Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
ballata incalzante
English translation:
lilting ballad
Italian term
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Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian, Italian
ballata incalzante
Potrebbe starci pursuing ballad? Mi sembra che pursuing abbia più un'accezione negtiva ...
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English 
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Works in: Italian to English, English
lilting ballad
lilt noun 1 a light graceful swinging rhythm. 2 a tune, song or voice with such a rhythm. 3 a springing, swinging quality in someone's walk. verb (lilted, lilting) intrans to speak, sing or move with a lilt. lilting adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.
But I also like Mr Beppe's 'lively' ballad, so I would say:
'una fresca ballata incalzante' = a lively lilting ballad
demanding ballad
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Anything worth doing is worth doing well
Native in: Italian
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lively ballad
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Jim Tucker (X)
: good; "ritmo incalzante" is a frequent collocation, so here by extension // OK, though that meaning is not always applicable, and probably not so for a ballad.
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Thanks Jim, actually the Italian word may also mean "moving faster and faster" or rather "with an increasing rhythm", but one can't use so many words here! /// Yes, I certainly agree. :)
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Mr Murray (X)
: very nice in this example
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Thanks! :)
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Irene Di Rosa
: credo che "lively" sia la traduzione più vicina al termine italiano :-)
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Grazie Irene, :)
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bilingual in Italian and English
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fast paced, highly rhythmed
un finale dal ritmo incalzante --> <i>a compelling, highly rhythmed (fast paced) finale</i>
la narrazione ci porta a ritmo incalzante verso l'episodio conclusivo --> the narrative's increased rhythm leads us rapidly into the finale
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up-tempo ballad
though it doesnt exactly translate incalzante
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Discussion
Accordingly, the dance begins with slower, smoother actions, 'gradually transforming into faster, vivid ones'