happen in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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happen [Brit ˈhap(ə)n, Am ˈhæpən] VB intr

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1. happen (occur):

happen
accadere, avvenire, succedere
when, where, how did it happen?
quando, dove, come è successo?
what's happening?
cosa sta succedendo?
the accident happened yesterday
l'incidente è capitato ieri
I wonder what will happen next
mi chiedo cosa succederà in seguito, adesso
we must make sure this never happens again
dobbiamo assicurarci che questo non accada mai più
you cannot expect the change to happen overnight
non puoi aspettarti che il cambiamento avvenga dall'oggi al domani
so much has happened since our last meeting
molte cose sono accadute dal nostro ultimo incontro
he reacted as if nothing had happened
reagì come se nulla fosse stato
whatever happens, don't get out of the car
qualunque cosa accada, non scendere dall'auto
it had to happen, it was bound to happen Brit
doveva accadere
miracles do happen!
i miracoli succedono davvero!
it may happen that, it can happen that …
può accadere che …
how does it happen or how can it happen that such problems are ignored?
come è possibile che certi problemi vengano ignorati?
success doesn't just happen!
il successo non arriva per caso!
anything might happen!
potrebbe succedere di tutto!
she's the sort of person who makes things happen
è una di quelle persone che ha la capacità di incidere sulle cose

happen on VB [ˈhap(ə)n -] (happen on [sth, sb])

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opportunely happen, come along
al momento opportuno
unexpectedly happen
all'improvviso
monthly happen, visit
ogni mese
to be optimistic that sth will happen
essere fiducioso che qc accada

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happen in the PONS Dictionary

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she contrived to make it happen
è riuscita a far sì che succedesse
accidents will happen
son cose che capitano
it is not uncommon for this to happen
una cosa che capita non di rado

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happen Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she contrived to make it happen
è riuscita a far sì che succedesse
these things happen [or sl shit happens]
sono cose che succedono
how does it happen that …?
com'è che…?
it is not uncommon for this to happen
una cosa che capita non di rado
to happen once in a lifetime
succedere una volta nella vita
accidents will happen
son cose che capitano
it was bound to happen sooner or later
prima o poi doveva succedere
these things happen even to the best families
sono cose che capitano anche nelle migliori famiglie

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Having been looking around town for a victim all night without success, they decided to lie-in-wait for whoever might happen to step outside.
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The audio-visual equipment allows reporters to both write about and film stories as they happen, and the articles can be published on-line within seconds.
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In a warming world, two things happen to throw a monkey wrench into the conveyor belt.
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It tells you pretty powerfully what is going to happen in the next few months; future purchasing manager intentions.
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No candy, gum or lip balm, through which radiation would be ingested if an "incident" were to happen.
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These could be interpreted as glimpses of what would happen the following year.
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These neighborhoods are populated by deeply unromantic people who just happen to make the country go.
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That means sophisticated banks are giving investors the opportunity to make risk-free arbitrage profits, which can not happen on an exchange.
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The message, unspoken yet unmistakeable, was that such things don't happen here.
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Each repetition of the events of a certain story makes the story happen more easily.
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