Dimostrare
quanto
si vale

Avere fiducia in se stessi. Uno slogan quasi scontato.
Facile a dirsi quanto complesso da realizzare, perché i
dubbi sulle -56- proprie capacità sono sempre pronti ad emergere.
Soprattutto nel lavoro.

“Ho gia cambiato tre posti” confessa Carmen, truccatrice, 32 anni. “-57- Ogni volta la
stessa storia. Non mi facevo mai apprezzare. Solo con un attento esame sono riuscita
a individuare il nocciolo della questione: era la mia insicurezza che mi paralizzava,
impedendomi di rispondere alle critiche ingiuste. Con il risultato che tutti se -58- ne
approfittavano, per poi bollarmi come persona priva di spina dorsale”.

Ma perché pud essere cosi difficile -59- farsi valere? Spesso dipende dall’educazione
ricevuta, troppo restrittiva e rigida.

E possibile uscire da questo ingombrante condizionamento? Una diagnosi obiettiva,
che metta a fuoco il problema, pud essere un buon punto di partenza. Ma non basta.
Occorre -60- tenere conto che un errore non pud condizionare una persona per tutta la vita.

 

Let’s carefully translate the dialogue first, then I’ll answer the three multiple-choice questions.

Prof.ssa Levi:
Allora, signor Baretti, questa è la seconda volta che sostiene l’esame, vero?

Lorenzo:
Sì.

Prof.ssa Levi:
D’accordo… Questa volta sono sicura che andrà meglio. Dunque… poeti minori dell’Ottocento…

Lorenzo:
Eeeh…, professoressa, mi scusi, ma questo capitolo io non l’ho studiato affatto!

Prof.ssa Levi:
Ma come non l’ha studiato? Ne abbiamo parlato più volte.

Lorenzo:
Davvero?! Non me l’ha detto nessuno!

Prof.ssa Levi:
Ma secondo Lei, chi glielo avrebbe dovuto dire, signor Baretti?! Durante le lezioni Lei dov’era? …Andiamo avanti: …Giovanni Verga.

Lorenzo:
Verga… certo… Verga è uno scrittore che… mmh…

Prof.ssa Levi:
Verga è uno scrittore, questo è sicuro! Ora mi dirà che nessuno Le ha detto che Verga era nel programma!

Lorenzo:
Ma…, professoressa, veramente, nessuno me li ha fatti notare questi capitoli!

Prof.ssa Levi:
Nessuno glieli ha fatti notare?! Signor Baretti, forse è meglio che ci vediamo quando sarà più preparato… o meglio più informato!

Lorenzo:
Va bene… Buongiorno e grazie!

Prof.ssa Levi:
ArrivederLa!

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Dialogue Translation

Prof.ssa Levi:
So, Mr. Baretti, this is the second time you’re taking the exam, right?

Lorenzo:
Yes.

Prof.ssa Levi:
Alright… This time I’m sure it will go better. So… poets of the mid-1800s…

Lorenzo:
Uhm…, professor, excuse me, but this topic… I didn’t study it at all!

Prof.ssa Levi:
But how come you didn’t study it? We’ve talked about it several times.

Lorenzo:
Really?! Nobody told me!

Prof.ssa Levi:
But who should have told you, Mr. Baretti?! During lessons, where were you? …Let’s continue: …Giovanni Verga.

Lorenzo:
Verga… of course… Verga is a writer who… umm…

Prof.ssa Levi:
Verga is a writer, that’s for sure! Now you’ll tell me that nobody told you Verga was in the syllabus!

Lorenzo:
But…, professor, really, nobody pointed out those chapters to me!

Prof.ssa Levi:
Nobody pointed them out to you?! Mr. Baretti, maybe it’s better that we meet again when you’re better prepared… or better informed!

Lorenzo:
Alright… Good morning and thank you!

Prof.ssa Levi:
Goodbye!

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Questions & Answers

1. Lorenzo couldn’t answer the questions because:

• a. they were really difficult

• b. nobody had told him about them ✅

• c. he didn’t understand them

➡ Correct: b

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2. Prof.ssa Levi sent Lorenzo away because:

• a. he didn’t attend her lessons

• b. he hadn’t studied

• c. he tried to copy

➡ Correct: b

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3. Lorenzo didn’t know how to talk about Giovanni Verga because:

• a. he wasn’t in the syllabus

• b. he wasn’t an important writer

• c. nobody had pointed him out ✅

➡ Correct: c

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✅ Final Answers:
1 → b
2 → b
3 → c

Great question — this exercise is about participi passati (past participles) and their agreement in Italian. Let’s analyze the two sentences:

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1.

