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Question 1

Raggiungere uno straordinario successo

Answer 1

To rise to dizzying heights

Question 2

Usare le proprie conoscenze per ottenere ciò che si vuole

Answer 2

To pull a few strings

Question 3

To call off

Answer 3

Fermare/annullare

Question 4

Affrontare una situazione con serenità

Answer 4

To take something in (one’s - my, your, their) stride

Question 5

stare al passo

Answer 5

To keep up

Question 6

molto preciso

Answer 6

pinpoint

Question 7

ovvio

Answer 7

patent

Question 8

Fermare

Answer 8

To call it a day

Question 9

pareggio

Answer 9

tie/draw

Question 10

raccogliere le forze

Answer 10

to dig deep

Question 11

quando gli asini voleranno

Answer 11

when hell freezes over / when pigs fly

Question 12

Far parlare di sé, generare interesse/entusiasmo

Answer 12

to create a buzz

Question 13

frenare

Answer 13

curb

Question 14

impegno, promessa

Answer 14

pledge

Question 15

attacco / spasso

Answer 15

blast

Question 16

aggirarsi intorno a

Answer 16

to hover around

Question 17

non credo che

Answer 17

I doubt whether

Question 18

apprezzamento

Answer 18

Praise

Question 19

discorso motivazionale

Answer 19

Peptalk

Question 20

capofamiglia

Answer 20

Breadwinner

Question 21

girare intorno alla questione

Answer 21

beating around the bush

Question 22

non svegliare il can che dorme

Answer 22

let sleeping dogs lie

Question 23

insistere su quella cosa

Answer 23

harping on about that

Question 24

in tutto il mondo

Answer 24

the world over

Question 25

campo (da gioco)

Answer 25

pitch

Question 26

intervallo (di una partita)

Answer 26

half-time

Question 27

Raggiungere

Answer 27

to attain

Question 28

turbare/sconcentrare

Answer 28

to faze

Question 29

inarrestabile

Answer 29

relentless

Question 30

Processare un sospettato

Answer 30

try a suspect

Question 31

violare la libertà

Answer 31

crush a liberty

Question 32

cambiare comportamento

Answer 32

clean up your act

Question 33

non far degenerare il conflitto

Answer 33

defuse conflict

Question 34

redigere una lista di pro e contro

Answer 34

draw up a list (of pros and cons)

Question 35

calpestare

Answer 35

trample

Question 36

lo scatenarsi

Answer 36

rampage

Question 37

dar voce ad un’opinione

Answer 37

to voice an opinion

Question 38

(essere) al di sopra delle critiche

Answer 38

to be above criticism

Question 39

contro argomentazione

Answer 39

counter argument

Question 40

riflettore

Answer 40

spotlight

Question 41

riflessione/discussione

Answer 41

deliberation

Question 42

affermazioni

Answer 42

allegations

Question 43

(scarafaggio/ scarabeo)

Answer 43

beetle

Question 44

verme

Answer 44

worm

Question 45

(chiocciola/lumaca)

Answer 45

snail

Question 46

(tarma/falena)

Answer 46

moth

Question 46

libellula

Answer 46

dragonfly

Question 47

coccinella

Answer 47

ladybug (US.) ladybird (U.K.)

Question 48

mosca

Answer 48

fly

Question 49

bestia

Answer 49

creepy-crawly

Question 50

bruco

Answer 50

caterpillar

Question 51

formica

Answer 51

ant

Question 52

cavalletta

Answer 52

grasshopper

Question 53

imitare / riflettere

Answer 53

mimic

Question 54

inconcepibile

Answer 54

inconceivable

Question 55

rimosso dall’incarico

Answer 55

ousted

Question 56

(offuscata)

Answer 56

a bit cloudy

Question 57

(relazione tempestosa)

Answer 57

a stormy relationship

Question 58

(“tornare indietro come un boomerang”)

Answer 58

to come back and bite (you)

Question 59

(lavoro senza via d’uscita)

Answer 59

dead-end job

Question 60

(prendere il toro per le corna)

Answer 60

grab the bull by the horns

Question 61

(“cane sciolto”)

Answer 61

loose cannon

Question 62

(è un campo minato)

Answer 62

It is a minefield

Question 63

(seguire le orme di qualcuno)

Answer 63

following in sb’s footsteps

Question 64

(silenzio palpabile)

Answer 64

silence is deadly/palpable

Question 65

(forte come un tuono)

Answer 65

loud as a clap of thunder

Question 66

(“darsi una mossa”)

Answer 66

pull your socks up

Question 67

(“tempesta in fermento”)

Answer 67

like a brewing storm

Question 68

(musica per le orecchie)

Answer 68

music to sb’s ears

Question 69

(esempio lampante)

Answer 69

a shining example

Question 70

(muschio)

Answer 70

moss

Question 71

(infuriarsi)

Answer 71

raging

Question 72

(territorio)

Answer 72

turf

Question 73

(risata fragorosa)

Answer 73

guffaw

Question 74

(rimanere a bocca aperta)

Answer 74

gape

Question 75

(burrasca)

Answer 75

gale

Question 76

(perforare)

Answer 76

pierce

Question 77

(duro colpo)

Answer 77

hard knock

Question 78

(cazzotto)

Answer 78

knuckle sandwich

Question 79

(pena)

Answer 79

sorrow

Question 80

il tempo è ladro

Answer 80

Time is a thief

Question 81

avere un cuore d'oro

Answer 81

to have a heart of gold

Question 82

Guastafeste

Answer 82

wet blanket

Question 83

(sottovalutare)

Answer 83

overlook

Question 84

(essere d’accordo/appoggiare)

Answer 84

to second

Question 85

(appagamento)

Answer 85

contentment

Question 86

collinetta

Answer 86

hummock

Question 87

(indolenzito)

Answer 87

sore