general vocabulary Flashcards by Gaia Della Volta

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peculiar aspects

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quirks

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mendicante

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beggar

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scared

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petrified

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bruco

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catepillar

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gentile

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courteous

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smart

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quick-witted

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very easy

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a piece of cake

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to end something

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to call it a day

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circondare

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to surround

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non me la bevo

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I don’t buy it

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to make the most of it

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to take advantage of it

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vespa

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wasp

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peste

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plague

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spina

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plug

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essere felice di

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to be happy about

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essere appassionato di

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to be passionated about

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brusco

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abrupt

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arguzia

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witt

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arguto

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witty

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autoironia

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self-deprecation

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give me a second

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just hold on a second

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bozza

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draft

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intestino

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gut

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hate

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animosity

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a reference to

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a nod to someone

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passare il testimone

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to give someone the nod

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is that really important?

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what’s in a name?

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moving with force

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to bump down the line

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bottega

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parlour

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sgabello

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stool

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I found

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I stumbled upon

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storto

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crooked/ askew

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to confess

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to own up

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much more difficult

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a great deal more difficult

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guastafeste

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killjoy

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c’è qualcosa sotto

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I smell a rat

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very precisely

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with a fine-tooth comb

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blaterare

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to prattle on something

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accarezzare

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to stroke

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to invent

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to make up something

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pleasant

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affable

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ultima spiaggia

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the last resort

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beautiful

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stunning

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posh

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toff

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How are you?

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so far, so good/I’ve never been better/better now I’m talking to you/can’t complain/I’m alive/good enough!

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a memoria

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by heart

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risentimento

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grudge

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I’m busy

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I’m tied up

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to cancel

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to call off

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anticipare

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to bring forward

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posticipare

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to put off

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I know what you’re thinking

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I can see what you’re thinking

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to relax

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to brace

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enterprise

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undertaking

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credimi sulla parola

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just take my word for it

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avvincente

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gripping

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to can not to be eaten

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inedible

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impulsive

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rash

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smettere di

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to stop at doing something

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to be in trouble

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to be in the hot water

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to get in cold sweat

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to have cold feet