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Question 1

Befuddle [sb]

Answer 1

Confuse, bewilder

Question 2

Gab (v, n)

Answer 2

Talk a lot / talk, chat

Question 3

Jettison [sth]

Answer 3

Discard, throw overboard

Question 4

Yesteryear (n)

Answer 4

Il tempo che fu / past

Question 5

Purvey [sth]

Answer 5

Supply // approvvigionare

Question 6

Ilk (n)

Answer 6

Kind, sort

Barbara is so strong; women of that ilk should be athletes.

Question 7

Boorish (adj)

Answer 7

Zotico, rozzo, cafone

Question 8

Cull [sth]

Answer 8

1. Choose // selezionare, raccogliere
2. Kill to reduce population

Question 9

Tawdry (adj)

Answer 9

1. Cheap, low-quality
2. Shameful, morally bad

Question 10

On the sly

Answer 10

Secretly

He spent a lot of his career playing computer games on the sly.

Question 11

Finagle [sth]

Answer 11

Acquire by deceit // ottnere qlcs per vie traverse

Question 12

Dole (n)

Answer 12

Unemployment benefit

Question 13

Pall (n)

Answer 13

1. Coffin
2. Cloud of [sth] / coltre, manto

Question 14

Thoroughfare (n)

Answer 14

1. Main road, highway
2. Right of passage

Question 15

Gamut (n)

Answer 15

Range of [sth]

People living in poverty suffer a whole gamut of problems.

Question 16

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Answer 16

The final results are the only way to judge something’s quality or veracity // Provare per credere

OK, if I did everything right, the engine should work right, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.

Question 17

Flit (v)

Answer 17

Move quickly

Butterflies flitted among the cabbage.

Question 18

Forthright (adj)

Answer 18

Outspoken, direct

Question 19

Bookend (n)

Answer 19

Weight at end of a row of books

Question 20

Scathing (adj)

Answer 20

Critical, hurtful // tagliente, pungente

Question 21

Saucer-eyed (adj)

Answer 21

Having round, wide-open eyes, naturally or from an expression of fear, astonishment, etc.

Question 22

Give [sb] an earful

Answer 22

Reprimand // fare la predica, una ramanzina

Question 23

Scurry (n, v)

Answer 23

1. Hurried movement
2. Move hurriedly // muoversi di fretta o freneticamente - When the bell rang, the children scurried inside the school.

Question 24

Hemming and hawing

Answer 24

Speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections.

Question 25

**Skit (n)**

Answer 25

Comedy sketch

Question 26

**Demur (v, n)**

Answer 26

Object / objection

Question 27

**In fits and starts**

Answer 27

In short, inconsistent, and irregular intervals, as of motion or progress. The car was almost completely broken down, but, in fits and starts, we were able to get it to a mechanic.

Question 28

**Fount (n)**

Answer 28

1. Fountain 2. Source (of knowledge)

Question 29

**Gimcrack (n, adj)**

Answer 29

1. Something ornamental but worthless // fronzoli, cianfrusaglie 2. Poorly constructed, worthless // dozzinale, scadente

Question 30

**Gropingly (adj)**

Answer 30

A tastoni

Question 31

**Archly (adj)**

Answer 31

Slyly // astutsmente, maliziosamente

Question 32

**Boob (n)**

Answer 32

Silly or clumsy person

Question 33

**Curtly**

Answer 33

Rudely // seccamente

Question 34

**Mosey (v, n)**

Answer 34

Stroll

Question 35

**Cudgel (n, v)**

Answer 35

Club, stick // bastone

Question 36

**Sodden (adj)**

Answer 36

Soaked, drenched

Question 37

**Bramble (n)**

Answer 37

Mora di rovo

Question 38

**Stoat (n)**

Answer 38

Ermellino

Question 39

**Outhouse (n)**

Answer 39

1. Outbuilding, dependance 2. Outbuilding containing a toilet

Question 40

**Ramshackle (adj)**

Answer 40

Diroccato, traballante, pericolante

Question 41

**Tartly**

Answer 41

To speak sharply // aspramente

Question 42

**Glade (n)**

Answer 42

Clearing in forest // radura

Question 43

**Bespattered with [sth]**

Answer 43

Covered with [sth]

Question 44

**Hedgerow (n)**

Answer 44

Row of bushes // siepe

Question 45

**Enamel (n)**

Answer 45

Coating // smalto

Question 46

**Billy goat**

Answer 46

Caprone

Question 47

**Hawthorn (n)**

Answer 47

Biancospino

Question 48

**Beseeching (adj)**

Answer 48

Begging // implorante, supplicante

Question 49

**Bur(r)**

Answer 49

Rough, sticky part of a plant

Question 50

**Mane (n)**

Answer 50

Criniera