Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the English»Italian Dictionary

Translations for Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the English»Italian Dictionary

See also Commonwealth

I.office [Brit ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɔfɪs, ˈɑfɪs] N

foreign [Brit ˈfɒrɪn, Am ˈfɔrən] ADJ

and [Brit ənd, (ə)n, and, Am ænd, (ə)n] CONJ When used as a straightforward conjunction, and is translated by e : to shout and sing = gridare e cantare; Tom and Linda = Tom e Linda; my friend and colleague = il mio amico e collega. - When and joins two or more nouns, definite articles, possessive adjectives or quantifiers are not repeated in English, but they are in Italian: the books and exercise books = i libri e i quaderni; her father and mother = suo padre e sua madre; some apples and pears = delle mele e delle pere. - And is sometimes used between two verbs in English to mean in order to (wait and see, go and ask, try and rest etc.); to translate these expressions, look under the appropriate verb entry (wait, go, try etc.). Note that the two verb forms involved are the same tense in English, whereas in Italian the second one is always in the infinitive: I'll try and come as soon as possible = cercherò di venire appena possibile. - For and used in telling the time and saying numbers, see the lexical notes. For more examples and other uses, see this entry.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the English»Italian Dictionary

commonwealth [ˈkɑ:·mən·welθ] N

and [ən, ənd, stressed: ænd] CONJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a statement that it is urgently working to establish what has happened.
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He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1970.
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He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1959.
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He was employed as a legal adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1987.
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He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1940.
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