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1
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to break under torture

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crollare sotto le torture

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to call somebody an idiot / to call someone an idiot

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dare dell’idiota a qualcuno

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to have a child

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fare un figlio

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to keep silent / to be quiet

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fare silenzio

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to make an effort

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fare uno sforzo

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to break a journey / to take a break / to make a stop

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fare una sosta

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7
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to play the fool

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fare lo stupido

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8
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to burst out laughing

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scoppiare a ridere

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9
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I’m boiling

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scoppio dal caldo

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10
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to break a scandal

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scoppiare uno scandalo

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11
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to burst out crying

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scoppiare a piangere

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to burst out sobbing

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scoppiare in singhiozzi

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13
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to burst a balloon

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scoppiare un palloncino

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14
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to break the heart

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spezzare il cuore

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15
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to value / to hold dear

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tenerci

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16
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to break in a horse / to tame a horse

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domare un cavallo

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to watch out / to be careful / to make sure / to pay attention

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fare attenzione

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18
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to do the laundry

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fare il bucato

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19
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to make a noise / to make a mess / to make trouble

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fare casino

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20
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to pay a compliment

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fare un complimento

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21
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to shower / to have a shower

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fare la doccia

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22
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to do a favour

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fare un favore

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23
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to take a ride / to take a spin / to take a tour / to do a tour

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fare un giro

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to go for a stroll / to go for a walk / to take a walk / to take a stroll / to have a walk

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fare una passeggiata

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25
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to do the cleaning

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fare le pulizie

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26
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to make a mistake

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fare uno sbaglio

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27
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to take a journey / to make a journey / to take a trip

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fare un viaggio

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28
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to burst a bubble

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scoppiare una bolla

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to blow a tyre / to burst a tyre

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scoppiare uno pneumatico

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30
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to break the news

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comunicare una notizia

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31
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to matter / to be relevant / to have to do with something

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entrarci

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32
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to take a step

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fare un passo

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33
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to take a nap / to have a nap

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fare un pisolino

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34
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to do one’s duty

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fare il proprio dovere

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35
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to take part

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prendere parte

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36
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to realise / to realize

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rendersi conto

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37
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to break the phone / (mobile)

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rompere il cellulare

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38
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to break a leg

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rompere una gamba

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39
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to break a relationship

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rompere un rapporto

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40
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to explode a bomb / to blow up a bomb

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scoppiare una bomba

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41
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I’m fit to burst / I’m bursting at the seams / I am fit to burst / I am bursting at the seams / I am full to bursting

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sono pieno da scoppiare

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42
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to break a promise

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venire meno a una promessa

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43
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to take a risk / to run a risk

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correre un rischio

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44
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to run the risk / to take the risk

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correre il rischio

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45
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to do business

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fare affari

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46
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to make friends

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fare amicizia

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47
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to make a speech

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fare un discorso

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48
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to take an exam

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fare un esame

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49
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to take a photo

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fare una foto

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50
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to have an outing / to make a trip / to take a trip

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fare una gita

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51
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to have an accident

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fare un incidente

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52
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to make an offer

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fare un’offerta

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53
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to do the dishes

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fare i piatti

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54
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to play dumb

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fare il finto tonto

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55
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to break a habit

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liberarsi da un’abitudine

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56
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my head is pounding

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mi scoppia la testa

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57
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to lose out

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rimetterci

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58
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to irritate somebody / to annoy somebody / to irritate someone / to annoy someone

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rompere le palle a qualcuno

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59
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to have it in for somebody / to have it in for someone

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avercela con qualcuno

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60
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to give up one’s seat

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cedere il posto

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61
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to manage to do / to cope / to succeed

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farcela

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62
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to take a bath / to have a bath

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fare un bagno

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63
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to have a chat

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fare una chiacchierata

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64
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to have a party

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fare una festa

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65
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to take a break / to have an intermission

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fare un intervallo

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66
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to have a game / (sport)

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fare una partita

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67
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to have a dream

