Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
My head was full of skipping rhymes
Italian translation:
avevo la testa piena di filastrocche
Added to glossary by
Sarah Ponting
Nov 19, 2002 02:42
21 yrs ago
English term
My head was full of skipping rhymes
Non-PRO
English to Italian
Art/Literary
Description of a girl as a child, when she was 7 years old. Full of skipping rhymes and only half as full of the time-tables as it ought to have been.
Proposed translations
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avevo la testa piena di filastrocche
o delle filastrocche che si cantavano mentre si saltava la corda
skipping rhymes sono le filastrocche cantate dai bambini (più spesso le bambine) mentre saltano la corda.
"Ci divertivamo tanto anche a saltare la corda, che spesso era molto lunga e resistente tanto che ci potevamo saltare tutti insieme. C’erano delle filastrocche che accompagnavano i salti..."
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Note added at 2002-11-19 07:44:17 (GMT)
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\"SKIPPING RHYMES
Here are rhymes from around the world to be chanted while skipping rope\"
http://www.bc-girlguides.org/01guides/01skipping.html
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Note added at 2002-11-19 09:53:44 (GMT)
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What the phrase means is that she thought more about playing than she did about school!
Good for her - she was only 7!
skipping rhymes sono le filastrocche cantate dai bambini (più spesso le bambine) mentre saltano la corda.
"Ci divertivamo tanto anche a saltare la corda, che spesso era molto lunga e resistente tanto che ci potevamo saltare tutti insieme. C’erano delle filastrocche che accompagnavano i salti..."
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Note added at 2002-11-19 07:44:17 (GMT)
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\"SKIPPING RHYMES
Here are rhymes from around the world to be chanted while skipping rope\"
http://www.bc-girlguides.org/01guides/01skipping.html
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Note added at 2002-11-19 09:53:44 (GMT)
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What the phrase means is that she thought more about playing than she did about school!
Good for her - she was only 7!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr
elizabetta
Experience, thought and care for work.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
La mia testa era piena di rime saltellanti
none
1 hr
elizabetta
Experience, thought and care for work.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
La mia testa era piena di rime saltellanti
None
5 hrs
Ann Firenze
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Energetic, Reliable, Fast
Native in: English
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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3
La mia testa echeggiava di rime danzanti
Da un'idea piu' infantile e spensierata
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