day 24the deadline had passed

the deadline had passed

Talk about past worries and misunderstandings: temevo che avessero già chiuso le iscrizioni, non sapevo che avessi già mandato…

today’s words

• temere · to fear, to be afraid that
• il portale · portal, website
• spiacevole · unpleasant
• certificare · to certify
• la casella · box (on a form); mailbox
• rivolgere · to address; rivolgersi a: to turn to
• conseguire · to obtain, to achieve (a degree)
• il bando · call for applications, official notice
• informarsi · to find out, to get information
• il/la coniuge · spouse
• recarsi · to go (formal), to make one's way
• prolungare · to extend, to prolong
• nubile · single (of a woman, in forms)
• il rilascio · issue (of a document)
• la modalità · way, method, procedure
• celibe · single (of a man, in forms)
• la burocrazia · bureaucracy
• il timbro · stamp
• postale · postal, of the post
• la proroga · extension (of a deadline)
• inserire · to insert, to upload, to add
• la procedura · procedure
• valido · valid; good
• la graduatoria · ranking list, merit list
• il termine · deadline, term

sentences

• Temevo che avessero già chiuso le iscrizioni. · I was afraid they had already closed the enrolments.
• Non sapevo che il bando fosse già scaduto. · I didn't know the call for applications had already expired.
• Sul portale c'è una casella per ogni documento. · On the portal there is a box for every document.
• Devi inserire un documento valido e una copia. · You have to upload a valid document and a copy.
• La burocrazia è lenta: ogni procedura vuole un timbro. · Bureaucracy is slow: every procedure wants a stamp.