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200	posto
1. n. place, spot
Erano al posto giusto al momento giusto. - They were in the right place at the right time.
2. n. place, position (in a list, classification etc); often not translated
La squadra si è aggiudicata un ottimo terzo posto nella gara finale della stagione. - The team clinched an excellent third place in the final race of the season.
3. n. seat
	porre
1. v. to put, to place
201	subito
1. adv. at once, immediately
2. adv. as soon as possible
3. adv. shortly
4. adv. right away
5. adv. forthwith
	subire
1. v. to undergo, stand, go through
2. v. to suffer, sustain, experience, receive
202	fai
1. v. second-person singular present of fare
2. v. second-person singular imperative of fare
	fare
1. v. to do
2. v. to make
3. v. to act
4. v. to get someone to be something
5. n. manner, way
203	fine	©
1. adj. thin
2. adj. fine
3. adj. refined
4. adj. feminine plural of fino
5. n. end
204	nulla
1. adj. feminine singular of nullo
2. adv. nothing, anything
3. n. nothing
4. pron. nothing, anything
	nullo
1. adj. (archaic, literary, chiefly in the singular) no, not any (determiner)
2. adj. futile, ineffectual, vain
3. adj. (mathematics) null; equating zero
4. adj. (law) null, null and void
205	primo	©
1. adj. first
2. adj. initial
3. adj. main, principal
4. adj. (mathematics) prime
numero primo - prime number
206	posso
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of potere
posso? - May I?; Excuse me please.
	potere
1. v. can, could; be able to
2. v. may, might; be possible to
3. n. power
207	queste
1. adj. feminine plural of questo
2. pron. feminine plural of questo
	questo
1. adj. this, these
2. pron. this, this one, these
208	dice
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire
	dire
1. v. to say, tell
2. v. to recite
3. v. to mean
4. v. to think
5. v. to admit
209	testa
1. n. head, obverse
2. n. (skeleton) head (of a bone)
3. n. (rail transport, only singular) head (of a train), the first car(s)
La prima classe è in testa al treno - The first class is at the head of the train
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of testare
210	padre
1. n. father
211	verso
1. n. (poetry) verse
2. n. song
3. n. cackle (of a hen or goose)
4. prep. toward
Il fiume scorre lentamente verso il mare. - The river flows slowly to the sea.
	versare
1. v. to pour, to decant
2. v. to spill
3. v. to shed
4. v. to empty
5. v. to pay, to deposit
212	avere	©
1. v. to have
Avevo un'anima. - I used to have a soul.
Ho una macchina. - I have a car.
Ho diciassette anni. - I have 17 years.
2. v. (auxiliary) to have
213	quasi
1. adv. nearly, almost
2. adv. hardly
214	dalle
1. contraction. contraction of da le; from the
	da
1. prep. from
	le
1. art. the
2. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
3. pron. (dative) her, to her
215	quelle
1. adj. feminine plural of quello
2. pron. feminine plural of quello
216	parlare
1. v. to talk
2. v. to speak
3. v. (heraldry) to cant
217	faccio
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of fare
	fare
1. v. to do
2. v. to make
3. v. to act
4. v. to get someone to be something
5. n. manner, way
218	lì	©
1. adv. there, in that place
219	nostro
1. adj. (possessive) our
i nostri figli - our children
le nostre macchine - our cars
Cosa Nostra - the Mafia
nostro padre - our father

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