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fare un sogno

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68
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to break one’s word

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mancare alla parola

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69
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to burst into tears

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scoppiare in lacrime

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70
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to break out a war / to start a war

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scoppiare una guerra

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71
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to break out an epidemic

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scoppiare un’epidemia

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72
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to break out a fire

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scoppiare un incendio

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73
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to break out a quarrel

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scoppiare una lite

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74
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to realize it / to realise it / to notice it / to become aware of it

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accorgersene

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75
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to take advantage of / to exploit

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approfittarsene

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76
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to get by / to manage / to muddle through / to get off lightly

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cavarsela

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77
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to wash one’s hands of something

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lavarsene le mani

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78
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to bear a grudge against somebody / to bear a grudege against someone

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legarsela al dito

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79
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to do everything you can possibly do

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mettercela tutta

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80
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to take time / (used in personal sense)

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metterci

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81
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to have a good time in life / to be doing well

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passarsela bene

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82
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to get offended with someone over something

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prendersela con qualcuno per qualcosa

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83
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to finish something / to handle it / to manage it

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sbrigarsela

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84
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to feel capable of doing something

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sentirsela

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85
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pack it in / knock it off / stop it ; (imperative)

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smetterla

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86
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to have a ball / to have a great time

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spassarsela

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87
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to be saved by a miracle / to have a lucky escape / to have a narrow escape

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vedersela brutta

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88
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to be needed / to take a certain amount of time / (generally used 3rd person - It takes …)

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volerci

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89
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to take / to want ; (ie to take a lot of effort / patience / etc .. to do something or to really want to do something)

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volercene

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90
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whose turn is it?

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a chi tocca?

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91
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to trust somebody / to have faith in somebody / to trust someone / to have faith in someone

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avere fiducia in qualcuno

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92
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to be beside oneself / to be furious

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essere fuori di sé

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93
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to be out of money / to run dry

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essere a secco

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94
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to take a walk / to take two steps

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fare due passi

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95
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to gain experience

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farsi le ossa

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96
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to work very hard

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farsi in quattro

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97
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to have a chat / to have a little chat

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fare quattro chiacchiere

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98
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before

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prima di

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99
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to hold on / to not give up

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tenere duro

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100
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a smart person / a capable person

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un tipo in gamba

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101
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a foodie / a lover of food / a hearty eater

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una buona forchetta

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102
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a good time person / a fun loving person

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un buontempone

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103
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a parochial minded person

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un campanilista

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104
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a scatterbrain

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un casinista / un pasticcione

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105
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a boaster

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un fanfarone / uno spaccone

106
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to hit the nail on the head

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imbroccarla giusta

107
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a jinx

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un menagramo

108
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a sulker / a moper

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un musone

109
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a pimp / a panderer / a ruffian

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un ruffiano

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I am content to

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sono contento di

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I am happy to

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sono felice di

112
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a bore / a drone

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un attaccabottoni

113
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in abundance

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a bizzeffe

114
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at point-blank / point-blank

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a bruciapelo

115
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a practical joker

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un burlone / un mattacchione

116
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a scoundrel / a rascal / a slob

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un cialtrone

117
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a sleepyhead

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un dormiglione

118
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a gourmand / (someone who has a sweet tooth)

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un golosone

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a busybody / a snooper / a nosy parker

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un impiccione / un ficcanaso

120
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a troublemaker

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un piantagrane

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a newcomer / a greenhorn

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un pivello

122
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a pain in the neck / a pest

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un rompiscatole

123
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a lazybones / a shirker / a slacker

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uno scansafatiche

124
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a turncoat

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un voltagabbana

125
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at the back of beyond / in the middle of nowhere

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a casa del diavolo

126
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haphazardly / at random

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a casaccio

127
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light heartedly

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a cuor leggero

128
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to catch somebody off guard / to catch someone off guard ; (unawares, off balance)

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cogliere qualcuno alla sprovvista

129
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to make a dash for it / to beat a hasty retreat

