Usage examples of "proved to be" in English with translation to Italian

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He proved to be honest. Ha dimostrato di essere onesto.

You can pretend to be serious, but you can't pretend to be funny. Puoi fingere di essere serio ma non puoi fingere di essere divertente.

You are too young to be in love. Sei troppo giovane per essere innamorato.

You should try to be more polite. Dovresti provare a essere più educato.

Very few people live to be 100. Pochissime persone vivono fino all'età di cent'anni.

You shouldn't expect things to be easy. Non aspettarti che le cose siano facili.

You and Tom used to be friends. What happened? Tu e Tom eravate amici. Cos'è successo?

He wanted to be respected by everybody. Voleva essere rispettato da tutti.

He wants to be like me. Vuole essere come me.

I'd like you to be more punctual. Vorrei che tu fossi più puntuale.

I think it is best not to be impolite. Penso che sia meglio non essere maleducati.

He lacks the talent to be an actor. Gli manca il talento per essere un attore.

My son wants to be Lincoln. Mio figlio vuole essere Lincoln.

I'd like to be a guitarist. Vorrei essere un chitarrista.

I want to be better. Desidero essere migliore.

To be perfect she lacked just one defect. Per essere perfetta le mancava solo un difetto.

I asked him to be here by six. Gli ho chiesto di essere qui per le sei.

The lawn needs to be watered. Il prato ha bisogno di essere innaffiato.

Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. Meglio essere la testa di un cane che la coda di un leone.

Purists must die. Language is not to be kept in the cage of tradition. I puristi devono morire. La lingua non dev'essere tenuta nella gabbia della tradizione.

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