Books_7 Flashcards
Fib (n)
Small lie / frottola
Drowsy
Sleepy
Abate (v)
Ridursi di intensità - The golfers waited inside for the storm to abate.
Holler (v)
Gridare, urlare - Someone hollered my name but I couldn’t find them.
Warthog
Facocero

Writhe (v)
Agitarsi, contorcersi - The injured football player was writhing on the ground, holding his knee.
Wad (n)
- Small mass of pile
- Banknotes: roll
Coverlet
Copriletto, coperta leggera
Jamb (n)
Vertical part of doorframe // stipite
Sift [sth]
Setacciare - The old man sifted the sand to look for bits of gold.
To be stumped
To be unable to answer a question or solve a problem because it is too difficult
Wobbly
Traballante, barcollante
Tongue-in-cheek
Intended ironically - He always enjoyed her teasing, tongue-in-cheek comments. - Though his remark was tongue in cheek, it still hurt.
Stooge (n)
A person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them
Flimsy
Debole, fragile - That bench is too flimsy to support four people.
Spurn [sb/sth]
To reject [sb/sth] / sdegnare, respingere - Kate spurned Dan’s romantic propositions.
Sliver, sliver of [sth]
Scheggia, frammento di / thin slice, portion
Attuned to [sth]
In sintonia con, in armonia con / acclimatized to [sth] - Babies are attuned to their mothers’ voices. - Mary is not yet attuned to the more formal work environment.
Enthralled
Completely fascinated / ammaliato
Leeway (n)
Margine, libertà di azione - That gives us only five minutes leeway to get to the airport.
Croon (v)
Canticchiare
Wayward (adj)
Ribelle, capriccioso, ostinato, caparbio, imprevedibile
Namby-pamby
Sentimental, insipid
Grisly
person / scene: horrible
Pesky
Troublesome // molesto, fastidioso
Runt (n)
Small weak person / piccoletto
Puny
Thin / mingherlino
Thunderclap
Loud crash of thunder / tuono
Pen [sth] up
Enclose in a pen, fenced area // rinchiudere in un recinto
1.Bust out
2.Bust [sb-sth] out
- Escape from somewhere / evadere, scappare
- Tirare fuori - His friends will bust him out of jail. - Let’s bust out a bottle of the good wine for our anniversary!
1.To bawl
2. To bawl at [sb]
- To cry, weep loudly
- To shout, yell
(Right) on cue
At just the right moment /
in quel preciso istante, nemmeno a farlo apposta
Trudge (v, n)
- Slow or tiring walk - The snow was so deep that we could only move forward at a trudge.
- Arrancare, camminare faticosamente - It was already getting dark when the hikers finally trudged back to their tent.
- Wind down
- Wind [sth] down
- Relax
- Bring to gradual end - The company is winding down its operations in that part of the world.
Buzzer
Doorbell / button that emits sound
Turn on a dime
To turn very quickly and with great agility / change focus, activity, opinion, or behavior very suddenly or abruptly - He’s usually a nice guy, but his temper can turn on a dime sometimes.
Mill (v)
To move in a crowd - The fair was busy with people milling everywhere.
Billowy
Swelling or surging // ondoso
Smolder (v)
- Be moody or resentful / covare rabbia o rancore - Dylan smoldered all afternoon as he continued to mull over his girlfriend’s accusation.
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Be good looking - The shapely woman smoldered in the tight red dress.
* (smoldering = simmering with rage / ribollente)*
Whatchamacallit
Used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify
Manic (adj)
- Frenetico - My sister can’t handle stress and becomes manic in a crisis.
- Maniacale, fissato, patito - I am a good planner because I’m manic about details.
Sallow
Skin: yellowish / giallastro, giallognolo
Rheum
Discharge from nose or eyes // muco, catarro
Ailing (adj)
- Person: ill
- Guasto, in avaria - The ailing aircraft made an emergency landing in Sweden
Wheezy
Ansimante, ansante - A wheezy old man answered the telephone.
Pew (n)
Bench in church
Beguiling
Enchanting
Balderdash
Nonsense / sciocchezze
Burnish (v)
Lucidare