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(preciso) [riproduzione, descrizione, numero] exact;
[circostanze, dati, momento] exact, precise;
[strumento di misura, orologio] accurate; scienza -a exact science; tre chili -i exactly three kilos; è l’~ contrario it’s the exact opposite, it’s just the opposite
(puntuale) punctual; essere ~ nel pagare to be prompt in paying
(in punto) alle nove -e at 9 o’clock sharp o on the dot.
(pretendere) to demand [risposta, scuse];
to command, to exact, to require [ubbidienza];
to insist on, to demand [puntualità];
to compel [rispetto, attenzione]; ~ qcs. da qcn. to require sth. of o from sb., to demand sth. of sb.; esigo che tu me lo dica! I insist you tell me! esigi troppo da lui you’re too demanding o exacting of him, you expect too much of him
(comportare) [situazione, problema] to demand, to require [attenzione, spiegazione];
to call for [intervento, provvedimento]
(dissuadere) to collect [crediti];
to demand, to exact, to enforce [pagamento].