False Friends Flashcards
educato
well-mannered, polite
maleducato
bad mannered
istruito
educated
analfabeta
illiterate
a buon mercato
cheap
economico
cheap
annoiato
bored
irritato
annoyed
sensibile
sensitive
gentile
kind hearted
ricoverare
to admit into hospital
il ricoverato
patient (at the hospital)
un incidente
an accident
accidenti!
bother! damn!
intervento chirurgico
an operation
una vista medica
a medical examination
la cura
treatment
curare
to treat
infortunato
injured
infortunio
injury
benessere
wellbeing
benestante
well off
attendere
to wait
assistere
to attend
la stampa
the press
voto/voti
marks (school grades)
votare
to vote
pretendere
to expect
fare finta di
to pretend
vegetali
vegetable matter
legume
pulses (beans, nuts, etc)
verdure
vegetables
uno straniero
a foreigner
un estraneo
a stranger
il pasto
a meal
la pasta
the pasta / the cake
un mezzo
a measn
un mezzo pubblico
public transporto
stato civile
marital status
celibe
single (status for a man)
nubile
single (status for a woman)
l’unico/a
the only
un dipendente
a worker (employee)
un datore di lavoro
a director (boss or work place)
un detto
saying
attualmente
now
in realtà
actually
ultimamente
lately
la libreria
the bookshop
la biblioteca
the library
elementare
elementary school
alimentare
food
la cucina
the kitchen / the cuisine
formazione
training
stupito/a
surprised
stupido/a
stupid
realizzare
to achieve
rendersi conto
to realise
praticamente
actually
il Mezzogiorno
the South of Italy
interrograzione
oral test
esame scritto/compito in classe
written exam
fare le prove
rehearsals (theatre, plays, etc.)
licenziare
to fire someone
licenziarsi
to resign, to withdraw
la licenza
a license to practice (permission)
la meta
the goal
la metà
a half (one half)
pensione
boarding house / retirement fund
andare in pensione
to retire
per quello che mi riguarda
as far as I’m concerned
argomento
topic
discussione
argument
diabattito
discussion
raccomandare (una persona)
recommend a person (for a job)
consigliare
recommend / advise