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correre a gambe levate / scappare a gambe levate

130
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like wildfire

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a macchia d’olio

131
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reluctantly

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a malincuore

132
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gradually / little by little

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mano a mano

133
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hand in hand

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mano nella mano

134
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more or less / roughly

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a occhio e croce

135
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perfectly / to perfection

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a pennello

136
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to laugh until one’s sides ache

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ridere a crepapelle

137
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downhill / to the dogs

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a rotoli

138
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at someone else’s expense / scrounging

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a sbafo / a scrocco / a ufo

139
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at the top of one’s voice

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a squarciagola

140
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face to face

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a tu per tu

141
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to be cheeky

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avere la faccia tosta

142
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to have guts

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avere fegato

143
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to be a spendthrift

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avere le mani bucate

144
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to be blinkered

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avere gli occhi foderati di prosciutto

145
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to look for a needle in a haystack

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cercare un ago in un pagliaio

146
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to catch red-handed / to catch in the act

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cogliere in flagranza

147
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through gritted teeth

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a denti stretti

148
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the means / the resources / the assets / the supplies / the availability / the accessibility

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la disponibilità

149
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to be broke

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essere al verde

150
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a lazybones

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un fancazzista / un fannullone

151
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to have the hots for / to fancy

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fare il filo

152
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to get wise to / to catch on to / to get the hang of

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mangiare la foglia

153
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a male chauvinist

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un maschilista

154
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a self-centred person / a person who could not care less / someone who could not care less / somebody who could not care less

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un menefreghista

155
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I could have wept

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mi sono cascate le braccia

156
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to bite one’s tongue

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mordersi la lingua

157
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to kill two birds with one stone

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prendere due piccioni con una fava

158
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to underestimate / to devalue

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prendere sotto gamba

159
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to effect / to have repercussions on

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ripercuotersi

160
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a jingoistic person

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uno sciovinista

161
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an eager beaver

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uno stacanovista

162
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to be indecisive

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tenere il piede in due scarpe

163
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to prove to be / to happen / to occur / to take place

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verificarsi

164
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to notice / to become aware

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accorgersi di

165
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to admit to / (doing something)

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ammettere di

166
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to need to / to have need of

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avere bisogno di

167
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to have the right to / (do something)

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avere il diritto di

168
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to intend to / to have the intention of / (doing something)

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avere intenzione di

169
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to be afraid of / to be afraid to

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avere paura di

170
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to have the time to / (do something)

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avere il tempo di

171
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to want to / (do something)

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avere voglia di

172
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to try to / to seek to / to look to / (do something)

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cercare di

173
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to ask about / to ask for

A

chiedere di

174
Q

to confess to / (doing something)

A

confessare di

175
Q

to believe / (someone doing something)

A

credere di

176
Q

to decide to / (do something)

A

decidere di

177
Q

to forget to / (do something) ; (followed by inf)

A

dimenticarsi di

178
Q

to say / (as in to say yes/no)

A

dire di

179
Q

to doubt / (something or someone)

A

dubitare di

180
Q

to avoid / (doing something)

A

evitare di

181
Q

to pretend to / (do something)

A

fingere di

182
Q

to finish / (doing something)

A

finire di

183
Q

to imagine / (doing something)

A

immaginare di

184
Q

to prevent / (someone from)

A

impedire di

185
Q

to fall in love with / (somebody)

A

innamorarsi di

186
Q

to complain about / (someone, something or doing something)

A

lamentarsi di

187
Q

to deny / (having done something)

A

negare di

188
Q

to order / (to do something)

A

ordinare di

189
Q

to talk about / (someone, something or doing something)

A

parlare di

190
Q

to have an opinion about / to think about ; (doing something)

A

pensare di

191
Q

to make it possible to / to allow / to permit ; (someone to do something)

A

permettere di

192
Q

to stop doing something / to pack it in

A

piantarla di

193
Q

to pray to / to beg for / to ask ; (someone to do something)