“…non me l’ha detto nessuno”
(“nobody told me that”)

• Past participle = detto (from dire).

• Here it stays invariable (doesn’t change form) because the pronoun lo / l’ refers to a neuter, abstract object (“it”), not a specific masculine or feminine noun.

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2.

“…nessuno me li ha fatti notare questi capitoli.”
(“nobody pointed these chapters out to me”)

• Past participle = fatti (from fare).

• Here it agrees with the direct object pronoun li (which refers to questi capitoli, masculine plural).

• So instead of fatto, we have fatti.

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🔑 What to notice

• With compound tenses (ha detto, ha fatto), the past participle can agree with the direct object pronoun that precedes the verb.

• If the pronoun is masculine plural (li), the participle is masculine plural (fatti).

• If the object is abstract or implicit (like “it” = lo), the participle often stays invariable (detto).

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👉 So the rule you should observe:
In Italian, the past participle agrees in gender and number with a preceding direct object pronoun.

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Do you want me to also give you a mini table with examples for dire and fare (lo/la/li/le) to make the pattern super clear?

Είπες:

yes. also conjugate the past participle of the 2 verbs.

Το ChatGPT είπε:

Perfect 👍 Let’s make it crystal clear. We’ll do two things:

1. Show a mini table with how dire (to say/tell) and fare (to do/make) behave in compound tenses with direct object pronouns.

2. Conjugate their past participles across gender and number (as they agree with the object pronoun).

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🔹 1. Mini Table: Agreement with Direct Object Pronouns

Dire (past participle = detto)

Pronoun (object)	Example	Result	Translation
lo (m. sing.)	Me l’ha detto	detto (no change)	He/She told me it (masc.)
la (f. sing.)	Me l’ha detta	detta (agrees)	He/She told me it (fem.)
li (m. plur.)	Me li ha detti	detti (agrees)	He/She told me them (masc.)
le (f. plur.)	Me le ha dette	dette (agrees)	He/She told me them (fem.)

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Fare (past participle = fatto)

Pronoun (object)	Example	Result	Translation
lo (m. sing.)	Me l’ha fatto	fatto (no change)	He/She did/made it (masc.)
la (f. sing.)	Me l’ha fatta	fatta (agrees)	He/She did/made it (fem.)
li (m. plur.)	Me li ha fatti	fatti (agrees)	He/She did/made them (masc.)
le (f. plur.)	Me le ha fatte	fatte (agrees)	He/She did/made them (fem.)

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🔹 2. Past Participles (with agreement)

• Dire → detto

  • Masculine singular: detto

  • Feminine singular: detta

  • Masculine plural: detti

  • Feminine plural: dette

• Fare → fatto

  • Masculine singular: fatto

  • Feminine singular: fatta

  • Masculine plural: fatti

  • Feminine plural: fatte

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✅ Summary:

• Dire → detto/detta/detti/dette

• Fare → fatto/fatta/fatti/fatte

• They agree in gender/number with a preceding direct object pronoun.

 

Perfetto, questo esercizio serve proprio per allenare le scuse e le risposte in contesti quotidiani. Ti propongo un esempio di dialogo per ciascuna situazione, così puoi vedere frasi naturali e semplici da usare:

1. Sull’autobus gli calpesti un piede A: «Oh, scusa! Non volevo calpestarti.» B: «Non ti preoccupare, non fa niente.»

2. Hai dimenticato il suo compleanno A: «Mi dispiace tantissimo, ho dimenticato il tuo compleanno!» B: «Tranquillo, capita… festeggeremo lo stesso.»

3. Hai perso un libro che ti aveva prestato A: «Scusami, ho perso il libro che mi avevi prestato.» B: «Che peccato… ma non ti preoccupare, può succedere.»

4. Gli hai dato un’informazione sbagliata A: «Scusa, ti ho dato un’informazione sbagliata.» B: «Va bene, grazie per avermelo detto.»

5. Camminando distratto per strada gli vai addosso A: «Oh, scusami! Non ti avevo visto.» B: «Nessun problema, tutto a posto.»

