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Time-share (n)

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Shared property // Multiproprietà

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Canvass / (a place)

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  1. Fare un sondaggio
  2. Settacciare, perlustrare
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Tightly wound

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Tense, unable to relax / persona tesa incapace di rilassarsi o divertirsi

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Weasel (n)

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Donnola

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Covet [sth]

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Long for, desire // Bramare, desiderare

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Moot point

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Topic or issue that is debatable or arguable but that there is no foreseeable solution or answer to.

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Swanky

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Fashionable, stylish / chic

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On the nose

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Exact, precise - Your guess was right on the nose.

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Red-handed

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Con le mani nel sacco - The shoplifter was caught red-handed as he stuffed items into his pockets.

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Nab [sb]/[sth]

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Someone: catch, apprehend
Something: steal

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Have a gander at [sth]

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Dare un’occhiata a [qlcs]

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Wussy

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Femminuccia, pappamolle

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Come undone

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To lose all control / avere un esaurimento - If you don’t take some time off work to relax you’re going to come undone

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Prance (v)

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  1. To walk in an energetic way and with more movement than necessary
  2. When a horse prances, it takes small, quick steps and raises its legs higher than usual
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Fly the coop

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Tagliare la corda - He was never happy living at home with his parents, so as soon as possible he flew the coop and got his own place

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To be gunning for [sb] or [sth]

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  1. To aim to harm [sb] / prendere di mira - My new manager has been gunning for me since I had that last period of absence.
  2. To seek to obtain [sth] / mirare a - She stays late every day because she’s gunning for a raise.
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None of your beeswax

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None of your bussiness

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Stat

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Immediately

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Jaunty

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  1. Stylish
  2. Playful
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Frolic (n,vi)

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Divertimento, spasso / divertirsi, spassarsela

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Whack job (n)

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Insane person

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Thimble (n)

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Ditale

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Measly (adj)

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Meagre / misero - The job paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day’s work.

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Ooze [sth]

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  1. Exude, project / emanare, irradiare, trasudare - Gary oozes confidence and charm.
  2. Flow slowly / colare, filtrare- Acid is oozing from your car battery.
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Senior moment /to have a senior moment

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  1. Memory lapse / lapsus
  2. Perdere colpi, avere la memoria che perde colpi
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Trifle with [sb/sth]

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To treat frivolously / scherzare con [qlcn] - I wouldn’t trifle with her if I were you. She has a nasty temper

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Kook (n)

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Stravagante, eccentrico

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Brazen, brazen-faced

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Sfacciato - Their brazen disregard for the law shocked everyone involved

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Gimlet (n)

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Gin and lime juice

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Poon hound

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A promiscuous person, especially a man, who frequently seeks sexual intercourse with women

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Banter (n, vi)

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Light-hearted chat - If you spent less time on banter, you’d get more work done. - We bantered for a few minutes before she said why she’d called.

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Down pat (US)

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Off by heart, memorized / alla perfezione - Allison didn’t need any notes, as she had her speech down pat.

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Dapper (adj)

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Man: smart, stylish / in ghingheri

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Rake (n)

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  1. Rastrello
  2. Licentious person
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Gooseberry

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Uva spina

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Stammer (n, vi)

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Balbettare

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Bungle [sth]

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Do incompetently / Pasticciare qcsa

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Pet peeve

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Something that a particular person finds especially annoying

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From the get-go

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Sin dall’inizio - Maybe expecting everything from the get-go is asking a bit much

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Blimp (n)

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Dirigibile

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Flake out [on sb]

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Tirare pacco - Rick agreed to come to the party with me, but he flaked out at the last minute

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Out of one’s depth

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Not having the knowledge, experience, or skills to deal with a particular subject or situation

I’s always struggle at school. I hated it and felt out of my depth.

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Get your ducks in a row

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To organize your tasks and schedule so that you are ready for the next step / to be well prepared or well organized for something that is going to happen

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In dribs and drabs

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Un po’ alla volta / a spizzichi e bocconi

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Take the high road

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To take a more honorable or ethical course of action

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Smut (n)

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Oscenità, sconcezza

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Rub [sth]/[sb] out

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Something: erase
Someone: kill / fare fuori

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Yokel (n)

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Peasant, countrydweller // campagnolo, provincialotto

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A fillip to [sth]

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Stimolo, incentivo

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Qualm (n)

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Scrupolo, remora

I don’t have the slightest qualm about not inviting him

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