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ran before her

Italian translation: prese il sopravvento

13:47 Aug 9, 2021
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: ran before her
"But I don't want a porter." What a horrible man! "I don't want a porter. I want to carry it myself." She had to run to keep up with him, and her anger, far stronger than she, ran before her and snatched the bag out of the wretch's hand.
Giulia Lobascio
Italy
Local time: 22:39
Italian translation:prese il sopravvento
Explanation:
Riferita a "her anger".
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Simona Pearson
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6prese il sopravvento
Simona Pearson
4 +1la sopravanzò/surclassò / corse più veloce di lei
Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
4la precedette
martini
4arrivò prima di lei
EleoE
4La superò
Lorenzo Rossi


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la sopravanzò/surclassò / corse più veloce di lei


Explanation:
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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 479

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zerlina: :-)
2 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
la precedette


Explanation:
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martini
Italy
Local time: 22:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 212
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
arrivò prima di lei


Explanation:
Nelle gare, specie quelle ippiche, "to run" ha anche il significato di tagliare il traguardo/arrivare.

EleoE
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
prese il sopravvento


Explanation:
Riferita a "her anger".

Simona Pearson
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emmanuella
18 mins
  -> Merci 🙂
agree  Elena Zanetti
45 mins
  -> Grazie Elena 🙂
agree  Ambrogio Terzoli: Mi piace molto, perché si colloca bene con la rabbia, che è il soggetto dell'azione.
4 hrs
  -> Molto gentile, Ambrogio, pensavo proprio all’immagine del personaggio sopraffatto dalla rabbia, che è più forte di lei.
agree  Ottavia Merlin
15 hrs
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto
21 hrs
agree  Cristina Doronzo (X)
1 day 2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
La superò


Explanation:
La superò e strappò la borsetta dalle mani....

Lorenzo Rossi
Switzerland
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 16
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