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Conges terminology question
150 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: |
consistenza personale |
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"Cosa vuoi che stia ad avere tanti riguardi per quella accozagglia di raccogliticci," mi.. |
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...diceva Luciano, alludendo, tra gli altri, a Nicola de Pirro ed a Gherardo Casini. Non era impresionato dalla loro carica rispettivamente di direttore generale del teatro e della stampa italiana. Sapeva che erano gregari raccolti tra le file del partito, senza una consistenza personale di particolare illustrazione culturale e politica. Erano pedine che lui, manovratore solido, era in grado di muovere agevolmente. |
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(personal) knowledge of/grasp of/competence
My comment:
The gist of it is: Those people had been employed because of affiliation with the party, not because of their competence in cultural and political affairs. "Personal" might be superfluous in English here.
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150 months ago
Josephine Cassar 
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they were inconsistent/opportunists/could not be relied upon/on
My comment:
you have to turn it round; they were used like pawns as in next part; not to be relied on
150 months ago
Josephine Cassar
wrote:
they were inconsistent/opportunists/could not be relied upon/on
My comment:
you have to turn it round; they were used like pawns as in next part; not to be relied on
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