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2. Basile Flashcards

1
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a fior di labbra

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in a whisper

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a frotte

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in their 100s, in droves

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a stento

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with difficulty

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a tutto spiano

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flat out; lavishly

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abbaglio

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blunder

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abbrancare

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grasp, seize

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accasciarsi

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collapse, lose heart

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accigliare

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frown

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adagio

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slowly, with care, gently

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affannoso

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laboured, painstaking, frantic

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aggio

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premium

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aggiogare

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to yoke, subjugate

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allampanato

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lanky

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androne

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entrance hall

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apparecchiare

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to set/lay the table

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annaspare

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to flounder/grope

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appassire

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wither, fade

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arrancare

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cause

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assorto

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engrossed

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asta

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pole; arm; bar; auction; stroke

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astio

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rancour, resentment; hold a grudge

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autovettura

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[motor] car

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avvampare

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to flare up, become red, blush

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avventore

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customer

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azzerare

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to make equal to zero, reduce to zero, reset

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baita

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mountain hut

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battigia

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water’s edge

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battuta

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cue; witty remark; beating; service; bar; key stroke

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botola

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trapdoor

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botto

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thud; rattle

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bradipo

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sloth

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brillo

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tipsy, merry

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brina

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(hoar) frost

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brizzolato

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greying, grey-haired

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canovaccio

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canvas; dishcloth; tea towel; duster. plot

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caseficio

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creamery

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caspita

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good heavens! for goodness sake!

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catorcio

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wreck, crock, clunker

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cerotto

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(sticking) plaster

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cialda

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wafer

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cianfrusaglia

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nick-nack, bits and pieces

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cigolio

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squeaking, creaking

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ciocco

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log

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coccio

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fragment (of pottery); potshard

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cocciuto

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stubborn, pig-headed

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conca

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valley; basin

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corredare

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provide/furnish/equip with

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corrugare

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frown, knit one’s brow

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covare

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to smoulder; sit on; be sickening for, nurse

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cruscotto

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dashboard

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destare

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to wake (up); arouse, awaken

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dileguare

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dispel, disperse

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dimora

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residence

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dinanzi

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ahead; in front of; in the presence of; before

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dirimpetto

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opposite

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disbrigo

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dealing with, handling

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entroterra

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hinterland

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esito

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result, outcome

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espianto

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removal

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falce

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scythe

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falda

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later, stratum; brim; tails; lower slope; pitch; flake

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filastrocca

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nursery rhyme

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fottere

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fuck, screw; pinch, swipe; do t dirty on sb

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fragoroso

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deafening, ear-splitting

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gabbare

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to deceive, trick, dupe

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galera

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prison

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giratondo

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ring-a-ring-o’roses

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grezzo

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coarse, rough

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ignoto

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unknown

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imbambolato

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vacant, blank

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imbottito

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upholstered, padded

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imbrociato

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sullen, cross, sulky

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impacciato

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embarrassed; awkward, clumsy

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incrinare

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to crack, damage

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individuare

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to identify, locate, pick/single out; be characterised

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inerpicarsi

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to clamber up

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inghippo

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trick

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intenerire

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to touch, move (to pity)

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lancinante

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stabbing, shooting; piercing

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le vette innevate

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the snow-capped peaks

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lessare

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to boil

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livido

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livid; bruised, black and blue; leaden

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lusingare

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to flatter

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macigno

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rock, boulder

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malandrino

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mischievous, roguish; rascal

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mangianastri

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cassette-recorder

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massello

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ingot; solid

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matterello

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rolling pin

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mattone

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brick; heavy going

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mollare

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let go; drop; cast off; punch, slap; ditch

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mozzare

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to cut off; dock; take someone’s breath away

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muffa

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mildew, mould

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nenia

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dirge, monotonous tune; tale of woe

94
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non destare il can che dorme

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let sleeping dogs lie

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orma

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footprint, track, trace, mark

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ottone

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brass

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pallina

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marble

98
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paffuto

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plump, chubby

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padreterno

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God the Father, God Almighty

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paragonabile

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comparable (to)

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per un pelo

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by a hair

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perno

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(king)pin, gudgeon; pivot, hinge; mainstay

