pirenéi.

1. 1. I have bought
   2. avére compráre
   3. a new sword,
   4. nuóvo spada
   5. the hilt of it
   6. guárdia
   7. is silver,
   8. éssere d’argénto
   9. but I do not like
   10. ma amáre
   11. its shell;
   12. cóccia
   13. I will not part with
   14. disfársi della
   15. the old one;
   16. vécchio
   17. it has done me much service;
   18. avére reso molto servízio
   19. I have twice
   20. avére due volta
   21. owed my life to it;
   22. dovuto vita
   23. only
   24. solo
   25. I will get it cleaned, and
   26. fare ripulire
   27. get a new hilt to it,
   28. méttere nuóvo guárdia
   29. and it will still
   30. ancóra
   31. be of service to me
   32. servíre
   33. by night.
   34. nottetempo.

1. 1. Keep from
   2. allontanársi
   3. the wall,
   4. muro
   5. do not lean
   6. appogiársi
   7. upon it.

1. 1. If you sit
   2. sedére
   3. in that arm-chair
   4. sédia d’appoggio
   5. take care
   6. badáre
   7. you do not hurt yourself,
   8. farsi male
   9. for
   10. perchè
   11. the back and elbows
   12. spalliera bracciuólo
   13. are broken.
   14. éssere rotto.

1. 1. His house is fine,
   2. casa bello
   3. I like its situation,
   4. amáre situazióne
   5. but the rooms
   6. ma stánza
   7. are not well contrived:
   8. éssere bene regoláto
   9. he has spent a great deal of money
   10. avére fátto gran spesa
   11. upon it;
   12. he has altered the roof,
   13. avére fatto cambiar tetto
   14. and made
   15. fatto
   16. a stately stair-case;
   17. supérbo scala
   18. it costs him much,
   19. costáre molto
   20. but (upon the whole)
   21. ma per altro
   22. he owes his health to it;
   23. dovere salúte
   24. he lives there
   25. vívere
   26. the whole year.
   27. tutto anno
   28. The gardens
   29. giardíno
   30. are very fine;
   31. éssere bello
   32. he has added
   33. aver aggiúnto
   34. groves
   35. boschétto
   36. and water spouts
   37. getto d’acqua
   38. to them;
   39. there are fine meadows
   40. éssere bello prato
   41. all around:
   42. all’intorno
   43. he designs to make
   44. contáre fare
   45. still greater alterations.
   46. maggióre cambiaménto.

[1] See Gram. p. 205, upon the conjunction though.

On the verb to play, with the Particles at, and on.

1. 1. Do you
   2. never play
   3. mai giuocáre
   4. at cards?
   5. carta
   6. I play
   7. sometimes
   8. qualche volta
   9. at piquet,
   10. picchetto
   11. and at quadrille,
   12. quartíglio
   13. to oblige the company.
   14. obbligáre compagnía.

1. 1. Let us play for
   2. giuocáre
   3. a crown.
   4. scudo
   5. I never play so high;
   6. fare mai grosso giuóco
   7. I do not like
   8. non piacére
   9. to play for
   10. so much money:
   11. tanto danáro
   12. I do not love
   13. amáre
   14. to play at
   15. games of chance,
   16. giuóco di sorte
   17. as at dice,
   18. come dado
   19. or even at cards;
   20. anche carta
   21. but I like to play
   22. piacére
   23. sometimes
   24. qualche volta
   25. at bowls,
   26. bocce
   27. at billiards,
   28. bigliárdo
   29. at tennis,
   30. pallacórda
   31. or nine pins.
   32. birillo
   33. We play
   34. at chess
   35. scácchi
   36. every night,
   37. ogni sera
   38. my cousin and I.
   39. cugíno
   40. Can you play on
   41. sapére suonáre
   42. any instrument?
   43. qualche struménto?

1. 1. I can play a little
   2. potére suonáre poco
   3. on the flute.
   4. flauto
   5. I thought
   6. crédere
   7. you could also play
   8. anche suonáre
   9. on the fiddle.
   10. violíno
   11. No: but I know
   12. ma sapere
   13. that you play very well
   14. suonáre
   15. on the bass-viol:
   16. viola d’amore
   17. if you please
   18. piacére
   19. to come to our house,
   20. veníre da noi
   21. we will make a little concert:
   22. fare píccolo concerto
   23. my sister will play
   24. sorélla suonáre
   25. on the piano-forte,
   26. piano-forte
   27. you on your bass,
   28. basso
   29. and I will sing.
   30. cantare.

