boogie vocab Flashcards

1
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Due note e il ritornello era gia’ nella pelle di quei due

Il corpo di lei mandava vampate africane, lui sembrava un coccodrillo

A

Two notes and the chorus was already in the skin of those two
Her body was sending African flares, he looked like a crocodile

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I saxes spingevano a fondo come ciclisti gregari in fuga

E la canzone andava avanti sempre piu’ affondata nell’aria.

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The saxes pushed hard like gregarious cyclists on the run

And the song went on and on deeper and deeper into the air.

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Quei due continuavano, da lei saliva afrore di coloniali

Che giungevano a lui come da una di quelle drogherie di una volta

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Those two continued, the smell of colonials rose from her

That came to him as if from one of those old grocery stores

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Che tenevano la porta aperta davanti alla primavera.

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Che tenevano la porta aperta davanti alla

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Qualcuno nei paraggi incominciava a starnutire

Il ventilatore ronzava immenso dal soffitto esausto

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Someone nearby was starting to sneeze

The fan hummed immensely from the exhausted ceiling

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I saxes, ipnotizzati dai movimenti di lei si spandevano

Rumori di gomma e di vernice, da lui di cuoio.

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The saxes, mesmerized by her movements, spread out

Noises of rubber and paint, from him of leather.

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Le luci saettavano sul volto pechinese della cassiera

Che fumava al mentolo, altri starnutivano senza malizia

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Lights flashed across the cashier’s Pekingese face

Who smoked menthol, others sneezed without malice

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E la canzone andava elegante, l’orchestra era partita, decollava.

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And the song was elegant, the orchestra had started, took off.

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I musicisti, un tutt’uno col soffitto e il pavimento

Solo il batterista nell’ombra guardava con sguardi cattivi

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The musicians, one with the ceiling and the floor

Only the drummer in the shadows watched with nasty looks

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Quei due danzavano bravi, una nuova cassiera sostituiva la prima
Questa qui aveva occhi da lupa e masticava caramelle alescane

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Those two danced well, a new cashier replaced the first

This one had she-wolf eyes and chewed Alescan candies

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Quella musica continuava, era una canzone che diceva e non diceva
L’orchestra si dondolava come un palmizio davanti a un mare venerato:

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That music went on, it was a song she said and didn’t say

The orchestra swayed like a palm tree in front of a revered sea:

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Quei due sapevano a memoria dove volevano arrivare.

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Those two knew by heart where they wanted to go.

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Un quinto personaggio esito’ prima di sternutire

Poi si rifugio’ nel nulla.

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A fifth character hesitated before sneezing

Then he took refuge in nothingness.

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Era un mondo adulto, si sbagliava da professionisti.

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He was an adult world, he was wrong as professionals.

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vampare

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to flush

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