Question	Answer
late	tardi
later	più tardi
a year	un anno
years	anni
(so) many	tanti
many years later	tanti anni più tardi
it was enough	bastava
it was enough for Meggie	a Meggie bastava
to close	chiudere
to close the eyes	chiudere gli occhi
it was enough for Meggie to close the eyes	a Meggie bastava chiudere gli occhi
to hear /feel / sense /taste	sentire
(for) to hear	per sentire
(for) to hear it	per sentirla
For Meggie it was enough to close her eyes to hear it	a Meggie bastava chiudere gli occhi per sentirla
still /yet /again	ancora
(in order) to hear it again /still	per sentirla ancora
Many years later it was enough for Meggie to close her eyes to still hear it	Tanti anni più tardi a Meggie bastava chiudere gli occhi per sentirla ancora.
glass /pane (window) /Fensterscheibe/vitre	vetro
glasses /panes (window)	vetri
on (to)	su
on the (m sg: on + il / on +lo/ on + l')	sul - sullo - sull'
on the (m pl: on +i /on +gli)	sui - sugli
on the (fem : sg/pl)	sulla - sulle
on the panes	sui vetri
drumming	tamburellare
with	con
with drumming	con tamburellare
with its drumming	con il suo tamburellare
with that drumming	con quel tamburellare
with (that) its drumming	con quel suo tamburellare
the finger	il dito
the fingers (individually /as, :the ringfingers..)	i diti
the fingers (considered collectively as :the five fingers of the hand /your fingers...)	le dita
tiny	minuscolo
tiny fingers	minuscole dita
like tiny fingers	come minuscole dita
with its drumming on the window panes like tiny fingers	con quel suo tamburellare sui vetri come minuscole dita.
Many years later it was enough for Meggie to close her eyes to still hear it, with its drumming on the window panes like tiny fingers.	Tanti anni più tardi a Meggie bastava chiudere gli occhi per sentirla ancora, con quel suo tamburellare sui vetri come minuscole dita.

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