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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
Intanto aveva una gran voglia di dormire!
Meanwhile he had a great desire to sleep!
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Quando le furon mature, ecco il cardellino che si posa sopra un ramo, e comincia a cantare.
When they were ripe, there is the goldfinch perching on a branch, and beginning to sing.
Il Re avrebbe voluto tirargli, ma faceva buio come in una gola.
The King would have liked to shoot at it, but it was as dark as in a ravine.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Intanto | intanto | meanwhile, in the meantime (adv.) |
| aveva | avere | to have (avea, aveano — old forms of aveva, avevano) (v.) |
| una | una | a, an (feminine); one (art.) |
| gran | grande | big, great; gran — great (before a noun) (adj.) |
| voglia | voglia | desire, wish; aver voglia di — to feel like (n., f.) |
| di | di | of, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.) |
| dormire | dormire | to sleep; dormirsene — to lie sleeping (v.) |
Read «Le arance d’oro» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.