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Shingle (n)

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  1. Ciottoli / spiaggia di ciottoli
  2. Tegola
  3. Herpes zoster / fuoco di Sant’ Antonio
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Shyster

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Corrupt lawyer

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Quell [sth]

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Sedare, domare, reprimere

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Wryly

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Sarcasticamente, beffardamente

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Blasé

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Unimpressed / indifferente, apatico

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Snugly

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Cozily, comfortably

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Scatty

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Absent-minded / sbadato, distratto

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Scuffle (n, vi)

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Baruffa, zuffa

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Raspberry

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  1. Lampone
  2. Pernacchia
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Gingerly

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Cautiously

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Ruefully

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Sadly, with regret

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Holdall

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Large bag with handles / borsone, sacca

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Cackle (n, vi)

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Laugh noisily

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Heft [sth]

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To lift [sth]

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Scrawny

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Person: thin, bony

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Poke [sth] out

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Cavare, spuntare fuori - Be careful with that stick, you’ll poke somebody’s eye out with it.

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Bleary

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Confuso, indistinto, annebbiato

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Swayback

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Spine dips down

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Husk

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Outer shell / Guscio, buccia

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Rack

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Griglia, rastrelliera, scaffale

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Trove

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Valuable collection - Doug keeps a trove of antique baseball cards under his bed.

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Hoodlum

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Gangster, criminal

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Blight (n)

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  1. Urban decay - Urban blight is forcing people out to the suburbs.
  2. Causa di rovina, sventura, piaga - His expensive tastes were the blight of their marriage.
  3. Plant disease / ruggine
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Tear (v)

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  1. Move fast // accelerare, affrettarsi
  2. Strapparsi, lacerarsi
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Shin (n)

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Stinco, tibia

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Cagey (adj)

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Evasive, suspicious, mistrustful - The suspect was cagey, but agreed to give the police the information they wanted.

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Loose lips sink ships

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If you speak indiscreetly about confidential or sensitive information, someone might be listening who could use itagainst you

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Umpteenth

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Ennesimo

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Sidle (v)

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  1. Passare di sghembo, passare di traverso, passare di lato
  2. Camminare di soppiatto verso [qlcn], camminare furtivamente
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Shack (n)

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Baracca, capanna

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Patsy

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  1. Person blamed for another’s crime / capro espiatorio - George didn’t commit the crime; he was just a patsy.
  2. Gullible person / fesso, tonto - How could you believe that story? You’re such a patsy
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Bereft (adj)

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Lonely, heartbroken

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Jape (n)

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Prank, joke

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Snicker (US) / Snigger (UK)

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  1. Ridere sotto i baffi
  2. Dire con tono derisorio
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Coax [sb]

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Persuadere, convincere

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Bugle (n)

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Musical instrument: horn

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Miffed

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Annoyed or offended

38
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Chestnut

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Castagna

39
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Swaddle [sb]

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Baby: wrap up tightly / fasciare

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Don [sth]

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Put on: clothing (formal) / indossare, mettere, infilare - It was cold outside, so Karen donned a coat and scarf.

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Bib overalls

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Salopette

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Kerchief

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Scarf worn on head or neck / foulard

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Hassock (n)

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Cushioned footstool / poggiapiedi

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Quilt (n)

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Thick bed covering / piumone

45
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Flapper (n)

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Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion

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Stuck-up (adj)

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Pieno di sé - She was really stuck up: she thought she was better than everyone else.

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Rifle through [sth]

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Rovistare tra, frugare tra - I rifled through my papers but couldn’t find the document my boss wanted.

48
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Hole up

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Rintanarsi, rifugiarsi, nascondersi - We’d better hole up here before moving on tomorrow night.

49
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Pass the buck

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To shift responsibility or blame to another person - Quit passing the buck all the time!

50
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Dismally

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  1. Terribily - Betty scored dismally on the test because she hadn’t revised
  2. Gloomly - Rain clouds hung dismally over the landscape

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