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pinguedine

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fatness, corpulence

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poppata

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feed

105
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la prassi

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normal procedure

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prepotenza

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arrogance, arrogant behaviour

107
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radunare

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gather, assemble, rally; collect

108
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radura

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clearing

109
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rame

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copper

110
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rammicare

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grieve

111
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rebbio

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prong

112
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repentino

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sudden, unexpected

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riaffaccere

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to propose again, put forward again

114
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ridestarsi

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to be roused again, rekindled

115
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rimarginare

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heal

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rimuginare

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to turn sth over in one’s mind; brood over

117
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rinfusa

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higgledy-piggledy, in confusion

118
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rissa

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fight, brawl

119
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risucchiare

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to swallow up

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ritrarre

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to portray, depict; withdraw

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rubizzo

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lively, sprightly

122
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salma

A

body

123
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sbadigliare

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to yawn

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sbirciare

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to peep at, cast sidelong glances at, eye

125
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sbocconcellare

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to nibble (at sth)

126
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sbornia

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to get plastered

127
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scalfire

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to scratch, undermine

128
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scansare

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to move (aside), shift; dodge; avoid

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scheda

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(index) card; ballot paper; inset; brief report

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scheggiare

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to splinter, chip

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schiacciare

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crush; push; press; flatten

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schianto

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crash; all of a sudden; great! terrific!

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schiattare

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burst

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schioccare

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to crack, snap, click, smack

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scialle

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shawl

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scodinzolare

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to wag its tail

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scolpire

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to sculpt, sculpture; carve; engrave

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sconfitta

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defeat

139
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scontroso

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surly, sullen; touchy

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sconvolgimento

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confusion, devastation

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scorrere

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to run, flow, slide easily, pass (by)

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scroscio

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roar, thunder

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setacciare

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to sift, sieve; search, comb

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sfacchinare

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to toil, drudge

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sfacciato

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insolent, cheeky, impudent

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sfinito

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exhausted, worn out

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sgabello

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stool

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sganciare

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unhook, unfasten, undo, drop; fork out

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sgretola

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to split, cause to flake off

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sguaiato

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coarse, vulgar

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siero

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serum

152
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similpelle

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Leatherette

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sintonizzare

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to tune (in)

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sipario

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curtain

155
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smaltire

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to digest, lose, get over; sell off; drain away

156
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snodarsi

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to be hinged, wind

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sodo

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hard, firm. (hard-boiled)

158
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sommesso

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soft, low, subdued

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sopire

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soothe

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soppiatto

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secretly, furtively

161
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guardare di sottecchi

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steal glances at

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spaccio

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trafficking, dealing; shop

163
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spalluccia

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shrug

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spazzare

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to sweep

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spiazzare

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to wrong-foot, catch off guard

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spiccare

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jump, leap, take wing; issue

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spietato

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ruthless, pitiless, cruel, bitter; fierce

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spiovente

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sloping; arcing shot

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spiraglio

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chink, narrow opening; glimmer, gleam

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spossatezza

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exhaustion

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squarcio

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gash, hole, rip; passage, excerpt

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staccare

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to remove (from); separate, divide; unyoke

173
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stagliarsi

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to stand out against; be silhouetted against

174
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stanare

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to drive out

175
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stazza

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tonnage; rating

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stemperare

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to dissolve

177
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stento

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hardship, privation; with difficulty, barely

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strabuzzare

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to open one’s eyes wide

179
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strafare

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to overdo it

180
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strozzato

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blocked, throttled; strangulated

181
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struggere

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to consume

182
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struggimento

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yearning

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sventolare

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wave, flutter

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svogliato

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listless, lazy, indolent; lazybones

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tepore

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warmth

186
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tinteggiare

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to paint

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traballare

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to stagger, totter; to be shaky

188
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traboccante

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brimful, overflowing

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tracannare

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to down, gulp down

190
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traguardo

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finish, finishing post/line; aim, goal

191
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trasecolare

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to be dumbfounded

192
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tregua

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truce; rest, respite

193
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ustionato

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burnt

194
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vagito

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crying, wailing

195
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velo

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veil; film, layer

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vergare

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to write; to cane, to beat

197
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vestaglia

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dressing gown

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vicolo

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back alley

199
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zattera

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raft

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zigomo

A

cheek bone

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