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day 5a busy week

unit 1 · a new start

    a busy week

    Talk about a busy week and keep using ci and ne naturally.

    today’s words

    • programmare · to plan, to schedule; to programme
    • l'impegno · commitment, engagement
    • l'agenda · diary, planner
    • il calendario · calendar
    • la mattinata · morning (as a stretch of time)
    • frequente · frequent
    • di tanto in tanto · from time to time
    • la durata · duration, length
    • intero · whole, entire
    • scappare · to run off; to dash
    • fino a · until, up to
    • ormai · by now; by this point
    • la scadenza · deadline; expiry date
    • entro · by, within (a time)
    • urgente · urgent
    • generalmente · generally, usually
    • bastare · to be enough
    • parecchio · quite a lot, rather much

    sentences

    • Questa settimana ho parecchi impegni. · This week I have quite a lot on.
    • Scrivo tutto sull'agenda e sul calendario. · I write everything in my planner and on the calendar.
    • La scadenza è venerdì: devo finire entro le cinque. · The deadline is Friday: I have to finish by five.
    • Ho lavorato per tutta la mattinata. · I worked for the whole morning.
    • Generalmente arrivo alle nove, ormai conosco la strada. · I generally arrive at nine, by now I know the way.