♦ reply

♦ reply
♦ reply /rɪˈplaɪ/
n.
1 risposta; replica: I never received a reply to my letter, non ho mai ricevuto una risposta alla mia lettera; I sent her an email last night and had a reply from her this morning, le ho mandato un'e-mail ieri sera e ho ricevuto stamattina la sua risposta; to make no reply, non rispondere; in reply to, in risposta a
2 (leg.) replica
● reply card, cartolina con risposta pagata □ reply sheet, foglio per le risposte (in un questionario, ecc.).
♦ (to) reply /rɪˈplaɪ/
v. i. e t.
rispondere (a); replicare: to reply to a question, rispondere a una domanda; to reply in writing, rispondere per iscritto; When we asked her what she would do, she replied that she didn't know, quando le abbiamo chiesto che cosa avrebbe fatto, ha risposto che non lo sapeva; He replied to my question with a smile, ha risposto alla mia domanda con un sorriso; DIALOGO → -Business trip 3- There must have been about 100 e-mails to reply to this morning, ci saranno state circa 100 e-mail a cui rispondere stamattina; We replied to the enemy's fire, abbiamo risposto al fuoco del nemico
● to reply for sb., rispondere per (o a nome di) q. □ to reply in kind, rispondere per le rime; rendere pane per focaccia (fig.) NOTA D'USO: -to answer, to reply o to respond?-.

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