Italian vocab: storia tossica della letteratura italiana Flashcards
(54 cards)
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reappear (peek through)
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riaffacciarsi
2
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digression/focus
A
excursus
3
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school anthologies
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antologie scolastiche
4
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typically/exclusively
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prettamente
5
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seldom/rarely
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di rado
6
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sneaky/underhanded
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subdolo
7
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deserved/appropriate
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doveroso
8
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hope/wish for
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auspicare
9
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dexotified
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detossicizzato
10
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unhinge/dismantle/deconstruct
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scardinare
11
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angelic women
A
donne angelicate
12
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elusive/incomprehensible
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inafferrabile
13
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vague
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impalpabile
14
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rebellious women
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donne riottose
15
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transpire
A
trapelare
16
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happy ending
A
lieto fine
17
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icy/chilling
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agghiacciante
18
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torn up/treated badly
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sbranato
19
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legend
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mostro sacro
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chivalrous
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cavalleresco
21
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range
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gamma
22
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enumerate/include
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annoverare
23
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whimsical
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capriccioso
24
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defender/protector/champion
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paladino
25
foot soldier/infantryman
un fante
26
self-deception
autoinganno
27
blind rage
una furia cieca
28
undress
spogliarsi
29
throw mud (make baseless accusations)
gettar fango
30
escape from
astrarsi
31
uncontaminated
incontaminato
32
to curse my ashes
maledire le mie ceneri
33
prey
preda
34
to make a mere, endless and cliched list
fare un mero, infinito e trito elenco
35
derogatory
dispregiativo
36
crowds of men
stuoli di uomini
37
odd/strange
balzano
38
curtain
sipario
39
to spy
spiare
40
monodimensional
monodimensionale
41
naive
ingenuo
42
ahead of one's time
ante litteram
43
a relational model
un modello relazionale
44
to become a nun
farsi monaca
45
fearless
indomito
46
seductive
maliardo
47
no third possibility is given
Tertium non datur
48
to give birth
figliare
49
supporting (actor)
comprimario
50
shallow/airheaded
vacuo
51
untied/loosened
slegato
52
to cunningly embed
annidare subdolamente
53
little satisfaction
contentino
54
credible/plausible
verosimile
