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Fondamenti della lingua inglese Laura Cignoni - Paleopatologia

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The excavation of a funerary pit …in northeast France … It contained 21 skeletons of French<br />

soldiers and officers killed by the Germans on September 22 nd 1914. (The Archaeology of the Dead,<br />

100).<br />

9. Davanti a cognomi plurali (the Robinsons, the Millers, the Walkers).<br />

We asked the Baileys round to dinner.<br />

10. Davanti ad un aggettivo usato da solo per indicare un gruppo o una classe di persone (the idle,<br />

the disabled).<br />

The rich should help the poor.<br />

Characteristics related to the sex and the age of the deceased are considered first, two key<br />

elements for placing individuals in the funerary complex and in the society from which they<br />

derive. The age of the deceased is established from indicators of dental and skeletal maturity for<br />

immature individuals (The Archaeology of the Dead, 93-94).<br />

The term necropolis is significant because it refers to a ‘city of the dead’ and suggests that within<br />

it there is an element of urban planning proper, as it applies to the city of the living. In a<br />

necropolis there are roads, spaces to move and zones in which individuals are grouped<br />

according to criteria such as geographical origin, kinship, economic position, profession or<br />

religion, i.e. according to social criteria. (The Archaeology of the Dead, 96).<br />

11. Davanti ai nomi di navi (the Titanic, the Mayflower).<br />

The Andrea Doria is a famous Italian luxury ocean liner, named after a Genoese admiral.<br />

12. Davanti ai titoli ufficiali (the Pope, the Secretary General, the Minister).<br />

The President of the United States.<br />

13. Davanti a documenti (the Magna Carta, the Constitution of the Italian Republic).<br />

The last WHO report on the disease was published ten years ago.<br />

14. Davanti a nomi di giornali (the Guardian, the Observer, the Times).<br />

The Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper published in Great Britain.<br />

15. Davanti ai numeri ordinali (the first, the second, the third, the fifth).<br />

“The Twelfth Night” is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.<br />

16. Con alcune espressioni di tempo e di luogo (in the past, in the future, in the last/past/next days,<br />

on the left, on the right, at the top, at the bottom).<br />

He used to travel to India in the past.<br />

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