Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
rode the projects
Italian translation:
essere/andare di pattuglia nei quartieri (o: zone) popolari
English term
rode the projects
Nov 17, 2010 14:50: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "We came out of the Academy together. Rode the projects before Joe made detective" to "rode the projects" , "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Italian" , "Field (write-in)" from "police academy" to "police academy: \"We came out of the Academy together. Rode the projects before Joe made detective\""
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Germany
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Native in: Italian
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Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
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patrolled the housing projects..
Chicago's Public Housing Projects
Essay from The Economist. Describes some of the problems that arose from the concentration of many low-income housing units in one area.
www.uwec.edu/geography/ivogeler/w188/.../chprjcts.htm
Public housing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Between 1925 and 1930 Germany was the site of innovative and extensive municipal public housing projects, mostly in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Frankfurt ...
Asia - Europe - North America - Australasia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing
New York City Housing Authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... following the demolition of several larger Chicago housing projects, including the Cabrini–Green Homes and the Robert Taylor Homes (whose 4321 three, ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Housing_Authority -
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AdamiAkaPataflo
: yessss - only, it is EN>IT... :-)) // Cilian explained that to me - for some reason I directly received the EN>IT notification...
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it wasn't when I answered...Language pair English => English to Italian
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Germany
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ride the projects
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Note added at 31 mins (2010-11-17 14:34:43 GMT)
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In plain English:
After finishing police school, their work involved policing a certain part of town (“the projects”). Joe was later promoted to detective.
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AdamiAkaPataflo
: yessss - only, it is EN>IT... :-)) // oh, that's why, I just got the EN>IT version... I actually found it funny, that two colleagues answered in English - one can get mixed up, but two?! have a nice evening, ciao
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Italy
Vast experience in the maritime industry
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