Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

just to keep from throwing up.

Italian translation:

per trattenere il vomito

Added to glossary by Pnina
Jul 12, 2007 17:05
17 yrs ago
English term

just to keep from throwing up.

Non-PRO Homework / test English to Italian Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
She clutched the arms on the chair so tightly her knuckles turned white, just to keep from throwing up.
Change log

Jul 13, 2007 08:04: Fiamma Lolli changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Jul 27, 2007 10:55: Pnina Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): texjax DDS PhD, silvia b (X), Fiamma Lolli

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Proposed translations

+2
22 mins
Selected

per trattenere il vomito

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Note added at 29 mins (2007-07-12 17:34:34 GMT)
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Aggiungo un esempio.
"Purtroppo sono capitato anch'io per caso su questo sito... e considerate che ho lo stomaco forte... ma non riesco quasi più a trattenere il vomito..."
www.romadisconight.com/foto/2004/0813_10lode/
Peer comment(s):

agree potra : Yes, trattenere definetly, come anche 'trattenere le lacrime'
3 hrs
Grazie, cara.
agree AdamiAkaPataflo
16 hrs
Grazie, cara.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
3 mins

per evitare di vomitare

;-)

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-07-12 17:08:37 GMT)
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oppure

"per non vomitare"
Peer comment(s):

agree Gian
23 mins
grazie, Gian
agree silvia b (X)
1 hr
grazie, Silvia
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16 hrs

per impedirsi di vomitare

:-)
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