A

pregare di

194
Q

to worry about / (someone, something or doing something)

A

preoccuparsi di

195
Q

to claim to / to expect to / to pretend to ; (do something)

A

pretendere di

196
Q

to prohibit / (doing something)

A

proibire di

197
Q

to promise to / (do something)

A

promettere di

198
Q

to remember to

A

ricordarsi di

199
Q

to refuse to / (do something)

A

rifiutarsi di

200
Q

to apologise for / to apologize for /(doing something)

A

scusarsi di

201
Q

to make an effort to / (do something)

A

sforzarsi di

202
Q

to stop / (doing something)

A

smettere di

203
Q

to dream about / to dream of / (something or doing something)

A

sognare di

204
Q

to hope to

A

sperare di

205
Q

to suggest

A

suggerire di

206
Q

to fear

A

temere di

207
Q

to attempt to / to try to

A

tentare di

208
Q

to terminate / to cease / to stop / (doing something)

A

terminare di

209
Q

to be ashamed of

A

vergognarsi di

210
Q

to forbid

A

vietare di

211
Q

to get used to

A

abituarsi a

212
Q

to accompany

A

accompagnare a

213
Q

to help

A

aiutare a

214
Q

to go downhill / to be ruined / to go to pot

A

andare a rotoli

215
Q

to arrive at / to get to / to reach / to manage to

A

arrivare a

216
Q

to begin to / to commence

A

cominciare a

217
Q

to continue / to continue to

A

continuare a

218
Q

to persuade / to convince / (someone to)

A

convincere a

219
Q

to rush to / to run to / to hurry

A

correre a

220
Q

to compel / to force / (someone to)

A

costringere a

221
Q

to believe in

A

credere a

222
Q

to make up one’s mind to / to resolve to

A

decidersi a

223
Q

to enjoy doing something / to have fun doing something

A

divertirsi a fare qualcosa

224
Q

to enter

A

entrare a

225
Q

to make it / to have time to

A

fare in tempo a

226
Q

to stop oneself

A

fermarsi a

227
Q

to play / ( sport)

A

giocare a

228
Q

to learn to / (do something)

A

imparare a

229
Q

to encourage / (someone to)

A

incoraggiare a

230
Q

to start to / to begin to

A

iniziare a

231
Q

to teach / (someone)

A

insegnare a

232
Q

to be interested in / to take an interest in / to have an interest in

A

interessarsi a

233
Q

to invite / (someone to)

A

invitare a

234
Q

to send / (something to someone)

A

mandare a

235
Q

to get down to / to start to / to resolve to

A

mettersi a

236
Q

to participate in

A

partecipare a

237
Q

to think about ; (remember something) / to reflect

A

pensare a

238
Q

to prepare to

A

preparare a

239
Q

to get ready to do something

A

prepararsi a fare qualcosa

240
Q

to endeavour to / to try to / to try

A

provare a

241
Q

to stay to

A

restare a

242
Q

to give up / to quit / to renounce

A

rinunciare a

243
Q

to succeed to / to succeed in / to manage to

A

riuscire a

244
Q

to come up / to go up

A

salire a

245
Q

to hurry to / to get a move on

A

sbrigarsi a

246
Q

to smile at

A

sorridere a

247
Q

to telephone

A

telefonare a

248
Q

to return to

A

tornare a

249
Q

to go out to

A

uscire a

250
Q

to come to

A

venire a

251
Q

to love / to like

A

amare

252
Q

to desire / to wish / to want

A

desiderare

253
Q

to have to

A

dovere

254
Q

to do / to make

A

fare

255
Q

to leave / to let / to allow

A

lasciare

256
Q

to please / to like

A

piacere

257
Q

I like

A

mi piace

258
Q

to be able

A

potere

259
Q

to prefer

A

preferire

260
Q

to know / (a fact)

A

sapere

261
Q

to want

A

volere

262
Q

to break under torture

A

crollare sotto le torture

Italian-Idiomatic-Expressions (2 decks)

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