Italian-English translations for calamita

grab
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I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edgeThe suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policemans gunWell just grab a sandwich and then well be on our way
lodestone
magnetThis turns Greece, as numerous sides have denounced, into a magnet for terrorist counterattacks. In questo modo, come molti hanno denunciato, la Grecia diventa una calamita per i contrattacchi terroristici. It would be very easy, as Romania comes ever closer to the Union, for us to be a magnet for her young people to leave the country. L’accorciarsi delle distanze tra la Romania e l’Unione potrebbe fin troppo facilmente farci diventare una calamita che attrae i giovani rumeni inducendoli a lasciare il loro paese. It is therefore a huge magnet for an incredible number of people wanting to escape from the prison, poverty and misery that their own countries represent. L'Unione rappresenta una calamita per un incredibile numero di persone in fuga dalla povertà, dalla miseria e dalla prigionia, che caratterizzano i loro paesi.
plague
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Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Mosess people goBart is an utter plague; his pranks never ceaseNatural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.