how can I do?

"Augury "
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Augury is an ancient form of divination. The practice was performed in ancient Rome by priests called augurs. It entailed the interpretation of auspices, that is the movement of birds and/or the movement of animals. Also included in this form of divination was the interpretation of the significance of thunder and lightening. Those signs on the augur's left or east side denoted a favorable outcome, while those on the right pointed to an ill-omen. This method of divination was practically unknown in ancient Mesopotamia and Palestine
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it looks to me as if predictions were being made based on what the chicken livers looked like to the cook ?
probably all done in a bit of comical and joking way .
notice the connection between "movement of birds" in the article and the "chicken livers" used by the cook - seems he didn't have a live bird !
hbg

Re: how can I do?



People whose first language is spanish have relative ease in understanding and speaking the italian language compared to people who speak only english. However, the two languages pronounce some sets of letters differently, e.g., the word 'che', and will probably have different grammar uses on occasion. Further, there is a chance that they will mix up some words that are similar, yet still different.

I don't speak spanish, but know a little bit of it, and various friends of mine speak spanish well, so I am used to hearing them speak. In recent years I have learned to read and somewhat understand italian. I still have some spanish words come to mind when I try to think of what the italian word is for an object.

'Serviceable italian' means that you can get by in daily life in Italy - you will make mistakes but you can be understood. 'Spanish slant' probably means that the person will speak italian words differently than a native italian would, and that the errors (for example, in the pronunciation of 'che') might indicate one speaks spanish as a first language.