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1
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Befuddle [sb]

A

Confuse, bewilder

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Gab (v, n)

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Talk a lot / talk, chat

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Jettison [sth]

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Discard, throw overboard

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Yesteryear (n)

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Il tempo che fu / past

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Purvey [sth]

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Supply // approvvigionare

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Ilk (n)

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Kind, sort

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

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Boorish (adj)

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Zotico, rozzo, cafone

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Cull [sth]

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  1. Choose // selezionare, raccogliere
  2. Kill to reduce population
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Tawdry (adj)

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  1. Cheap, low-quality
  2. Shameful, morally bad
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On the sly

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Secretly

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

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Finagle [sth]

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Acquire by deceit // ottnere qlcs per vie traverse

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12
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Dole (n)

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Unemployment benefit

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Pall (n)

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  1. Coffin
  2. Cloud of [sth] / coltre, manto
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Thoroughfare (n)

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  1. Main road, highway
  2. Right of passage
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Gamut (n)

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Range of [sth]

People living in poverty suffer a whole gamut of problems.

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The proof of the pudding is in the eating

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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.

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17
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Flit (v)

A

Move quickly

Butterflies flitted among the cabbage.

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Forthright (adj)

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Outspoken, direct

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Bookend (n)

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Weight at end of a row of books

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Scathing (adj)

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Critical, hurtful // tagliente, pungente

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21
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Saucer-eyed (adj)

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

22
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Give [sb] an earful

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Reprimand // fare la predica, una ramanzina

23
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Scurry (n, v)

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  1. Hurried movement
  2. Move hurriedly // muoversi di fretta o freneticamente - When the bell rang, the children scurried inside the school.
24
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Hemming and hawing

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Speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections.

25
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Skit (n)

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Comedy sketch

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Demur (v, n)

A

Object / objection

27
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In fits and starts

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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.

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Fount (n)

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  1. Fountain
  2. Source (of knowledge)
29
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Gimcrack (n, adj)

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  1. Something ornamental but worthless // fronzoli, cianfrusaglie
  2. Poorly constructed, worthless // dozzinale, scadente
30
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Gropingly (adj)

31
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Archly (adj)

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Slyly // astutsmente, maliziosamente

32
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Boob (n)

A

Silly or clumsy person

33
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Curtly

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Rudely // seccamente

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Mosey (v, n)

35
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Cudgel (n, v)

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Club, stick // bastone

36
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Sodden (adj)

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Soaked, drenched

37
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Bramble (n)

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Mora di rovo

38
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Stoat (n)

39
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Outhouse (n)

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  1. Outbuilding, dependance
  2. Outbuilding containing a toilet
40
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Ramshackle (adj)

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Diroccato, traballante, pericolante

41
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Tartly

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To speak sharply // aspramente

42
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Glade (n)

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Clearing in forest // radura

43
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Bespattered with [sth]

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Covered with [sth]

44
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Hedgerow (n)

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Row of bushes // siepe

45
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Enamel (n)

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Coating // smalto

46
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Billy goat

47
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Hawthorn (n)

A

Biancospino

48
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Beseeching (adj)

A

Begging // implorante, supplicante

49
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Bur(r)

A

Rough, sticky part of a plant

50
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Mane (n)

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