Se la compagnia ti lascia senza valigia … e senza speranza

 

Se la compagnia ti lascia senza valigia … e senza speranza

Alitalia ha perso il mio bagaglio il 20 settembre (con il volo da Roma AZ058). All’arrivo a Madrid mi dicono che il bagaglio mi arriverà (51) il giorno dopo a casa. Dopo sedici giorni, lo sto ancora aspettando (52). Telefono quattro volte al giorno ma dal centralino Alitalia Airport nessuno (53) mi può o mi vuole informare. Gli addetti Alitalia hanno imparato a dare delle risposte del tipo: “La posso aiutare ma non saprei come…”. Mi hanno consigliato di scrivere alla Direzione centrale ma nessuno mi ha mai risposto (54).
I passeggeri (55) devono imparare a viaggiare solo con il bagaglio a mano. Purtroppo non sempre questo è possibile.

Veronica Rodriguez

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👉 Adding mai makes the meaning stronger:

• nessuno mi ha risposto = nobody has replied to me.

• nessuno mi ha mai risposto = nobody has ever replied to me (at any time).

Do you want me to now re-translate this updated version into English?

Είπες:

yes

Το ChatGPT είπε:

Here’s the updated version translated into English with the “mai” included:

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If the airline leaves you without luggage … and without hope

Alitalia lost my luggage on September 20 (with flight AZ058 from Rome). When I arrived in Madrid, they told me that the luggage would arrive (51) at my home the next day. After sixteen days, I am still waiting (52) for it. I call the Alitalia Airport call center four times a day, but nobody (53) can or wants to inform me. The Alitalia staff have learned to give answers such as: “I can help you but I wouldn’t know how…”. They advised me to write to the central office, but nobody has ever replied (54) to me.
Passengers (55) must learn to travel only with hand luggage. Unfortunately, this is not always possible.

Veronica Rodriguez

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👉 Adding ever reflects the Italian “mai” perfectly here.

chat GPT graphical boot repair of tr200 ssd

 i want to do it graphically from the recovery

Το ChatGPT είπε:

Got it ✅ You want to repair the TR200 without typing commands, just using the graphical tools in the Recovery Environment. That’s definitely possible — here’s how:

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🔧 Graphical Repair in Windows Recovery

1. Boot into TR200 Recovery

   • Restart PC

   • Hit F12 → Select Windows Boot Manager (P0: Toshiba TR200).

   • You’ll land in the blue Recovery menu.

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2. Go to Troubleshoot

   • Click:

     Troubleshoot → Advanced Options
     

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3. Try Startup Repair First

   • Select Startup Repair.

   • Pick the TR200 Windows installation (it might show as "Windows 11 on Volume X").

   • Windows will scan and try to fix boot issues automatically.

   • Reboot and check if it works.

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4. If Startup Repair Fails → Use System Restore (Optional)

   • From Advanced Options, select System Restore.

   • Choose a restore point (if any exist).

   • This can fix damaged boot/config files without reinstalling Windows.

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5. If That Still Fails → Use “Uninstall Updates”

   • In Advanced Options, select Uninstall Updates.

   • First try Uninstall latest quality update.

   • If that doesn’t help, try Uninstall latest feature update.

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6. Last Resort in Graphical Menu

   • If nothing works, go to:

     Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Reset this PC
     

   • Choose Keep my files (will reinstall Windows but keep your personal data).

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⚠️ Limitations of Graphical Repair

• The graphical tools are good at fixing small corruption.

• If the EFI partition is damaged or missing, only the command-line bcdboot repair can fully fix it.

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👉 Do you want me to outline exactly which Advanced Options will touch only the boot files (safe), and which ones risk reinstalling Windows, so you don’t pick the wrong one?

Είπες:

i only want to repair the tr200 without touching the sn850 ssd

Το ChatGPT είπε:

Got it 👍 You want to repair only the Windows installation on your Toshiba TR200 SSD (23H2) without touching your Kioxia SN850.

Here’s the safest graphical method inside Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE):

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1. Boot into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)

• Restart your PC.

• Press F8 / F11 / F12 / Esc (varies by motherboard) and choose Windows Boot Manager → P0 Toshiba TR200.

• If it goes to Recovery menu, that’s exactly what we want. ✅

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2. Use Startup Repair

• In WinRE menu, select Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Repair.

