| Italian > English |
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| a tempo |
| 1. adj. time (attributive) |
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| a tempo parziale - part-time |
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| 2. adv. on time, in time (sufficiently early) |
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| 3. adv. in time (with the music) |
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| 4. adv. (music) return to normal tempo from a deviation (e.g. ritenuto, rallentando, accelerando, etc.) |
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| Analysis |
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| a |
| 1. prep. in |
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| 2. prep. at |
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| 3. prep. to |
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| 4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis |
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| A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter. |
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| tempo |
| 1. n. time |
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| 2. n. time, age, period |
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| bei tempi! - those were the days! |
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| 3. n. part (of a film, show, etc.) |
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| primo tempo, secondo tempo - first part, second part (of a film) |
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