We use the Verb avére, instead of éssere, in speaking of being hungry, dry, cold, hot, or old.

1. 1. You eat as if
   2. mangiáre
   3. you were not hungry.
   4. avére fame
   5. Excuse me,
   6. scusáre
   7. I eat
   8. well enough,
   9. assai bene
   10. but I am not very hungry;
   11. avére grande fame
   12. I am more dry than hungry.
   13. avére sete fame
   14. I have been thirsty
   15. avere avúto sete
   16. all day.
   17. tutto giórno.

1. 1. I am very cold,
   2. avére freddo
   3. and very hungry.
   4. fame
   5. Are you cold?
   6. avére freddo
   7. On the contrary
   8. al contrário
   9. I am very warm,
   10. avére gran caldo
   11. but I am tired.
   12. ma stanco.

1. 1. My hands
   2. mano
   3. are so cold that
   4. avére freddo
   5. I cannot write.
   6. potére scrivére.

1. 1. [1]I believe
   2. crédere
   3. your head is always cold,
   4. testa sempre freddo
   5. for
   6. perchè
   7. you seldom pull off
   8. raraménte leváre
   9. your hat.
   10. cappéllo.

1. 1. How old is
   2. quanto anno avere
   3. your sister?
   4. sorélla
   5. She is not fifteen yet.
   6. avére quíndici anno
   7. I thought
   8. crédere
   9. she was twenty;
   10. avére venti anno
   11. and you, sir,
   12. ed ella
   13. how old are you?
   14. avére?

1. 1. I was very cold
   2. avére freddo
   3. this morning
   4. mattína
   5. when I came:
   6. quando veníre
   7. but I am very warm now.
   8. ma caldo adésso
   9. You do not look so.
   10. parére
   11. You eat as if
   12. mangiáre
   13. you were not hungry.
   14. avére fame
   15. I am more cold
   16. freddo
   17. than hungry.
   18. fame
   19. I have been thirsty
   20. ho avuto sete
   21. all the day.
   22. giórno.

[1] I believe, &c. Credo che voi abbiate sempre freddo alla testa.

The Impersonal Verb must, is sometimes rendered by dovere, and sometimes by bisognáre.

1. 1. To make war
   2. fare guerra
   3. plenty of money
   4. molto danáro
   5. must be had.
   6. bisógna avére.

1. 1. Men must love virtue
   2. si dovére amáre virtù
   3. to be happy.
   4. felíce
   5. One must be mad
   6. bisognáre pazzo
   7. to think that
   8. crédere
   9. men can be happy
   10. uómo potére
   11. without
   12. senza[1]
   13. loving virtue.
   14. amáre virtù.

1. 1. Men should learn first
   2. dovére imparáre prima
   3. the duties
   4. dovére
   5. belonging to
   6. appartenénte
   7. human nature.
   8. umáno natúra.

1. 1. A woman must have
   2. donna bisógna avére
   3. a good deal of
   4. circumspection
   5. circospezióne
   6. not to speak
   7. parláre
   8. of herself.
   9. One must not hope
   10. bisognáre speráre
   11. to see men cured
   12. uómo guarírsi
   13. of the ill-habit
   14. cattivo abitúdine
   15. they have
   16. avére
   17. of speaking always
   18. parláre sempre
   19. of themselves,
   20. their adventures,
   21. avventúra
   22. and wealth;
   23. opulénza
   24. for nothing is
   25. niénte
   26. more tiresome.
   27. nojoso
   28. One should impose upon one’s-self
   29. dovére farsi
   30. a law
   31. legge
   32. never to speak of one’s-self
   33. mái parláre
   34. neither one way, nor another.
   35. [2]

