English Digital Academy | Antonella | Activity https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/members/antonella-dovidiounifi-it/activity/ Activity feed for Antonella. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:32:06 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 6ecf07bf7ba89498b545b1ebd941c6dc Antonella posted a new activity comment https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/activity/p/1779/#acomment-1783 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:08:19 +0100 I’ve only read the first chapter (just 14 pages)….still waiting to be hooked

In reply to - Kerin to Lucia, valentina, Chiara, Antonella and sonia

Ladies! How are you getting on with the book? @Lu_Corde @Vale @chiaramig @Antonella @sonim

1. I’m enjoying it 😊

2. Still waiting to be hooked 🤨

3. […]

]]> 582cb9f6dc8bc2c3751064f356a3c7a6 Antonella replied to the discussion How to talk about books- Extra practice in the forum How to talk about books https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/how-to-talk-about-books-extra-practice-2/#post-27433 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:28:58 +0200 Reply to How to talk about books- Extra practice

Sorry if I’m only replying now…better late that never! Many thanks.

For Ferrante’s La vita bugiarda degli adulti: yes, it is not one of his/her best book in my opinion.

A big hug,

Antonella

]]> c769e8c4cadd5e1776d6ec562f0d79e9 Antonella posted a new activity comment https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/activity/p/1386/#acomment-1395 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:21:25 +0200 Hi Kerin, I agree with the other comments: I would say “cupo” or “fosco” too. In other contexts, you can also use “desolante” (also to describe the atmosphere of a painting) or an expression instead of a single word. For example: “senza nessuna prospettiva” (for a “bleak future”), “senza speranze”

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Italian speakers, please help me! I am trying to find the translation for the word ‘bleak’ – I use it a lot in English, but I’m struggling to find the word in Italian. Can you […]

]]> 44b4bc001d8333ac9392326fccc0a357 Antonella started the discussion How to talk about books- Extra practice in the forum How to talk about books https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/how-to-talk-about-books-extra-practice-2/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:33:17 +0100 How to talk about books- Extra practice

1: Even if Don Delillo is one of the most acclaimed contemporary writer, I admit I struggled to finish his “Underworld”.

2. I devoured the four books by Elena Ferrante, but her last book “La vita bugiarda degli adulti” was just okay. It was predictable, redundant and overraterd. Nothing to write home about.

3. A book I really liked was…

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]]> 01ae89456750c373e7a7f52edc39e3d7 Antonella replied to the discussion How to talk about books | Vocabulary in the forum How to talk about books https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/how-to-talk-about-books-vocabulary/#post-26853 Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:14:27 +0100 Reply to How to talk about books | Vocabulary

Ah, ok! I’m never sure about how to decline idiomatic expressions. Thanks Kerin!

]]> 885eb507a5bf0ae2e10e52325b23403f Antonella started the discussion How to talk about books | Vocabulary in the forum How to talk about books https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/how-to-talk-about-books-vocabulary/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:49:05 +0100 How to talk about books | Vocabulary

I have a preference for character-driven novels in which I can lose myself in the inner aspects of character’s personality and follow his/her thoughts and behavior.

Although I don’t particularly love reading mystery, sometimes, especially during summer (lying on the beach), it happens I read detective stories. Generally speaking, I’m not…

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]]> d99f0caf6cedee36213f9f613713d4e1 Antonella replied to the discussion Tamara de Lempicka in the forum A summary https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tamara-de-lempicka-2/#post-26534 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0100 Reply to Tamara de Lempicka

Thanks Kerin…a lot of mistakes!

So:

1: appreciated

2. behavior

3. such as

4. who

]]> 0088966e810d17909a93f64397e0e557 Antonella started the discussion Tamara de Lempicka in the forum A summary https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tamara-de-lempicka-2/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:07:50 +0100 Tamara de Lempicka

In the article, the author outlines the life and career of the one of the most appreciate female

painter of the post World War I: the Polish Tamara de Lempicka. According to the author, Tamara

de Lempicka was the symbol of this era, when deep social changes and economic growth

influenced also the way how many women perceived their own way of life…

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]]> e338978513a80c8164c1de335370db32 Antonella replied to the discussion Slang in the forum Discussion room - slang https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/slang-6/#post-14024 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:15:59 +0100 Reply to Slang

Thanks, Kerin.

That phrase was very confusing… I should stop studying English after dinner!😱

]]> bcd9d98307766c44d40db6b5cadf3b8b Antonella started the discussion Slang in the forum Discussion room - slang https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/slang-6/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:49:37 +0100 Slang

I don’t agree with the idea that people using slang are lazy. Rather, it has to do with the confidence you have with your language or with the language you are learning. The more you know a language, the more you know idioms, slang and idiomatic expressions.

Sometimes is difficult to catch slang expressions, but even more difficult for me is…

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]]> b0e5b856cf245ac8c3fbc23f6310dfc2 Antonella replied to the discussion TV series and binge watching in the forum TV series, binge watching and pilots https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tv-series-and-binge-watching/#post-12108 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:52:34 +0200 Reply to TV series and binge watching

Hi Kerin,

Thanks for your comments and corrections! Peek: nice word!

Let me know about Sherlock!

Grinning

]]> 616f838b01cc89f08767398089f6b41c Antonella started the discussion TV series and binge watching in the forum TV series, binge watching and pilots https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tv-series-and-binge-watching/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:26:22 +0200 TV series and binge watching

Usually, I love above all British TV series, especially those produced by BBC. I think that they have something special compared to the productions of other countries: great actors (mostly with a theatrical training), witty and smart scripts and a more accurate settings.

Two of my favorite were Fleabag ( I literally adore Phoebe Waller-Bridge…

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