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Italian: ci rifacciamo

English translation: we refer to







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Italian term or phrase:ci rifacciamo
English translation:we refer to
Entered by:Caterina Passari
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Social Sciences - Philosophy
Italian term or phrase: ci rifacciamo
Per questa parte dell’opera ci rifacciamo alle esperienze conseguenti all’applicazione di una serie di tecniche che trovano un diretto parallelismo nell’antica dottrina zoroastriana (praticata nell’antica Persia).
Samuel Bernal
Peru
we refer to
Explanation:
nel senso di "ricollegarsi a".......

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Thanks, Samuel!:)
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Caterina Passari
Italy
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3we refer to
Caterina Passari
5we go back to/we draw on Mariateresa Varbaro
5we draw on.... see example sentencessimona dachille
4we redo/do again/do overVandor
3We return
desertfox


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
We return

Explanation:
The verb rifare can mean, among other things, to return to or revert to.
I hope this is the meaning you are looking for.

desertfox
Israel
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
we go back to/we draw on

Explanation:
come da dizionario hazon garzanti

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ci rifacciamo all'esperienza passata

to draw on previous experience

Mariateresa Varbaro
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
we redo/do again/do over

Explanation:
in a sens we repeat

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all the experiments

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-19 09:52:07 GMT)
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done with a series of techniques which yielded our experience in the field

Vandor
Hungary
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Caterina Passari: I don't think the meaning is "to repeat" in this context....
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
we draw on.... see example sentences

Explanation:
China to draw on Singaporean experience in managing foreign exchange reserve. Date:2006-12-28 10:28:50 Source:Xinhua Read Times: ...
english.hbdofcom.gov.cn/file/2006/12-28/10299.html - 11k
We Should Draw on the Experience of Other Countries. June 3, 1988. We are carrying out reform in a vast, poor country, and there is no precedent for this ...
www.china.org.cn/english/features/dengxiaoping/103342.htm - 33k
We Shall Draw on Historical Experience and Guard Against Wrong Tendencies. April 30, 1987. The overall situation in China is good. Since the downfall of the ...
www.china.org.cn/english/features/dengxiaoping/103349.htm - 37k
China to draw on Singaporean experience in managing foreign exchange reserve. Date:2006-12-28 10:28:50 Source:Xinhua Read Times: ...
english.hbdofcom.gov.cn/file/2006/12-28/10299.html
New Maryland budget secretary can draw on past experience in same from Daily Record, The (Baltimore) in Business provided free by LookSmart Find Articles.
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Buon lavoro!!

simona dachille
United Kingdom
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
we refer to

Explanation:
nel senso di "ricollegarsi a".......

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2007-08-22 05:35:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Samuel!:)

Caterina Passari
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Alessandra Renna: more fitting, given the subject
2 hrs
  -> Grazie 1000, Alessandra!

agree texjax DDS PhD
6 hrs
  -> Grazie,Tex:)!!!

agree Mario Calvagna: nice and simple and fits perfectly
1 day10 hrs
  -> Ti ringrazio, Mario!
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