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

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Faccia come se fosse a casa sua. Make yourself at home.

Luigi pensava che tutto gli fosse dovuto. Luigi thought he had a god-given right to everything.

I musulmani seppelliscono i loro morti in fosse. Muslims bury their dead in graves.

Per un momento ho pensato che fosse impazzito. For a moment there, I thought he had gone mad.

Vorrei che lei fosse venuta la notte scorsa. I wish she had come last night.

Se fosse possibile, si dovrebbe vivere due volte. If possible, one should live twice.

Se si fosse impegnato all'epoca, avrebbe avuto successo. If he had worked hard at that time, he would have succeeded.

Non abbiamo mai pensato che fosse impossibile da portare avanti. We never thought of it as impossible to carry out.

Fai agli altri ciò che vorresti fosse fatto a te. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

Se fosse nato in tempi migliori, sarebbe diventato un grande studioso. Born in better times, he would have become a great scholar.

Non fosse stato per il tuo aiuto, non ce l'avrebbe fatta. But for your help, he would have failed.

Fosse stato a casa quel giorno, non si sarebbe imbattuto nel disastro. If he had stayed at home that day, he would not have met with disaster.

Tom si abituò a vivere a Boston, sebbene fosse cresciuto in una piccola città. Tom got used to living in Boston even though he'd grown up in a small town.

Se non fosse stato per il supporto del pubblico, il presidente non avrebbe potuto sopravvivere alla rivolta. But for the support of the public, the President could not have survived the revolt.

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