• Choose Windows 11 (on TR200) when it asks which OS to repair.

• Let it run — it will automatically try to fix the EFI System Partition, bootloader, and BCD entries.

⚠️ Don’t select the Kioxia SN850 if it shows up — only repair the Toshiba.

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3. (Optional) Assign drive letters in graphical recovery tools

If Startup Repair doesn’t work:

• Go to Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Command Prompt.

• Type diskpart, then:

  list vol
  

  This will show all partitions. The EFI System Partition (ESP) will not have a letter.

• Still in DiskPart:

  sel vol X
  assign letter=Z
  exit
  

  (replace X with the EFI volume number for Toshiba TR200).

• Then run (still in Command Prompt):

  bcdboot F:\Windows /s Z: /f UEFI
  

  (replace F: with the actual Toshiba Windows drive letter you see).

This will rebuild the boot files only for TR200 without touching the SN850.

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✅ If you only want graphical, start with Startup Repair first — 80% of cases it fixes TR200 automatically.

Do you want me to also give you the exact menu steps with screenshots layout so you’ll know exactly what to click in WinRE?

Είπες:

i dont want to restart during the repair and start booting from the wd580 and continue to repair that instead

Το ChatGPT είπε:

That’s a very good concern 👍 — if you restart during repair, the system might accidentally boot from your WD SN580 (F:) instead of the Toshiba TR200, and then WinRE could start “fixing” the wrong installation.

Here’s how you can make sure only the TR200 gets repaired:

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🔒 Step 1 — Force Boot from TR200

• Enter your BIOS/UEFI setup (usually by pressing Del, F2, F12, or Esc during startup).

• Go to Boot Order / Boot Priority.

• Move P0: Toshiba TR200 to the top.

• Save & exit.

👉 This ensures every repair attempt (including reboots during Startup Repair) always runs against the TR200, not the SN850.

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🛠 Step 2 — Repair Without Restart (Graphical)

If you don’t want any chance of the repair bouncing to SN850:

1. Boot into WinRE from TR200.

2. Go to Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Repair.

3. When it asks which OS to repair, pick Windows 11 on TR200.

   • If it only lists one installation, that’s the TR200.

   • If it lists two, check the drive letter/path (the one pointing to your TR200 is the right one).

⚠️ Most Startup Repair runs require a restart to complete — but since you set TR200 as first in boot order, the restart will still land on TR200, not SN850.

Copilot no‑command‑line way to get your TR200 ssd booting again

 Alright Spyros — here’s the no‑command‑line way to get your TR200 booting again, using only the graphical tools in Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). We’ll make sure it targets the TR200’s own EFI and leaves your WD SN580 untouched.

🖥 Step‑by‑Step: Startup Repair for TR200

1️⃣ Boot into TR200’s Recovery

• Power on your PC and press F12 repeatedly.

• From the boot menu, choose Windows Boot Manager (P0: Toshiba TR200).

• If it fails to boot, it should drop you into the blue Recovery screen automatically.

2️⃣ Enter Advanced Options

On the blue WinRE screen:

• Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Repair.

3️⃣ Pick the Correct Windows Installation

• You’ll see a list of detected Windows installations.

• Select the one on the 232 GB NTFS partition — that’s your TR200’s C: drive.

• If it shows the drive letter, confirm it matches TR200’s Windows partition.

4️⃣ Let Startup Repair Run

• The tool will automatically:

  • Detect missing or corrupt boot files.

  • Write fresh boot code to the TR200’s EFI partition (your 100 MB FAT32 “System” volume).

  • Update the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) so TR200 is bootable again.

• This can take several minutes. Your PC may restart during the process.

5️⃣ Test Boot

• After repair completes, restart.

• Press F12 → choose Windows Boot Manager (P0: Toshiba TR200).

• If all went well, you should land in Windows 11 on the TR200.

🔒 Extra Safety Tip

If you want to be absolutely certain Startup Repair only touches TR200:

• Shut down and temporarily unplug the WD SN580 (and any other drives).

• Boot into WinRE from TR200 and run Startup Repair.

• Once TR200 boots normally, reconnect the other drives.

