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Conges terminology question
160 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Italian > English |
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Other |
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Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
ci si mettono |
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Context: |
"Dopo pranzo," disse il principe Brancaccio, " la duchessa D'Harcourt, moglie... |
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...dell'ambasciatore, pregò Liszt di suonare. Questi si scusò, dicendo che si sentiva stanco. Ma quella dàgli a insistire. Capirà, eminenza," continuò Brancaccio, indicando con la testa la signor Wurts, "quando le donne ci si mettono, che le ferma?" |
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a woman's will is God's will
(when) women set their minds to something
My comment:
"Ci si mettono" is an idiom and means also: they are determined, they commit themselves, they engage in something and, even, they are hell-bent on something.
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