HT Wk11: 3-8 Apr Flashcards
bourgeois/middle class, also plain clothes/common, also conservative/conventional/conformist
borghese (adj)
employed, hired
assunto (adj.)
conformist
benpensante (m/f)
grave/tomb
la tomba
fig. word for death
la tomba, also ‘the end’
descend/climb or hike down/disembark/fall
scendere
breathe inhale
aspirare / respiro
hood/cape/tarp
la cappa
strive for/long for / aim for
aspirare
snow groomer/bulldozer, fig. trailblazer
apripista (m/f)
shark/ small shark
pescecane (m)
clay
argilla (f)
seafront/boardwalk
lungomare (m) (doesn’t change in plural: i lungomare)
to dry [sth]
asciugare (asciugarsi)
train tracks / railway / rail system
la ferrovia
capital city/province (esp for each region in italy)
il capoluogo
life jacket
salvagente (m)
corkscrew
cavatappi (m)
remove/extract/pull out/grab
cavare
stamp
francobollo (m)
rainbow
arcobaleno (m)
flash/ lightening bolt/ fig. quick moment
baleno (m)
customs duty
dazio (m)
seal/stamp
bollo (m)
lightening / flash
lampo (m)
miss (fail to be present for, eg. class)
mancare a / perdere
platform/stage
il palco