If you’d like, I can now give you the purely graphical method to also rename the TR200 boot entry in the F12 menu — so it literally says Windows 11 – TR200 without touching BCDEdit. That way you’ll never mix them up again. Want me to walk you through that?

my PC may restart during the process. but will it boot from the tr200 or from the main wd sn580 if i dont press f12?

If you don’t press F12, your PC will follow whatever is set as the default boot order in your BIOS/UEFI.

Right now, if your WD SN580 is first in that list, the system will just go straight back to booting from the WD after the restart — even if you’ve just repaired the TR200. That’s why, during a multi‑drive repair, Windows Startup Repair sometimes “fixes” the wrong installation: it reboots and continues from whichever drive the firmware picks first.

You’ve got three ways to make sure the repair process actually finishes on the TR200:

Option 1 — Temporarily change boot order

• Enter BIOS/UEFI setup (usually F2, Del, or Esc at startup).

• Move Toshiba TR200 to the top of the boot priority list.

• Save and exit.

• Now, any automatic restart will continue from TR200 without you touching F12.

Option 2 — Disconnect the WD SN580 during repair

• Power down, unplug the WD SN580’s data cable (or NVMe stick if it’s removable).

• Boot and run Startup Repair on TR200.

• Reconnect WD after TR200 is confirmed bootable.

Option 3 — Keep using F12

• If you don’t want to change BIOS settings or unplug drives, you’ll need to be ready to hit F12 after every restart during the repair process and manually pick TR200.

💡 Best practice for your case: If you want a completely hands‑off repair where the PC restarts and continues on TR200 automatically, change the boot order temporarily so TR200 is first. Once it’s fixed, you can put the WD SN580 back at the top if you prefer.

If you want, I can give you a step‑by‑step for changing the boot order just for this repair so you don’t have to keep pressing F12. Would you like me to do that?

yes

Alright Spyros — here’s how to temporarily change your boot order so that during the repair process, every restart will continue from the TR200 automatically, without you having to keep hitting F12.

🛠 Step‑by‑Step: Make TR200 First in Boot Order

1️⃣ Enter BIOS/UEFI Setup

• Power off your PC completely.

• Power it back on and immediately start tapping the BIOS/UEFI key — usually F2, Del, or Esc (your motherboard splash screen will usually say “Press F2/Del to enter Setup”).

• If you see the Windows logo, you missed it — restart and try again.

2️⃣ Find the Boot Priority Menu

• In BIOS/UEFI, look for a tab or section called Boot, Boot Order, or Boot Priority.

• On some systems, it’s under Advanced → Boot Configuration.

3️⃣ Move TR200 to the Top

• In the boot list, find Toshiba TR200 or Windows Boot Manager (P0: Toshiba TR200).

• Use the on‑screen instructions (often +/- keys or drag‑and‑drop with mouse in modern UEFI) to move it to position #1.

• Make sure the WD SN580 is below it in the list.

4️⃣ Save and Exit

• Press the key for Save & Exit (often F10).

• Confirm changes.

• Your PC will now always try TR200 first — so when Startup Repair restarts the machine, it will continue from TR200 automatically.

5️⃣ After the Repair

• Once TR200 boots normally, you can either:

  • Leave it first in the boot order, or

  • Go back into BIOS and put the WD SN580 back on top if that’s your preferred daily boot.

first conditional

 

In that sentence — "Se domani c’è il sole, ______ (venire) in barca con voi" — we’re dealing with a first conditional in Italian. The first part (Se domani c’è il sole) is in the present tense, so the second part should be in the future simple.

The verb venire in the future simple, first person singular, is:

verrò → "Se domani c’è il sole, verrò in barca con voi." (If tomorrow is sunny, I will come on the boat with you.)

💡 Grammar tip:

• venire is irregular in the future tense — the stem changes to verr-.

• First conditional in Italian often uses present tense in the "if" clause and future tense in the main clause.

Here we’re in the realm of the second conditional in Italian — a hypothetical situation in the present or future. The structure is:

• Se + imperfetto congiuntivo (imperfect subjunctive) in the “if” clause

• condizionale presente (present conditional) in the main clause

The verb vincere in the imperfect subjunctive, second person singular, is:

vincessi → "Se tu vincessi un milione di euro, che cosa faresti?" (If you won a million euros, what would you do?)

💡 Why “vincessi”?

• vincere is irregular in the subjunctive: the stem changes to vincess-.

• This tense signals that the condition is imagined, not certain.