Free time and sport

What holds these lists together

The lists for the time that belongs to you: on the beach, at the campsite, at a party, at training, at the chessboard. They belong together because they share a situation. You are among people who are not trying to make themselves understood, and the words come fast and in passing; if you have to ask, the moment has gone. One English habit needs undoing here. «Play» covers football and the piano alike, but Italian splits it: giocare a calcio, giocare a carte, but suonare il pianoforte, because an instrument is sounded, not played.

For example: giocare a calcio (to play football), il lettino (the sun lounger), il custode del campeggio (the site warden), il compleanno (the birthday), cominciare un hobby (to take up a hobby), la sala pesi (the weights room)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.