in preda a
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “in prey to”.
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- in the grip of
- 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 115:
- Mi seguì, sconvolto, in cucina, chiuse la porta e sussurrò: «Oh, Dio!» in preda alla disperazione.
- He followed me wildly into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: "Oh, God!" in a miserable way.
- (literally, “He followed me, distraught, into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: "Oh, God!" in the grip of desperation.”)