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Italian term or phrase:
"distinguere..i mattoni..dagli altri laterizi
English translation:
choose the right brick among different types of brick
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YorickJenkins
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Italian term
"distinguere..i mattoni..dagli altri laterizi
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The exression comes from a description of skills, or lack of them, among brick layers and construction workers.
The key here must be to know exactly what the difference is between mattoni and laterizi-many dictionaries just give bricks. I think that laterizi are the hollow bricks much used in Italy, am I right?
It must mean something like can't distinguish the main building bricks from the hollow bricks? Thanks for all help.
Yorick Jenkins
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Non sa distinguere (descrivere correttamente) i mattoni necessari per l’esecuzione del compito dagli altri laterizi.
The key here must be to know exactly what the difference is between mattoni and laterizi-many dictionaries just give bricks. I think that laterizi are the hollow bricks much used in Italy, am I right?
It must mean something like can't distinguish the main building bricks from the hollow bricks? Thanks for all help.
Yorick Jenkins
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Non sa distinguere (descrivere correttamente) i mattoni necessari per l’esecuzione del compito dagli altri laterizi.
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Italian term (edited):
\"distinguere..i mattoni..dagli altri laterizi
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choose the right brick between different types of brick
non sa distinguere i mattoni necessari per l'esecuzione del compito dagli altri laterizi.
This means that he does not have the skills to choose the right type of brick, amongst all the different possibilities, for the specific job he has been asked to perform,(as homework).
This means that he does not have the skills to choose the right type of brick, amongst all the different possibilities, for the specific job he has been asked to perform,(as homework).
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: Quite so. Probably "laterizi" was used to avoid repeating "mattoni"
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"distinguish/differentiate.....bricks....from clay bricks
Il laterizio è il materiale da costruzione più antico e diffuso in edilizia. La materia prima è, fin dall'antichità, l'argilla.
Laterizio=clay brick.
Give a look at the link.
Laterizio=clay brick.
Give a look at the link.
Reference:
http://www.google.it/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=it&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWN_itIT264IT265&q=clay+brick
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construction products
Maybe it is too general...you are better waiting an English mothertongue......
or...building material
Just a suggestion hoping to help you
Italian definition:
edil., spec. al pl., materiale da costruzione come mattoni, tegole e sim., ottenuto da argilla impastata con acqua o altre sostanze, modellata, essiccata e cotta in forni speciali
or...building material
Just a suggestion hoping to help you
Italian definition:
edil., spec. al pl., materiale da costruzione come mattoni, tegole e sim., ottenuto da argilla impastata con acqua o altre sostanze, modellata, essiccata e cotta in forni speciali
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potra
: I would got with your second option 'building materials'
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to distinguish ...bricks from other types of brickwork
laterizi - derives from latin
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterizi
it is just a collective name for all types of brickwork, such as roof tiles, bricks, etc.
garzanti:
laterizi - nome generico dei materiali ceramici da costruzione come mattoni, tegole e sim., fabbricati con argilla impastata con acqua: fabbrica di laterizi.
the question basically asks the guy if he can distinguish between a plain brick and other types of bricks or brick tiles.
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-04-16 21:10:05 GMT)
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just to underline that even bricks (mattoni) are made of clay:
Il mattone è un materiale da costruzione di tipo laterizio, solitamente a forma di parallelepipedo fatto di argilla cotta o fango essiccato.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattone
therefore bricks are a type of laterizio..... meaning that laterizi (as already stated) is brickwork in general whereas bricks are just a type of laterizi...
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterizi
it is just a collective name for all types of brickwork, such as roof tiles, bricks, etc.
garzanti:
laterizi - nome generico dei materiali ceramici da costruzione come mattoni, tegole e sim., fabbricati con argilla impastata con acqua: fabbrica di laterizi.
the question basically asks the guy if he can distinguish between a plain brick and other types of bricks or brick tiles.
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-04-16 21:10:05 GMT)
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just to underline that even bricks (mattoni) are made of clay:
Il mattone è un materiale da costruzione di tipo laterizio, solitamente a forma di parallelepipedo fatto di argilla cotta o fango essiccato.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattone
therefore bricks are a type of laterizio..... meaning that laterizi (as already stated) is brickwork in general whereas bricks are just a type of laterizi...
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