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Usages of la matita
Prendo una matita e segno quante bottiglie di olio mancano.
I take a pencil and note how many bottles of oil are missing.
Uso la matita per disegnare un fiore.
I use the pencil to draw a flower.
È proprio con quel temperamatite che affilo le matite prima di disegnare un’altra palma.
It is with that very pencil sharpener that I sharpen the pencils before drawing another palm tree.
La matita rossa torna sempre nel mio astuccio verde.
The red pencil always goes back into my green pencil case.
Questa matita è tanto lunga quanto la mia penna.
This pencil is as long as my pen.
Test yourself: What does la matita mean?
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