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

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Ma che esame stavate facendo? What exam were you taking?
Lo comprerei, ma costa troppo. I would buy it, except that it costs too much.
Ma non ti annoi agli scout? Don't you get bored at scouts?
L'uomo propone ma Dio dispone. Man proposes, God disposes.
Ma poi chi ha pagato il conto? Who ended up paying the bill?
Egli è forte e coraggioso, ma soprattutto gentile. He is strong, brave and, above all, kind.
Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio. The leopard can't change its spots.
Non è la mia opinione, ma solo la mia traduzione. This isn't my point of view, it's only my translation!
Ho fatto del mio meglio, ma ho fallito di nuovo. I tried my best, only to fail again.
Alcune persone non hanno un insieme coerente di principi, ma adottano qualsiasi principio sia loro di utilità immediata. Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment.
Ma tu hai qualche merito pratico o ti sei limitato ad inculcare loro il vero spirito di educazione civica? Do you actually have any practical merit or have you merely been trying to give them a sense of the true spirit of polite society?
Non ho trovato il libro nella biblioteca, ho deciso di comprarlo ma sfortunatamente è stato molto carino, tuttavia lo ho trovato sul Internet. I didn't find the book in the library, so I decided to buy it. Unfortunately it was too expensive. However I found it on the Internet.
Quale vantaggio avrà l'Europa se guadagnerà il mondo intero ma perderà la sua anima? L'Europa è in pericolo di perdere la sua anima. What will it profit Europe if it gains the whole world yet loses its soul? Europe is in danger of losing its soul.
Potrebbe non essere in grado di trovare frasi aggiunte di recente perché non sono ancora indicizzate. L'indicizzazione di frasi non è ancora eseguita sul momento, ma solo ogni settimana. You may not be able to find sentences that have been added recently because they have not been indexed yet. Indexation of sentences is not yet executed on-the-fly, only every week.
Potreste non essere in grado di trovare frasi aggiunte di recente perché non sono ancora indicizzate. L'indicizzazione di frasi non è ancora eseguita sul momento, ma solo ogni settimana. You may not be able to find sentences that have been added recently because they have not been indexed yet. Indexation of sentences is not yet executed on-the-fly, only every week.
Potresti non essere in grado di trovare frasi aggiunte di recente perché non sono ancora indicizzate. L'indicizzazione di frasi non è ancora eseguita sul momento, ma solo ogni settimana. You may not be able to find sentences that have been added recently because they have not been indexed yet. Indexation of sentences is not yet executed on-the-fly, only every week.
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