1. 1. We must not
   2. dovére
   3. easily believe
   4. facilménte crédere
   5. those who flatter us:
   6. adulare
   7. neither must we reject entirely
   8. rigettáre
   9. the compliments
   10. compliménto
   11. that are paid to us,
   12. fare
   13. when we think
   14. quando crédere
   15. we deserve them;
   16. meritáre
   17. that mistaken modesty
   18. malintesa modéstia
   19. is hardly less displeasing,
   20. poco meno spiacévole
   21. than a foolish vanity.
   22. sciócco vanità
   23. Much art
   24. arte
   25. and nicety
   26. delicatézza
   27. are requisite
   28. necessário
   29. to season praises well:
   30. condire lode
   31. but there is also
   32. ma anche
   33. a way
   34. modo
   35. of receiving them,
   36. ricévere
   37. when they are merited,
   38. quando meritare
   39. that does not displease
   40. offendere
   41. modesty.
   42. modéstia
   43. Praises are like
   44. lode come
   45. a sort of tribute
   46. spécie tribúto
   47. paid to true merit:
   48. réndere vero mérito
   49. we must
   50. dovére
   51. neither reject them
   52. nè rigettáre
   53. through affectation,
   54. per affettazióne
   55. nor hanker after them
   56. nè ambíre
   57. too eagerly.
   58. con troppa premúra.

[1] Senza governs the infinitive mood.

[2] Neither one way, nor another, i. e. nè in bene, nè in male.

On the negative Particles and Adverbs.

1. 1. No one knows
   2. nissúno sapére
   3. the sufferings
   4. sofferénza
   5. of lovers,
   6. amánte
   7. unless
   8. se non
   9. he himself has loved.

1. 1. I have
   2. always loved her
   3. sempre amáto
   4. very much.
   5. molto.

1. 1. To court
   2. far la corte
   3. with respect
   4. rispétto
   5. and attention,
   6. attenzióne
   7. is the best means
   8. mezzo
   9. of being loved again.
   10. riamáto
   11. I have found
   12. avére trovare
   13. nobody
   14. nessúno
   15. of your opinion.
   16. opinione.

1. 1. I by no means
   2. in nessún modo
   3. believe
   4. credere
   5. what he says;
   6. dire
   7. nor I neither.
   8. nemméno io.

1. 1. She always comes
   2. sempre veníre
   3. unseasonably,
   4. fuór di tempo
   5. as well as
   6. come anche
   7. her sister.
   8. sorélla.

1. 1. He has not yet received
   2. avére ancóra ricevúto
   3. an answer.
   4. rispósta.

1. 1. Is there any thing
   2. niente
   3. more wonderful,
   4. ammirábile
   5. than the virtue of
   6. virtù
   7. the loadstone?
   8. calamíta?

1. 1. Did he
   2. ever
   3. mai
   4. mention it?
   5. mentováre?

1. 1. We have done
   2. avére fatto
   3. nothing
   4. niénte
   5. that ought
   6. dovére
   7. to make you angry.
   8. andar in colera.

1. 1. I am going there,
   2. andáre
   3. lest he should come.
   4. per timor veníre.

1. 1. I tell you, that,
   2. dire
   3. if henceforth
   4. se da quì innánzi
   5. I perceive
   6. accorgérsi
   7. that you attempt
   8. tentáre
   9. to play any trick
   10. fare tiro
   11. to hinder me
   12. a impedíre
   13. from marrying my son,
   14. maritáre figlio
   15. I will complain to
   16. lagnarsi
   17. the magistrate,
   18. magistrato
   19. and get you punished
   20. fare punire
   21. severely.—I promise you
   22. severamente prométtere
   23. I will never do it.
   24. mai fare.

1. 1. She is
   2. indifferent
   3. indifferénte
   4. to me;
   5. and I neither
   6. love,
   7. amáre
   8. nor hate her.
   9. odiáre.

1. 1. Now that
   2. ora
   3. they are under my care,
   4. éssere sotto cura
   5. they behave
   6. comportársi
   7. very prudently.
   8. prudentémente.

1. 1. She has
   2. avére
   3. neither relations,
   4. nè parénte
   5. nor friends.
   6. nè amíco.

1. 1. I will never forgive you,
   2. mai perdonáre
   3. unless
   4. se non
   5. you promise
   6. prométtere
   7. to see her:
   8. vedere
   9. she is so ill that
   10. stare male
   11. she can take nothing,
   12. potére pigliáre
   13. neither can she
   14. nè potére
   15. have any rest.
   16. avére ripóso.

1. 1. I will not take
   2. pigliáre
   3. any physic
   4. medicína
   5. before
   6. prima
   7. the winter
   8. invérno
   9. is quite out.
   10. affátto passáto.

1. 1. Why
   2. perchè
   3. does he not boldly tell her
   4. liberaménte dire
   5. his reasons?
   6. ragióne?

1. 1. He knows not
   2. sapére
   3. where
   4. dove
   5. to meet her
   6. incontráre
   7. now.
   8. adésso.

