Great Scott!
Italian translation: Caspita!
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| 10:14 Mar 11, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: lanzarotti Local time: 01:55 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | Grande Giove! |
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| 4 | Caspita! |
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| 3 | Fantastico |
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13 mins confidence: 
| great scott! Fantastico Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2004-03-11 10:29:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry: Fantastico!/Splendido! • Re: origin please [apri in una nuova finestra] ... Why people make that statement in certain situations. Great Scott! is an expression of surprise, wonder or admiration. The Scott ... http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/10/messages/29.html lingua: en -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2004-03-11 10:30:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- anche: Grande! Forte! Che forza! |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| great scott! Grande Giove! Explanation: Tradotto così nel film "Ritorno al futuro" ;-) Doc: "Great Scott", tradotto in italiano come "Grande Giove" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 mins (2004-03-11 10:46:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Qualche elemento in più ;-) : \"Great Scott! An expression of surprise, amazement or outrage. Origin uncertain, but apparently in the US, from the 1860\'s, possibly referring to General Winfield-Scott, a hero of the Mexican-American War. (A hero only on the American side, one may note.)\" (www.plexoft.com/SBF/G03.html)\" \"Great Scott or ~~~Scot! Scot! A mitigated form of oath. The initial letter of the German Gott is changed into Sc. \" `Great Scott! ... Beg pardon!\' ejaculated Silas, astounded.\" - A. C. Gunter: Baron Montez, book iv. chap. xix. Source: Brewer\'s Dictionary (...) Great Scott, I\'m too late (The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure; writing credit: George Kashdan)\" (http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english... Reference: http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/silviodr/back.htm Reference: http://www.supermanfred.it/back.htm |
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34 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| great scott! v.s. Explanation: Lo spelling corretto è GREAT SCOT, se si tratta del comunissimo idioma traducibile con tutte le espressioni di stupore che più ti piaccion: Perbacco, Santo Cielo, accipicchia.... |
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34 mins confidence:
| great scott! Caspita! Explanation: there are many expression you could use! Caspita is really frequent! |
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