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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “from/by oneself”.
Prepositional phrase
da sé
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see da, sé.
- allontanare il fucile da sé ― to move the rifle away from oneself
- without the help or intervention of others; of one's own accord; by oneself
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Alla fine, ci riuscì, arrivandoci con un faticoso raggionamento: non venne da sé.- When he did recall it, it was only by consciously reasoning out what it must be: it did not come of its own accord.
- (literally, “In the end, he succeeded, getting to it with a painstaking reasoning: it did not come of its own accord.”)
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