1. 1. I ask nothing but
   2. domandáre che
   3. what is just;
   4. giústo
   5. I cannot pay others,
   6. non potére pagáre altro
   7. if I am not paid
   8. pagáre
   9. what is due to me.
   10. éssere dovúto.

On the Conjunctions.

1. 1. Although
   2. benchè
   3. I have no money,
   4. avére danáro
   5. I cannot resolve
   6. non potére risólvere
   7. to borrow any
   8. prenderne ad imprestito
   9. of my friends.
   10. da amico
   11. Obey,
   12. obbedíre
   13. or else
   14. altrimente
   15. you shall be whipped.
   16. [1]staffiláte.

1. 1. When
   2. quando
   3. I punish you for
   4. puníre
   5. your faults,
   6. fallo
   7. you think I hate you;
   8. crédere odiáre
   9. whereas it is only
   10. in vece che
   11. because I love you,
   12. perchè amáre
   13. I take that trouble.
   14. préndere incómodo.

1. 1. Your brother
   2. fratello
   3. came to see me
   4. veníre vedére
   5. yesterday
   6. jéri
   7. as soon as
   8. súbito che
   9. you were gone.
   10. partíre
   11. If he come again,
   12. ritornáre
   13. be so good as
   14. avére bontà
   15. to tell him
   16. dire
   17. that I have waited for him
   18. avére aspettáto
   19. till now.
   20. fin’ora.

1. 1. Though
   2. benchè
   3. I used my utmost endeavours,
   4. fare tutto i miei sforzi
   5. and neglected nothing
   6. trascuráre niénte
   7. to please him,
   8. piacere
   9. yet
   10. nientediméno
   11. he was constantly scolding me.
   12. continuaménte sgridáre.

1. 1. That Adriana,
   2. Adriána
   3. whether
   4. che
   5. she is
   6. Pamphilus’s wife,
   7. Pamfílo moglie
   8. or whether
   9. o che
   10. she is but
   11. his mistress,
   12. amorósa
   13. she is
   14. always with him.
   15. sempre con lui.

1. 1. Either
   2. sia
   3. through reason,
   4. per ragióne
   5. or caprice,
   6. capríccio
   7. she has married him.
   8. sposáre.

1. 1. Wars
   2. guerra
   3. are not so bloody
   4. sanguinóso
   5. since
   6. dopo
   7. the invention of
   8. invenzióne
   9. gunpowder.
   10. pólvere da schioppo.

1. 1. Unless
   2. a meno che
   3. a book be
   4. libro
   5. instructive
   6. istruttívo
   7. or entertaining,
   8. piacévole
   9. I do not wish to read it.

1. 1. Whether
   2. che
   3. she is
   4. writing,
   5. scrívere
   6. or reading,
   7. léggere
   8. she will have
   9. volére avére
   10. her parrot
   11. pappágallo
   12. with her.

1. 1. Since
   2. dacchè
   3. you have forbidden him,
   4. avére proibíto
   5. he does it no more.

1. 1. If he should call at my house,
   2. passáre da me
   3. while I am out,
   4. mentre éssere fuóri
   5. my people
   6. gente
   7. would tell him
   8. dire
   9. where
   10. dove
   11. I am.

1. 1. Whether
   2. sia
   3. he wins,
   4. guadagnáre
   5. or loses,
   6. pérdere
   7. he is
   8. always the same.
   9. sempre l’istesso.

1. 1. I will not go there,
   2. andáre
   3. unless
   4. a meno
   5. you go
   6. along with me.
   7. meco.

1. 1. You must not play
   2. dovére giuocáre
   3. before
   4. prima
   5. you can say your lesson.
   6. sapére lezióne.

1. 1. Why
   2. perchè
   3. do you not learn it
   4. imparáre
   5. then, instead of
   6. dunque in vece
   7. losing your time?
   8. pérdere tempo
   9. He is
   10. so far from being
   11. in vece éssere
   12. forward,
   13. avanzáto
   14. that he knows
   15. sapére
   16. nothing at all.
   17. niénte
   18. Far from
   19. affátto lungi
   20. following my advice,
   21. seguíre consíglio
   22. he does not mind
   23. badáre
   24. what I say
   25. dire
   26. to him.

1. 1. I will rather consent
   2. piuttósto consentíre
   3. to lose all,
   4. pérdere
   5. than give up my right.
   6. rinunziáre.

