Italian vocab: storia tossica della letteratura italiana Flashcards

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reappear (peek through)

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riaffacciarsi

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digression/focus

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excursus

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school anthologies

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antologie scolastiche

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typically/exclusively

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prettamente

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seldom/rarely

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di rado

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sneaky/underhanded

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subdolo

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deserved/appropriate

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doveroso

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hope/wish for

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auspicare

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dexotified

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detossicizzato

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unhinge/dismantle/deconstruct

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scardinare

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angelic women

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donne angelicate

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elusive/incomprehensible

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inafferrabile

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vague

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impalpabile

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rebellious women

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donne riottose

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transpire

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trapelare

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happy ending

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lieto fine

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icy/chilling

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agghiacciante

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torn up/treated badly

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sbranato

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legend

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mostro sacro

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chivalrous

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cavalleresco

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range

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gamma

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22
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enumerate/include

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annoverare

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whimsical

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capriccioso

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defender/protector/champion

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paladino

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foot soldier/infantryman

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un fante

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self-deception

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autoinganno

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blind rage

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una furia cieca

28
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undress

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spogliarsi

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throw mud (make baseless accusations)

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gettar fango

30
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escape from

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astrarsi

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uncontaminated

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incontaminato

32
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to curse my ashes

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maledire le mie ceneri

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prey

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preda

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to make a mere, endless and cliched list

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fare un mero, infinito e trito elenco

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derogatory

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dispregiativo

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crowds of men

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stuoli di uomini

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odd/strange

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balzano

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curtain

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sipario

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to spy

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spiare

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monodimensional

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monodimensionale

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naive

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ingenuo

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ahead of one’s time

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ante litteram

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a relational model

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un modello relazionale

44
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to become a nun

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farsi monaca

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fearless

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indomito

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seductive

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maliardo

47
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no third possibility is given

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Tertium non datur

48
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to give birth

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figliare

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supporting (actor)

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comprimario

50
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shallow/airheaded

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vacuo

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untied/loosened

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slegato

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to cunningly embed

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annidare subdolamente

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little satisfaction

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contentino

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credible/plausible

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verosimile