How the word "il grillo" is translated into English
D'estate, la sera, si sente cantare il grillo.
[desˈtate, la ˈsera, si ˈsɛnte kanˈtare il ˈɡrillo.]
On summer evenings, you can hear the cricket chirping.
In campagna i grilli non mi lasciavano dormire.
[in kamˈpaɲɲa i ˈɡrilli ˈnon mi laʃˈʃavano dorˈmire.]
In the countryside, the crickets wouldn't let me sleep.
Mio figlio ha catturato un grillo in giardino.
[ˈmio ˈfiʎʎo ˈa kkattuˈrato un ˈɡrillo in dʒarˈdino.]
My son caught a cricket in the garden.
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