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Nitpicky

A

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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  1. atmosphere: misty // annebbiato
  2. memory: unclear
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Pram (n)

A

Carrozzina per bambini

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Ridge (n)

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Cresta, dorsale

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Bustle (n)

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Rush, hustle // viavai, andirivieni

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Sexton

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Sagrestano

27
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Helter-skelter

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Chaotically

28
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Hew [sth]

A

Cut down

29
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Sully (v)

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Taint // macchiare

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Tadpole (n)

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Girino

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Steal (v)

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Move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously (discreetly)

She quickly stole across the room to get her purse without waking him.

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Surreptitiously

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Secretly, discreetly

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Nag (at) [sb]

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  1. Complain (+at)
  2. Tormentare, assillare
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Gash (n)

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A long, deep cut or wound

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Flabbergast (v)

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Astonish

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Willy-nilly

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Volente o nolente

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Stork (n)

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Cicogna

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Humbug (n)

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Hypocrisy, deceptive or false talk or behavior

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Craven

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Coward

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Forlorn

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  1. Sad, miserable
  2. Lonely, forsaken
41
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Headway

A

Progress

42
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Contrive to do [sth]

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Find a way, arrange to do [sth]

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Swindle [sth]

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Cheat, deceive

44
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Pang (n)

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Fitta // a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

45
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Fritter [sth] away

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Waste, squander

46
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Shrub (n)

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Arbusto // bush

47
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Cram (v, adj)

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  1. Completely full to the point of overflowing
  2. Study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination
48
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Punt (n)

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A long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends

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Food stamp

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Buono spesa

50
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Dazzling

A

That blinds / Impressive

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