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On-side (adv)

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Supporting a cause / A favore - If the workers want to go home early to watch the game this afternoon, they’ll need to get the boss onside.

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Beleaguered

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  1. In a very difficult situation / troubled - The beleaguered students begged their teacher to assign less work.
  2. Besieged, under siege - The general led a charge to free the beleaguered city.
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Turf [sb/sth] out

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Sbattere/buttare fuori

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Joint

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Bar (US slang)

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Ravelled

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Annodato, attorcigliato, ingarbugliato

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Bull dagger

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Prison term for macho lesbians.

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Pucker (v)

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Wrinkle // Corrugarsi, corrugare le labbra

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Clatter (n)

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Loud rattling sound // sferragliamento

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Let up

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Ease off // attenuarsi - The heavy rain let up after four hours of incessant downpour.

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Contrite (adj)

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Sorry, remorseful

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Fay (adj)

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Bianco

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Spade

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Negro

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Pad (n)

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Appartamento (slang)

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Offhand

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  1. Without preparation // Su due piedi, lì per lì - We decided offhand to take a family vacation.
  2. Casual, careless - The offhand remarks should not be taken seriously.
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Sheer (adj)

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  1. cliff: steep, vertical
  2. fabric: fine, thin
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Run amok

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Be out of control

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Hull [sth]

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Sgusciare, sbuciare

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Tarmac (n)

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Asfalto

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Let rip

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If you let rip, you stop controlling yourself and suddenly do something with great energy or emotion. You can also say that someone lets it rip with the same meaning // Scatenarsi

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Spark a raw

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Scatenare un litigio

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Surly (adj)

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Bad tempered, rude // scontroso

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Artlessly

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Sincerely, truthfully

23
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Bide one’s time

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Wait for the opportune moment / To delay some action until an ideal moment or situation reveals itself

24
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About-face (n)

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Voltafaccia, dietrofront

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Chipper (adj)

26
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Birds of a feather

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Fatti della stessa pasta - Nancy and my mother were birds of a feather. You felt something special between them that left you out.

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Frogmarch (v)

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Force someone to walk forward by folding and pinning their arms from behind

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Finger in the dike

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To delay impending disaster

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Dinghy

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Any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, esp. a small ship’s boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.

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Haggard (adj)

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Looking worn out // Smunto, tirato

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Bead

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Perla, perlina

32
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Grubby

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Dirty // lercio

33
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Henpecked

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Succube della moglie

34
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Damnedest

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  1. Incredibile, sorprendente
  2. Peggiore, meno indicato - My neighbor comes to visit at the damnedest times.
35
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Catnap (v)

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Fare un pisolino

36
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Rundown

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Summary // Resoconto, riassunto - George asked his assistant for a rundown before the meeting.

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Hackles

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Peli/piume del collo

38
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Doublespeak (n)

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Misleading language // linguaggio ambiguo

39
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Disparaging

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Denigratorio, dispregiativo

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Scruffy

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Sciatto, trasandato

41
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Forelock (n)

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Frangia, ciuffo

42
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Unwarranted

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Not justified // ingiustificato

43
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Downright

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Totale, assoluto

44
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Peter out (v)

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Diminish // esaurirsi

45
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Wisecrack (n)

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Battuta, frecciata // witty remark

  • Steve liked to sit at the back of the classroom and make wisecracks to amuse his classmates.-
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Bugger [sth]

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Ruin [sth]

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Quack (n)

48
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Scowl at [sb]

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Frown angrily // guardare storto

49
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Raunchy

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Sexually explicit

50
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Muffled

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Smorzato, attutito

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