1. 1. Though
   2. se
   3. you were a king,
   4. éssere Re
   5. I would not marry you.
   6. sposáre.

1. 1. Would to God
   2. volére
   3. I still were
   4. éssere sotto
   5. under his tuition,
   6. condótta
   7. and my father
   8. padre
   9. had never removed me
   10. avére mai ritiráto
   11. from his school.
   12. scuóla.

1. 1. It avails nothing to
   2. servíre niénte
   3. a girl
   4. ragázza
   5. to be young,
   6. gióvine
   7. without being handsome,
   8. senza bello
   9. nor to be
   10. nè éssere
   11. handsome
   12. without being wise.
   13. senza saggio.

1. 1. After
   2. dopo
   3. you have done
   4. fare
   5. your exercise,
   6. tema
   7. you must read it over
   8. dovére ripassare
   9. two or three times,
   10. due tre volta
   11. to correct the faults
   12. corréggere erróre
   13. you may have made in it.
   14. potére fare.

1. 1. Remember what I told you
   2. ricordársi dire
   3. several times,
   4. parrécchie volte
   5. that you will never be able
   6. mai potére
   7. to speak,
   8. parláre
   9. or write Italian,
   10. scrívere Italiáno
   11. unless
   12. a meno
   13. you are master of the rules.
   14. possédere régola.

1. 1. I will take so much pains
   2. darsi tanto pena
   3. that I hope
   4. speráre
   5. I shall speak it
   6. before it is long;
   7. fra poco
   8. though
   9. benchè
   10. I am convinced
   11. convínto
   12. it is very difficult
   13. diffícile
   14. to learn
   15. imparáre
   16. the Italian tongue
   17. Italiáno lingua
   18. perfectly well.
   19. perfettaménte.

1. 1. You will not find it
   2. trováre
   3. so hard,
   4. diffícile
   5. if you learn
   6. the rules well.
   7. régola bene.

1. 1. The narrowness of
   2. picolezza
   3. the mind,
   4. ánimo
   5. ignorance
   6. ignoránza
   7. and presumption
   8. presunzióne
   9. produce
   10. stubbornness;
   11. ostinazióne
   12. because
   13. perchè
   14. obstinate people
   15. ostináto
   16. will believe
   17. crédere
   18. nothing
   19. but what they understand,
   20. che quel compréndere
   21. and they understand
   22. but very few things.
   23. ben poco cosa.

[1] Render, avréte le staffiláte.

On most Prepositions.

1. 1. I rather choose
   2. amáre meglio
   3. to live
   4. vívere
   5. in the country
   6. campágna
   7. than in town,
   8. città
   9. especially at Florence:
   10. sopra tutto Firénze
   11. therefore
   12. perciò
   13. I intend to set out
   14. fare conto partire
   15. to-morrow
   16. dománi
   17. for my country-house,
   18. casa di campagna
   19. and then
   20. e poi
   21. I will send
   22. mandáre
   23. my eldest son
   24. maggiore figlio
   25. to Sicily
   26. Sicília
   27. for the summer.
   28. state.

1. 1. Where
   2. dove
   3. will you go
   4. andáre
   5. to-night?
   6. staséra
   7. To the play.
   8. commédia.

1. 1. When
   2. quando
   3. shall I dance, sir?
   4. balláre
   5. You shall dance
   6. in your turn,
   7. quando vi toccáre
   8. and not before.
   9. prima.

1. 1. Where do you live, sir?
   2. star di casa
   3. I live in
   4. St. James’s street,
   5. San Giácomo strada
   6. near a fruiterer’s,
   7. vicíno fruttajuólo
   8. opposite a taylor’s.
   9. dirimpétto sartóre
   10. The best way
   11. via
   12. to go to my house,
   13. venir da me
   14. is to pass through
   15. passáre attravérso
   16. the Park,
   17. Parco
   18. since
   19. giacchè
   20. you live in Westminster.
   21. stare in Westminster
   22. I intend
   23. far conto
   24. to travel first
   25. viaggiáre
   26. all over England,
   27. tutto Inghilterra
   28. and France,
   29. Fráncia
   30. and then to Germany,
   31. poi Germánia
   32. and Italy;
   33. Itália
   34. from Italy to
   35. Spain,
   36. Spagna
   37. where I shall embark
   38. dove imbarcársi
   39. to return
   40. ritornáre
   41. to England.
   42. Inghilterra.

