Usage examples of "cieco da un occhio" in Italian with translation to English

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Il cane è cieco da un occhio. The dog is blind in one eye.
Quest'uomo è cieco da almeno cinque anni. This man has been blind for five years at least.
Dai un occhio alla mia borsa per un attimo. Keep an eye on my bag for a while.
Non riesco a distinguere una rana da un rospo. I cannot distinguish a frog from a toad.
Ho un occhio strabico. I'm cross-eyed.
Lei va sempre a farsi acconciare da un parrucchiere famoso. She always has her hair done by a famous hairdresser.
In realtà un mezzo occhio è molto utile perché con un mezzo occhio un animale può vedere la metà di un altro animale che vuole divorarlo e spostarsi dal suo cammino, e divorerà lui stesso l'animale che non ha che un terzo di occhio o il 49% di un occhio perché esso non si sarà spostato dal suo cammino abbastanza velocemente, e l'animale che è stato divorato non avrà dei cuccioli perché è morto. Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
Ho ricevuto una lettera da un amico. I got a letter from a friend.
Ho un occhio di vetro. I have a glass eye.
Tom venne colpito da un fulmine e morì. Tom was struck by lightning and died.
Mi è andata della polvere in un occhio. Dust got into one of my eyes.
Saltare da un lavoro all'altro non era comune in Giappone quanto lo era in America. Job hopping was not so common in Japan as in America.
Mio nonno è stato ferito gravemente in guerra da un bombardiere. My grandfather got seriously injured by a bomber during the war.
Ho evitato per un pelo di essere investito da un camion. I narrowly escaped being run over by a truck.
L'albero è stato attraversato da un fulmine. The tree was struck by lightning.
Le due città sono separate da un fiume. The two towns are separated by a river.
Il silenzio è stato interrotto da un forte colpo di tosse. The silence was broken by a loud cough.
Ha comprato uova e latte da un contadino. He bought eggs and milk from a farmer.
Abbiamo visto un ragazzo investito da un camion. We saw a boy run over by a truck.
Mi sono svegliato da un sogno. I awoke from a dream.
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