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3 Ways to Increase Your Memory Using Collocations and 10 More Phrases You Never Learned in the Classroom

August 5, 2013 By Cher Leave a Comment

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3 Ways to Increase Your Memory Using Collocations and 10 More Phrases You Never Learned in the Classroom

Upping your collocation competence:

  1. When you study, write down vocabulary in chunks and study those.
  2. Read books often.
  3. Listen to music + watch movies.

 Phrases:

— Che merda! – What shit!

— Che coglione! – What an idiot.

— Me ne frega – I don’t give a shit.

— Vuole una bella scopata? – Want to have a good f*ck?

— Spogliati. – Get undressed.

— Voglio fare l’amore con te. – I want to make love to you.

— Va al cesso! – Get out of my face

— Mi stai nascondendo qualcosa. – You’re hiding something from me!

— Non c’è niente che mi trattenga qui – There’s nothing keeping me here.

— Che stronzo! – What an asshole!

Your task:

Tell me one place you want to visit when you go to Italy and why.

Resources mentioned:

— English collocations

— 11 Italian Expressions You Never Learned in the Classroom

— Youtube playlist

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About Cher

Cher is the founder of The Iceberg Project and a passionate learner of the Italian, Mandarin and Spanish languages. In a little town called Vegas, you can find her searching the Internet for Doctor Who and Parks & Rec memes, drinking bubble tea, or talking about how much she loves grammar.

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