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157 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

mi ero messo di punta

Context:

Al Quirino, tornammo ben sei sere di fila per ottenere il consenso ad uscire con noi due..

Keywords:

...ballerine austriache ceh avevano, fin dall'inizio, manifestato una caparbia volontà di resisterci. Mi erp messo di punta anch'io, perché, sebbene mi piacesse immaginare che i rifiuti fossero diretti a lui, avevo incominiciato a pensare che l'opposizione, quella volta, riguardasse ance la mia persona.

 

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157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I was up on pointe (shoes)

157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I was determined

157 months ago

Giorgio Vellani  See profile wrote:

I stamped my feet....

157 months ago

Robert Tucker  See profile wrote:

I was put to the test

My comment:

I myself was also put to the test

mettersi di punta
• Mettersi a fare qualcosa con grande impegno e determinazione, decisi a portarla a termine a tutti i costi, come se si affrontasse un nemico presentandogli la punta della lancia. È riferito in genere a imprese difficili o faticose; si usa inoltre per chi agisce con accanimento spinto da un puntiglio, un rancore o simili.
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario-modi-di-dire/P/punta.shtml

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will bring me up to scratch/raise my game

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157 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL  See profile wrote:

or 'put me on my mettle'