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Conges terminology question
159 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
Italian > English |
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Subject: |
Other |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
cadere lal chiave nella buca relativa |
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Context: |
La chiave del cancello della villa la lasciavano nella cassetta delle lettere. Uscii e... |
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Keywords: |
....lasciai cadere la chiave nella buca relativa. |
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Complete list of answers and comments
(I) dropped the key in the slot of the (post)box.
My comment:
If "postbox" has already been used for the translation in the previous line, "box" would be sufficient.
The asker rated this answer best
I dropped the key into the mailbox
My comment:
"buca" here means "buca delle lettere", i.e. "mailbox". I believe you don't need to translate the adjective "relativa".
159 months ago
Giorgio Vellani 
wrote:
...dropped the key into the appropriate postbox.
My comment:
the phrase refers to the previous one where specifies the place where the key is usually placed.
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