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un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
vecchio
     1. adj. old, outworn
     2. adj. old-fashioned, out-of-date
     3. adj. mature, ripe
           vino vecchio - mature wine
     4. n-m. An old man.
     5. n. only used in, vecchio marino
disse
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of dire
a
     1. prep. in
     2. prep. at
     3. prep. to
     4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
           A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter.
           A lei non piace, ma a lui piace molto. - She doesn't like it, but he likes it very much.
     5. v. misspelling of ha
Suo
     1. pron. (possessive) yours (formal or polite)
     2. adj. (possessive) your (formal or polite)
     3. adj. his, her, its
           i suoi figli - his/her/its children
           le sue macchine - his/her/its cars
           casa sua - his/her/its house
           suo padre - his/her/its father
     4. adj. (often, capitalised) your (polite singular form)
           i Suoi figli - your children
           le Sue macchine - your cars
           casa Sua - your house
           Suo padre - your father
     5. pron. his, hers, its own.
           Sono i suoi - They are his/hers/its own.
     6. pron. (often, capitalised) yours (polite singular form)
           Sono i Suoi - They are yours.
nipote
     1. n. grandchild, grandson, granddaughter
           I nonni sono gli angeli custodi dei nipoti. - Grandparents are the grandchildren's guardian angels.
     2. n. nephew, niece, nibling
     3. n. (by extension, in the plural) descendants
figlio
     1. n-m. (often, in the plural) child (of unspecified sex, in relation to their parents)
           Quanti figli avete? - How many children do you have?
     2. n-m. son
           È mio figlio. - He is my son.
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative active of figliare
mio
     1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine
           casa mia — “my house”
           i miei figli — “my children”
           le mie macchine — “my cars”
     2. pron. (used predicatively) mine
           Sono i miei. — “They are mine.”
     3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me
           Il mio è.... — “Mine is....”
c'è
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of esserci; there is
     ci
          1. pron. us
                Loro ci conoscono - They know us
          2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other
                Ci arrabbiamo - We (ourselves) get angry
                Ci amiamo - We love each other
          3. pron. to us
                Lui ci ha detto questo - He said this to us
          4. pron. (ngd, Replaces the indefinite personal pronoun m, it, si, , one) before reflexive m, it, si, , oneself; one
                Ci si lava. - One washes oneself.
                Ci si annoia quando non c'è niente da fare. - One gets bored when there is nothing to do.
          5. pron. it, to it
                Non ci credo. - I do not believe it.
          6. adv. to there, here, there
                Ci sono andato - I have been there
                Ci siamo - We're here
                Ci sono molte cose - There are many things
                C'è un problema - There is a problem
          7. adv. ngd, Forms part of many verbs:
                volerci - to require/take
                abituarci - to get used to it
                riuscirci - to be able to do it
                entrarci - to do with something
                contarci - to count on it
                pensarci - to think about it
                starci - to agree / to be up for something
                farcela - to manage to do something
                crederci - to believe it
          8. n-m. The Twi language family.
     è
          1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
                Se non è vero, è ben trovato - If it is not true, it is a good story.
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
ci è
     essersi
          1. v. (reflexive) To exist; to be
una
     1. adj. feminine singular of adjective uno
     2. art. feminine singular of uno
     3. pron. feminine singular of uno
battaglia
     1. n. battle, fight
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of battagliare
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of battagliare
     battagliare
          1. v. (intransitive) To fight or battle.
tra
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. prep. in (expression of time)
           tra due settimane - in two weeks
           tra pochissimo - very soon
due
     1. num. (cln, it, cardinal numbers) two
     2. adj. two
     3. n. two
     4. n. (following the article (m, it, le)) two o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)
           Sono le due. - It's two o'clock.
lupi
     1. n. plural of lupo
     lupo
          1. n-m. wolf
dentro
     1. adv. inside; indoors
     2. adv. inwardly
     3. adv. (informal) imprisoned
     4. prep. in
     5. n. inside
tutti
     1. pron. all; everybody, everyone
     2. adj. masculine plural of tutto
noi
     1. pron. we; us
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