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Fib (n)

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Small lie / frottola

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Drowsy

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Sleepy

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Abate (v)

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Ridursi di intensità - The golfers waited inside for the storm to abate.

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Holler (v)

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Gridare, urlare - Someone hollered my name but I couldn’t find them.

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Warthog

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Facocero

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Writhe (v)

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Agitarsi, contorcersi - The injured football player was writhing on the ground, holding his knee.

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Wad (n)

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  1. Small mass of pile
  2. Banknotes: roll
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Coverlet

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Copriletto, coperta leggera

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Jamb (n)

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Vertical part of doorframe // stipite

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Sift [sth]

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Setacciare - The old man sifted the sand to look for bits of gold.

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To be stumped

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To be unable to answer a question or solve a problem because it is too difficult

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Wobbly

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Traballante, barcollante

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Tongue-in-cheek

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Intended ironically - He always enjoyed her teasing, tongue-in-cheek comments. - Though his remark was tongue in cheek, it still hurt.

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Stooge (n)

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A person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them

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Flimsy

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Debole, fragile - That bench is too flimsy to support four people.

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Spurn [sb/sth]

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To reject [sb/sth] / sdegnare, respingere - Kate spurned Dan’s romantic propositions.

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Sliver, sliver of [sth]

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Scheggia, frammento di / thin slice, portion

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Attuned to [sth]

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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.

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Enthralled

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Completely fascinated / ammaliato

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Leeway (n)

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Margine, libertà di azione - That gives us only five minutes leeway to get to the airport.

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Croon (v)

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Canticchiare

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Wayward (adj)

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Ribelle, capriccioso, ostinato, caparbio, imprevedibile

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Namby-pamby

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Sentimental, insipid

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Grisly

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person / scene: horrible

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Pesky

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Troublesome // molesto, fastidioso

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Runt (n)

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Small weak person / piccoletto

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Puny

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Thin / mingherlino

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Thunderclap

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Loud crash of thunder / tuono

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Pen [sth] up

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Enclose in a pen, fenced area // rinchiudere in un recinto

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1.Bust out

2.Bust [sb-sth] out

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  1. Escape from somewhere / evadere, scappare
  2. Tirare fuori - His friends will bust him out of jail. - Let’s bust out a bottle of the good wine for our anniversary!
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1.To bawl

2. To bawl at [sb]

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  1. To cry, weep loudly
  2. To shout, yell
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(Right) on cue

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At just the right moment /

in quel preciso istante, nemmeno a farlo apposta

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Trudge (v, n)

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  1. Slow or tiring walk - The snow was so deep that we could only move forward at a trudge.
  2. Arrancare, camminare faticosamente - It was already getting dark when the hikers finally trudged back to their tent.
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  1. Wind down
  2. Wind [sth] down
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  1. Relax
  2. Bring to gradual end - The company is winding down its operations in that part of the world.
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Buzzer

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Doorbell / button that emits sound

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Turn on a dime

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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.

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Mill (v)

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To move in a crowd - The fair was busy with people milling everywhere.

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Billowy

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Swelling or surging // ondoso

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Smolder (v)

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  1. Be moody or resentful / covare rabbia o rancore - Dylan smoldered all afternoon as he continued to mull over his girlfriend’s accusation.
  2. Be good looking - The shapely woman smoldered in the tight red dress.
    * (smoldering = simmering with rage / ribollente)*
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Whatchamacallit

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Used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify

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Manic (adj)

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  1. Frenetico - My sister can’t handle stress and becomes manic in a crisis.
  2. Maniacale, fissato, patito - I am a good planner because I’m manic about details.
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Sallow

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Skin: yellowish / giallastro, giallognolo

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Rheum

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Discharge from nose or eyes // muco, catarro

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Ailing (adj)

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  1. Person: ill
  2. Guasto, in avaria - The ailing aircraft made an emergency landing in Sweden
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Wheezy

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Ansimante, ansante - A wheezy old man answered the telephone.

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Pew (n)

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Bench in church

47
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Beguiling

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Enchanting

48
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Balderdash

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Nonsense / sciocchezze

49
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Burnish (v)

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Lucidare

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