1. 1. I shall go to
   2. andáre
   3. Scotland
   4. Scózia
   5. in six months,
   6. fra sei mesi
   7. or thereabouts.
   8. incírca.

1. 1. I will call upon
   2. passáre
   3. your partners
   4. socio
   5. within twelve days;
   6. fra dódici giórno
   7. and I will wait upon them
   8. accompagnáre
   9. as far as
   10. infíno
   11. their seat,
   12. villa
   13. which is magnificent;
   14. manífico
   15. were you ever there?
   16. éssere mai
   17. Yes.
   18. si
   19. The walls
   20. paréte
   21. are inlaid with marble;
   22. lamináre marmo
   23. the stair-case
   24. scala
   25. is painted in oil;
   26. dipínto a ólio
   27. all the furniture
   28. tutto tapezzeria
   29. is worked with the needle;
   30. fatto ad ago
   31. in short,
   32. in somma
   33. nothing richer
   34. ricco
   35. can be seen.
   36. potére vedére.

1. 1. I should be very glad
   2. avére ben caro
   3. to spend a few days
   4. passáre alcuno giórno
   5. at that
   6. wonderful seat.
   7. maraviglióso villa
   8. How far is it?
   9. lontáno?

1. 1. It is a great way:
   2. molto lontáno di qui
   3. it is about
   4. incírca
   5. a hundred and twenty
   6. miles off.
   7. miglio.

1. 1. The most uneasy situation
   2. spiacevole situazióne
   3. is between fear and hope.
   4. lo stare fra timóre speránza
   5. Heroes formerly
   6. eróe anticaménte
   7. sacrificed themselves
   8. sacrificársi
   9. for their country
   10. patria
   11. and their mistress;
   12. bella
   13. now-a-days
   14. oggidì
   15. nothing is done
   16. niénte farsi
   17. but for fortune
   18. fortúna
   19. and pleasure.
   20. piacére.

1. 1. A woman can please
   2. donna potére piacére
   3. without beauty,
   4. senza bellezza
   5. but she can hardly
   6. difficilmente
   7. do it without
   8. sense
   9. sénso
   10. and amiability.
   11. amabilità.

1. 1. There is no less
   2. meno
   3. eloquence
   4. eloquenza
   5. in the tone of the voice,
   6. tuóno voce
   7. the eyes,
   8. ócchio
   9. and the countenance,
   10. aspétto
   11. than in
   12. the choice of words.
   13. scelta paróla.

1. 1. Europe,
   2. Európa
   3. in relation to
   4. rispetto
   5. the other parts of the world,
   6. altro parte mondo
   7. lies northward;
   8. éssere situáto settentrióne
   9. it is bounded
   10. confináto
   11. on the east
   12. oriente
   13. by Asia,
   14. Ásia
   15. and the Black Sea,
   16. Nero Mare
   17. which communicates with
   18. comunicáre
   19. the Mediterranean
   20. Mediterranéo
   21. by the Straits of Constantinople;
   22. Stretto Costantinópoli
   23. on the south
   24. mezzogiórno
   25. by Africa,
   26. Áffrica
   27. from which it is separated by
   28. quale separáre
   29. the Mediterranean Sea;
   30. mare
   31. on the west by
   32. occidénte
   33. the Atlantic ocean;
   34. Atlantíco oceáno
   35. and on the north by
   36. settentrióne
   37. the Frozen Sea:
   38. Mar Glaciále
   39. its extent
   40. estensione
   41. taken
   42. prendere
   43. from Cape St. Vincent
   44. Capo San Vincénzio
   45. to the frontiers of Asia,
   46. frontiera Ásia
   47. is about
   48. incírca
   49. 3,600 English miles: and
   50. Inglése miglio
   51. from Cape North
   52. Capo Norte
   53. to Greece
   54. Grécia
   55. is about 2,200 miles.

1. 1. France has
   2. Fráncia
   3. Spain
   4. Spagna
   5. towards the south,
   6. verso mezzogiórno
   7. from which it is
   8. divided by
   9. divíso
   10. the Pyrenean mountains,
   11. Pirenéo
   12. which are of
   13. a surprising height,
   14. stupéndo altézza
   15. and extend
   16. stendérsi
   17. from the ocean
   18. oceano
   19. to the Mediterranean;
   20. Mediterraneo
   21. a tract of
   22. tratto
   23. about
   24. incirca
   25. 220 miles.
   26. miglia.

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