Books_5 Flashcards
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Nitpicky
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Overly concerned with insignificant details
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Gaunt (adj)
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Scarno, magro
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Meekness
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Mansuetudine, docilità
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Veneer (n)
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Patina, vernice
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Umpire (n)
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Arbitro, giudice
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Tartness (n)
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Sour taste // asprezza
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(To be) Coy about [sth]
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Evasive
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Wilt (v)
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Avvizzire, appassire
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Grind (v)
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Grattare, sfregare
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Run-down (adj)
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Cadente, malandato, malmesso
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Blustery (adj)
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Windy
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Dreary
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Tetro, cupo, uggioso
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Hen
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Female chicken
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Coop (n)
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Pollaio, stia
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Eerie
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Mysterious, creepy
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Plod (v)
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Arrancare
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Rummage (v)
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Search using hands
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Ravenous
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Very hungry // famelico
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Cloyingly
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In modo nauseante // sickeningly
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Bunk (n)
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Not true // cavolata, fesseria
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Have a short fuse
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Lose your temper easily // Persona irascibile
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Hazy
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- atmosphere: misty // annebbiato
- memory: unclear
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Pram (n)
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Carrozzina per bambini
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Ridge (n)
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Cresta, dorsale
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**Bustle (n)**
Rush, hustle // viavai, andirivieni
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**Sexton**
Sagrestano
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**Helter-skelter**
Chaotically
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**Hew [sth]**
Cut down
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**Sully (v)**
Taint // macchiare
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**Tadpole (n)**
Girino
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**Steal (v)**
Move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously (discreetly)
*She quickly stole across the room to get her purse without waking him.*
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**Surreptitiously**
Secretly, discreetly
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**Nag (at) [sb]**
1. Complain (+at)
2. Tormentare, assillare
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**Gash (n)**
A long, deep cut or wound
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**Flabbergast (v)**
Astonish
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**Willy-nilly**
Volente o nolente
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**Stork (n)**
Cicogna
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**Humbug (n)**
Hypocrisy, deceptive or false talk or behavior
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**Craven**
Coward
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**Forlorn**
1. Sad, miserable
2. Lonely, forsaken
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**Headway**
Progress
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**Contrive to do [sth]**
Find a way, arrange to do [sth]
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**Swindle [sth]**
Cheat, deceive
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**Pang (n)**
Fitta // a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion
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**Fritter [sth] away**
Waste, squander
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**Shrub (n)**
Arbusto // bush
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**Cram (v, adj)**
1. Completely full to the point of overflowing
2. Study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination
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**Punt (n)**
A long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends
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**Food stamp**
Buono spesa
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Dazzling
That blinds / Impressive
