Vocabolario

Io sono un vero disastro nei lavori manuali, praticamente qualsiasi cosa che richieda trapano e martello è al di sopra delle mie capacità
L’unica cosa in cui sono abile è appendere quadri, che per misteriose ragiono sono sempre perfettamente dritti.
Il mio amici Mark, al contrario, è bravissimo e molto abile dei lavori di bricolage.
Riesce a costruire oggetti di ogni tipo, usando qualsiasi cosa abbia sotto mano.

HANDY refers to A) an object that is within reach, but can also refer to B) people who are competent working with their hands.

Synonyms for A:

• nearby
• accessible
• reachable

Example sentences for A:

• She needs to write down a phone number. Do you have a pen HANDY?
• He can open that bottle for you. He happens to have a bottle opener HANDY.
• I always carry an umbrella with me because you never know when it might come in HANDY.

Synonyms for B:

• dexterous
• skillful
• adept

Example sentences for B:

• Fred can fix your bathroom light. He’s quite HANDY when it comes to things like that.
• She prefers to ask her father to repair her car because he’s very HANDY with automobiles.
• We asked him if he could take a look at our television. After all, he’s the HANDIEST person we know.

In Italian HANDY means SOTTO MANO or ABILE.