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1
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Paddy field

A

Risaia

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Drudgery

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Lavoro noioso, tran tran, lavoro duro, fatica

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3
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Porthole

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Oblò

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Fettered

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Incatenato (anche shackled, bound)

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Endurance

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Perseveranza (nome della nave di Shackleton)

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6
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Litmus

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Cartina di tornasole

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To be/keep/stay mum

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Non dire una parola, non aprire bocca.

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8
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Mum is the word

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Acqua in bocca!

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9
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Staunch

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Fedele, loyal (es. supporter)

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10
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Uncanny

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Inquietante (disturbing)

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11
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Land reclamation

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Bonifica

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12
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Pledge

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Promessa, impegno

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13
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Fault line

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Linea di faglia

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14
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Takeaway

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La morale, il succo, la cosa da ricordare

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15
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GTG

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Got to go

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16
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Drunkard

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Beone, alcolizzato

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17
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Adamant (accento sulla prima sillaba)

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Irremovibile, ostinato

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18
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Agape

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A bocca aperta

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19
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Clever clog

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Cervellone, sapientone

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20
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That’s the cherry on top

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È la ciliegina sulla torta

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21
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Gasper (slang e non)

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Slang: Sigaretta

Non-slang: that causes gasp – (spettacolo) scioccante, impressionante

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22
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Shooting brake

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Altra parola per station wagon (in italiano giardinetta)

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23
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Belisha beacon

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Lampione in corrispondenza di attraversamenti pedonali

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24
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She fell like a ton of bricks for…

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Si innamorò perdutamente di…

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25
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Non sequitur

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Affermazione illogica, conclusione illogica

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26
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Bonfire

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Falò

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27
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The icing on the cake

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La ciliegina sulla torta

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28
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To tumble

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Ruzzolare, cadere, (fig.) crollare

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29
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Fib

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Frottola, balla

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30
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Well-heeled

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Benestante

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31
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well-to-do

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Benestante

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32
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A fixture (tre siginificati)

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  • una presenza fissa
  • un impianto
  • una plafoniera
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33
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Fedora

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Cappello da Humprey Bogart

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34
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Crux (eg. the crux of the issue)

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Il nodo, il punto cruciale

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35
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To offset

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Controbilanciare, compensare

36
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Sleight of hand

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Gioco di prestigio, trucco

37
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Far-fetched

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Irrealistico, improbabile (di film, romanzo…)

38
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Far-flung

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Remoto

39
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Bullhorn

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Megafono

40
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Brawny

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Muscoloso

41
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in the early aughts

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Aught (pr. ot) vuol dire niente, alcunchè, zero

quindi l’espressione vuol dire “nei primi anni zero” (gli anni dal 2000 al 2005, più o meno)

42
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Bespectacled

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Occhialuto

43
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Seldom

A

Raramente

44
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To make light of something

A

Sminuire le cose

45
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Smallpox

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Vaiolo

46
Q

To push someone around

A

Costringere, vessare…

47
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Bar none

A

Nessuno escluso

48
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To have thin skin

A

Essere permaloso

49
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To play a trick

A

Fare uno scherzo

50
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Flight (oltre che volo)

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Fuga

51
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Fodder

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Foraggio

52
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To abide by

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Attenersi a

53
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Restraint (pr. ristreint)

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Moderazione

54
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Up front

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In anticipo

55
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Deceit

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Inganno

56
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Buttress

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Contrafforte

Come verbo: Puntellare, sostenere (anche fig.)

57
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To brag

A

Vantarsi

58
Q

Bathrobe

A

Accappatoio

59
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Flustered

A

Agitato, confuso

60
Q

Obnoxious

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Odioso, detestabile…

61
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To delude

A

Illudere

62
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Flustered

A

Confuso, agitato

63
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Terraced house

A

Casa a schiera

64
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Detached house

A

Casa indipendente

65
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Semidetached house

A

Casa bifamigliare

66
Q

Coveted

A

Bramato, fortemente desiderato

67
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Stud (2 significati)

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Stallone (anche: bottone automatico, borchia, tacchetto, chiodo…)

68
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Bouncer

A

Buttafuori

69
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Hoof (pl. Hoofs, hooves)

A

Zoccolo di animale

70
Q

Notorious

A

Famigerato, malfamato…

71
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I’ll get you back!

A

Mi vendicherò di te!

72
Q

Blithe (blaif)

A

Allegro, gioioso…

73
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Sycophantic

A

Servile

74
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Cringing

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Servile

75
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Saucer

A

Piattino (da tazza)

76
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Quite, says Marianne.

A

Esatto, dice Marianne.

Quite in questo senso vuol dire esatto, appunto, infatti…
Si può anche dire “Quite so”.
E’ molto british.

Su quite vedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xOooQvE9d0

77
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To mug someone

A

Derubare qualcuno

78
Q

To surmise

A

Ipotizzare, supporre

79
Q

Bonnet

A

Cofano di macchina

80
Q

Boot (di macchina)

A

Bagagliaio

81
Q

A tall order

A

Un’impresa ardua

82
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To quell (kvel)

A

Reprimere, sedare, calmare

83
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Ditch e to ditch

A

Fosso

  1. buttare via 2. (fig) lasciar perdere
84
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Thorny

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  1. che ha molte spine 2. (di argomento) controverso, problematico
85
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By half-time it was still nil-all

A

Alla fine del primo tempo erano ancora zero a zero

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