Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
affidare il sasso di ossidiana
English translation:
grab the obsidian rock
Added to glossary by
Josephine Cassar
May 11, 2013 16:42
11 yrs ago
Italian term
affidare il sasso di ossidiana
Italian to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
This is the context: La fretta con cui era stato costretto a lasciare tutto gli aveva impedito di smontare la teca e infilarsela in macchina. Forse avrebbe potuto romperla con un bel calcio e afferrare il sasso di ossidiana
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | grab the obsidian rock |
Marco Solinas
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| 4 | grap the obsidian pebble |
James (Jim) Davis
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Change log
May 11, 2013 17:35: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "Work" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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Marco Solinas
Native in Italian
&
English
Works in field
Accurate, professional translations
Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
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grab the obsidian rock
Based on the fill sentence, which is the one that makes sense.
Note from asker:
| Tkx, can I change Rock to Object/ article as it was about a clock term referred to, not a rock? or leave it as the proper idiom? |
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Comment: "tkx"
16 hrs
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
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