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fare blocco unico

English translation: to work/act/be seen as a whole

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Italian term or phrase:fare blocco unico
English translation:to work/act/be seen as a whole
Entered by: Therese Marshall

19:39 Apr 27, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Philosophy / migrant writers
Italian term or phrase: fare blocco unico
Context: Ciò che unisce tutte queste letterature, permettendo in qualche modo ai diversi stati arabi di fare blocco unico è l’arabo classico, la parola unificata dell’espressione letteraria
Therese Marshall
Italy
Local time: 21:46
to work/act/be seen as a whole
Explanation:
the choice of verb would depend on the wider context, but all commonly used:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to work as a whole&fp=Q9hKAq... (169,000)
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to act as a whole&fp=Q9hKAq0... (1000)
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to be seen as a whole&fp=Q9h... (140,000)
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simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 21:46
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2to work/act/be seen as a whole
simon tanner
4a common cultural footing
Oliver Lawrence
4to form a single block
Michael Korovkin


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to work/act/be seen as a whole


Explanation:
the choice of verb would depend on the wider context, but all commonly used:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to work as a whole&fp=Q9hKAq... (169,000)
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to act as a whole&fp=Q9hKAq0... (1000)
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q="to be seen as a whole&fp=Q9h... (140,000)

simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 21:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dabar
1 hr
  -> thanks, Dabar
agree  Kevin Pendergast
11 hrs
  -> thanks, Will
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a common cultural footing


Explanation:


Example sentence(s):
  • putting the various Arab states on a common cultural footing to a certain extent
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to form a single block


Explanation:
to congregate::: to form a single block ("block" here is a fairly common term in political science... as in the Western block/ Soviet block, etc)

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 44
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