Usage examples of "past" in English with translation to Italian

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It's twenty past six. Sono le sei e venti.
What happened belongs to the past. Quello che è successo appartiene al passato.
We slept until half past 7. Abbiamo dormito fino alle 7 e mezza.
Everything was better in the past. Tutto era migliore nel passato.
It is twenty minutes past ten. Sono le dieci e venti.
That's a thing of the past Questo è una cosa del passato
It’s a quarter past eight. Sono le otto e un quarto.
I don't know anything about his past. Non conosco nulla del suo passato.
We can record the past and present. Possiamo registrare il passato e il presente.
The tears of the past fertilize the future. Le lacrime del passato fecondano il futuro.
But it's almost half past eleven. Ma sono quasi le undici e mezza.
Old people look back on the past too much. Gli anziani riguardano troppo il passato.
It gets dark about half past five these days. Fa buio dopo le cinque e mezzo questi giorni.
In the past it was thought the world was flat. In passato si pensava che il mondo fosse piatto.
My mother woke me up saying "It's a quarter past seven". Mia madre mi ha svegliato dicendo: “Sono le sette e un quarto”.
In times of crisis one should never idealise the past. In tempo di crisi non bisogna idealizzare il passato.
I looked at my watch and noted that it was past five. Ho guardato il mio orologio e ho notato che erano le cinque passate.
Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about. Non fidarti di un uomo di cui non sai nulla sul suo passato.
Difference between the past, present, and future is nothing but an extremely widespread illusion. La differenza tra passato, presente e futuro non è altro che una illusione estremamente diffusa.
Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present. Il piacere è sempre o passato o futuro, non mai presente.
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