Sentence examples of "da poco" in Italian

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Si arrabbia per cose da poco. He gets angry over trivial things.
Il povero non è quello che ha troppo poco, ma quello che vuole troppo. Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
Fra poco è il mio compleanno. My birthday is coming soon.
Tom venne poco dopo mezzogiorno. Tom came a little after noon.
Devi studiare l'inglese poco per volta. You have to study English step by step.
Non è possibile padroneggiare una lingua straniera in poco tempo; devi studiare passo dopo passo. You can't master a foreign language in a short time; you have to study it step by step.
Per favore aspetta un poco. Please wait a bit.
Mio nonno morì poco dopo la mia nascita. My grandfather died shortly after my birth.
Mi dispiace dirlo, ma il servizio è poco buono. I'm sorry to say, but the service isn't very good.
Tom è venuto poco dopo mezzogiorno. Tom came a little after noon.
Tom ha molto poco denaro. Tom has very little money.
Poco dopo la guerra mio padre comprò una nuova casa, nella quale sono nato. Shortly after the war my father bought a new house, in which I was born.
Il paziente migliorò poco alla volta. The patient got better little by little.
Abbiamo poco tempo, sbrighiamoci. We don't have much time. Let's hurry.
Ha la vista poco buona. His eyesight is bad.
Tom dispone di poco tempo libero. Tom has limited free time.
Sembra che io sia incapace di tirarmi fuori da questo guaio in poco tempo. I seem unable to get out of this trouble in short time.
Tom aveva poco da bere. Tom had a little to drink.
Un'automobile piccola occupa poco posto. A small car takes little room.
Con un poco più di sforzo, avremmo avuto successo. With a little more effort, he would have succeeded.
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