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a flash of
a sudden sensation of
heavyweight
peso massimo (sport + figurativo (powerful person or company))
rep
rappresentante
pity
to pity
sad fact (peccato)
provare pena per
arched
arcuato/inarcato
gambit
stratagemma
to bulldoze
abbattare/demolire
bulldoze s into st = force to do/intimidate (figurative)
flustered
agitato/confuso
foolishness
stupidità/idiozia
foolish
sciocco/stolto
insensato/incosciente
throw up
vomitare
tirare su (informal, building)
angle
angolo
ottica/prospettiva/punto di vista
put someone out
to cause trouble or extra work for someone:
Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?
to annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them:
She was very put out when they turned up two hours late for dinner.
hold your own
tenere testa a qualcuno/reggere il confronto con
to take s on
to take st on
take st/s on
assumere/ingaggiare
accettare un incarico
affrontare/sfidare
fluke
colpo di fortuna
coincidenza
grand
grande/grandioso/superbo/imponente
hotshot
asso/fenomeno
celebrità
piled into st
ammucchiato dentro
to partner off
collaborare in coppia
languid
languido/apatico/fiacco
to overlook
lasciarsi sfuggire/non notare
George failed his exam because he overlooked a number of mistakes in his work.
sottovalutare
ignorare/trascurare
guardare su/affacciarsi su
Our bathroom window overlooks the neighbour’s garden.
airtight
completely sealed
ineccepibile/inconfutabile/di ferro (figurative)
regroup
rioganizzarsi
riordinare/raggruppare
squirm
contorcersi/dimenarsi
mostrare imbarazzo (feel shame/guilt)
squirm out of/free of = divincolarsi da
dime
10 cents
pantsuit
tailleur con pantaloni
regimen
regime (politico)
regime (dieta, fitness)
put someone out of their misery
put something out of its misery
to stop someone worrying, usually by giving that person information that they have been waiting for
to kill an animal because it is in great pain, so that it does not have to suffer any more
more so
ancora di più
falter
vacillare/infiacchirsi
balbettare/farfugliare
camminare a fatica
shrug
alzare le spalle
alzata di spalle
coprispalle (vestiario)
worn out
consumato/usurato
stanco/esausto/distrutto (persona)
fraught
teso/inquieto
fraught with st = carico di /pieno di
shifting
movimento costante
mutevole/ variabile
in continuo movimento
haggle
contrattare/mercanteggiare
inchoate
not yet completely formed
incipiente/in fieri
hardball
gioco duro
US, figurative (aggressively competitive behaviour)
to spin
girare/ruotare
volteggio
far volteggiare
tessere/filare
tarmac
asfalto
asfaltare
captor
carceriere
batch
gruppo (persone)
lotto/carico (merci)
serie (oggetti)
infornata (baked goods)
to batch = raggruppare in lotti/ dividere in lotti/ lottizzare
hijack
sequestro
dirottamento
hijack st = monopolizzare (rubare il posto/la parola)
(steal: cargo from a vehicle)
figurative –> sabotare/intromettersi
unhinge
scardinare
unhinge s = derange
chartered
(plane, ship: hired for private use)
UK (person: professionally qualified
estranged
(partner: separated)
to boot
to kick (ball)
to start (computer)
squarely
onestamente
esattamente
allege st
assert as true
ongoing
continuing
continuo/ininterrotto
in corso
upfront
payment: made in advance = anticipato
figurative, informal (honest, frank)
despise s/st
disprezzare qualcosa/qualcuno
odiare/detestare
pr = dispaiz
societal
sosaietol
sociale
proprietà
ownership
ease
to ease
facilità
comfort
relief
piece of mind
affluence (agiatezza/prosperità)
to reduce tension
to relieve (alleviare/attenuare)
caparra
anticipo
down payment
frugal (parsimonioso)
thrifty
brisk
fast
abrupt (abrapt)/sudden/brusque (brusk)
ce l’ha fatta
he/she made It
