<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffccff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da5c6ab1-f4be-4459-9a25-7672b086ecf3/D7DB1247-AF5B-4B96-83AA-EDC36DEB1C84/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.askoxford.com/languages/it/phrases/?view=uk" href="http://www.askoxford.com/languages/it/phrases/?view=uk" style="font-size: 11px;">www.askoxford.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.askoxford.com/languages/it/phrases/?view=uk"><DIV class="blue"><P><B>Meeting and Greeting</B></p> <TABLE width="98%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>ciao</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>hi/bye</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>buongiorno</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>hello, good morning</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>buonasera</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>good evening</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>buonanotte</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>goodnight</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>arrivederci</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>goodbye</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>a domani</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>see you tomorrow</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>piacere</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>pleased to meet you</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>come stai?/come sta?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>how are you?</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>bene, grazie</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>fine, thank you</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>e tu?/e lei?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>and yourself?</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P><B>Being polite and communicating</B></p> <TABLE width="98%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>si/no</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>yes/no</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>grazie</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>thank you</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>prego</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>you're welcome</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>per favore</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>please</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>scusi!</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>excuse me!</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>scusi!</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>sorry!</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>pardon?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>pardon?</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>parla italiano?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>do you speak Italian?</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>un po'</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>a little bit</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>come, scusi?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>pardon?</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>non ho capito</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>I don't understand you</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>può ripetere, per favore?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>could you say that again, please?</P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>può parlare più lentamente?</P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>could you speak more slowly?</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P><B>Directions</B></p> <TABLE width="98%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>dov'è ...? </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>where is ...? </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>scusi, per andare a ...? </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>excuse me, how do I get to ...? </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>è lontano? </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>is it far? </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>vicino </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>nearby </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>sempre dritto </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>straight ahead </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>girare a destra/a sinistra </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>to turn right/left </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>prima (di) </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>before </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>dopo </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>after </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>davanti a </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>opposite <I>or</I> in front of </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>all'incrocio </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>at the crossroads </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>il semaforo </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>traffic lights </P></TD></TR><TR><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>l'angolo </P></TD><TD width="49%" valign="top"><P>the corner </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D7DB1247-AF5B-4B96-83AA-EDC36DEB1C84/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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