Stories
How do you say "favola" in English?
Fairy Tale
I'm (appassionato di) books
keen on
I want to read your book. Don't tell me (la fine)!
the ending
I (read) all of her novels in the original language if I (know) Spanish
would read... knew
By the time we (get) there, the movie (start) already.
By the time we got there, the movie had already started.
The story may happen in the future or in space.
🤖 Robots or aliens might appear.
Science fiction
This book is fantastic! I am reading it (divorando)
from cover to cover
They're all characters you can (immedesimarti)
relate to
If it (not cost) so much money, I (buy) all his books.
didn't cost...would buy
The police (want) to know what (happen) before the fire started.
The police wanted to know what had happened before the fire started.
It tells the story of a real person’s life.
🧒 It starts with their childhood.
Biography
(entusiasta di) ghost stories
I'm into
The ending is (deludente).
disappointing
If I (decide) to be a writer, I (write) in a quiet place.
decided...would write
When we (get) to the station, the train already (left).
When we got to the station, the train had already left.
The story is about love and relationships.
Romance/Love story
(L'ultima novità ) in teen fiction is graphic novels.
The latest thing
The story promised dragons and epic battles, but ended with a cat taking a nap — what an (delusione finale, caduta di tono)!
anticlimax
You want to have more free time.
You wish you had more free time.
Because she (not fly) before, Rose (feel) terrified.
Because she hadn't flown before, Rose felt terrified.
The main characters try to survive on a desert island.
Adventure
That mystery novel was a real (che ti tiene col fiato sospeso)!
page - turner
I just can't (smettere di leggerlo).
put it down.
You aren't here and I miss you.
I wish you were here.
I (fail) the exam because I (not study).
I failed the exam, because I hadn't studied.