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    yes... Examples: "Stai qui" *Sto andando" "Sto male* but *Sono qui" *Sono andato" "Sono felice" and, combined: "Sono stato a casa" "Sei stata bocciata?" "Sono stati promossi". *Stare* as a verb has the same meaning as the English "to stay" except when used in combination with "essere" which then simply becomes part of the past tense construction of that verb. English uses a have+be combination instrad, but it is the same idea, thus *Sono stato" translates as "(I) have been".
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    September 28, 2018
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    Cara Sabina, sii grata di non dover avere a che fare con le preposizioni inglesi! Quelle italiane in confronto fanno il solletico... Ad esempio un verbo come "Dare" non cambia significato a seconda delle preposizioni che lo seguono; in inglese si ha: 1) to give (=dare) + up = rassegnarsi, smettere (qualcosa); 2) to give + into = cedere a (ad es. una tentazione); 3) to give + off = emanare (ad es. un odore, un'aria, un'aura); Quindi...sii grata!! :)
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    September 27, 2018
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    Snellendo la frase si farà presto a capire l'oggetto e la struttura: "sarà necessario distinguere (per ciascuno degli oggetti) le circostanze e motivazioni (.../".
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    September 27, 2018
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    No, but yoi can say "Aiutare il prossimo" meaning to help your fellow human beings.
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    September 25, 2018
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    A formal letter

    The application has already been installed successfully and works fine. I also copied to the right place the dummy files that you provided. I took a screenshot to let you know how it looks on my end.
    Please let me have more information, so that I can start working straight away!
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    September 23, 2018
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    Hello Berite.


    The difference is similar to English: to look and to see.


    The phrase (referring to drivers not seeing motorcyclists/cyclists at junctions) "Look but did not see"

    really embodies the difference between LOOKING, which is the sensory process of images forming

    through the eye, and SEEING, which is processing that sensory information in a conscious way.


    For this reason, one would say: "Do you see what I mean?". In other words, SEEING is understanding.


    In Italian it works in a similar way, where you may say: "Guarda bene: non lo vedi?". This would 

    translate very well in English, as "Look carefully (literally "well"): do you not see it?". Again, one

    verb (Guardare) refers to looking while the other (Vedere) to seeing.


    I hope that this clarifies the difference, somewhat!


    Regards

    Francesco

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    September 22, 2018
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    The second spelling shortens the word from two syllables to one, making it more musical and/or easier to rhyme with ('prayer' rhymes with fewer.words (e.g. layer) than pray'r (e.g. air,fair, chair, stair, Claire, there, spare, dare)).
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    February 5, 2018
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    Using Google is a great tool... https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/16132/anyone-vs-someone-which-one
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    February 5, 2018
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    Dear Mohamed, as far as I can see from public sources there is no term for what you describe, except 'Change of use' which requires a planning application: any such application, intending to build an industrial/residential development on agricultural land, will be assessed by the local authority for environmental impact and any significant change to the wider community (including neighbouring farms). One of the issues is drainage, since rainwater on open fields sinks into the ground but hard covering (e.g. concrete) stops this from happening and puts increased pressure on ditches, with the result that these may be unable to cope and cause flooding: this can affect neighbouring farms too, so there is an issue of drainage that has to be considered. Letting land 'lie fallow' is a term used in crop rotation, but in this case there is no preparation other than drainage for the purpose of laying the foundations of a building. . . Other than digging out existing crops, or removing tree roots or other unwanted debris. there does not seem to be a word as such... Perhaps someone else may find one where I did not...
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    February 4, 2018
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    Hello Med, this question was asked very recently: see the answers here https://www.italki.com/question/424736
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    February 4, 2018
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