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miscellaneous

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diverso/vario

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leafless

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sfogliato

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shrubbery

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cespuglio

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dreadful

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orribile

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nipped

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gelato

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cluster around

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radunarsi

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earnest

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serio/giudizioso

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sprightly

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vivace

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afar

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da lontano

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lawn

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prato raso

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shrub

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arbusto

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thereof

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di ciò

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seafowl

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pollame

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studded with

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costellato di

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isle

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isola

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to gorge oneself

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abbuffarsi

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bilious

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biliare

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dim

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fioco

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to blear

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offuscare

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flabby

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grasso

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to poise

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bilanciare

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to hurl

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lanciare

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to bellow

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urlare

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to browbeat

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vessare

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headstrong

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determinato

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to term

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definire

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naughty

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disobbediente

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tiresome

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fastidioso

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sullen

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imbronciato

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wantonly

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senza motivo

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to thwart

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impedire, sventare

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ward

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persona sotto tutela

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discord

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discordia

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to drear

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annoiare

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to becloud

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offuscare, annuvolare

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forlorn

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misero

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to damp + to muffly

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attenuare + attutire

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on the embers of

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sulle braci di

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ire

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ira

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irksome

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irritante

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in sb’s stead

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nelle veci di

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to dawn upon

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divenire chiaro

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dimly

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oscuramente

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to avenge (not) to avow

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vendicare (no) dichiarare, confessare

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to hush

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zittire

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sob

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singhiozzo

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lest

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per timore di

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halo

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aura, alone di luce OPPURE aureola

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to stifle

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soffocare, reprimere

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to quiver

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fremere

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readily

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facilmente

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in all likelihood

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con molta probabilità

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herald

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messagero

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ailing (to ail)

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malato (stare male, sentirsi male)

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by-and-by

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prima o poi OPPURE tra poco

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pang

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fitta

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uproot

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estirpare, sradicare

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shawl

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scialle

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hearth

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focolare

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ailment

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indisposizione, malattia

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wretchedness

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degradazione, miseria, condizioni disgraziate

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musing

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riflessione, meditazione

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pinafore

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grembiule

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brood

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covare

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gleam

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barlume

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crib

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lettino

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trunk

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baule

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biwildered

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sorpreso, frastornato, sbigottito, confuso

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parlour

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salotto

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inanition

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inanizione

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stout

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coraggioso

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coarse

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ruvido, grezzo

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hebdomandal

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settimanale

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gaunt

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scarno, magro

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frown on

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biasimare, disapprovare, condannare

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ominously

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sinistramente, profeticamente

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dismayed

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turbato, sgomentato

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hearthrug

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tappeto vicino al camino

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topknot

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chignon alto

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hitherto

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fino adesso, fino a questo momento

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feasible

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fattibile

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to dread lest

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temere (per timore di)

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scrape

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guaio OPPURE graffio

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to sidle over

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passare di traverso, di sghembo

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to pluck

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tirare fuori

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to be out of sb’s reach

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essere fuori la portata di qualcuno

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kinsfolk

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parenti

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despicable

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spregevole, disprezzabile

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dashing

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elegante, gentile, galante

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leisurely

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tranquillamente

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eerie

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inquietante, angosciosa

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to swell

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ingrossare

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strain (NO stain, macchia)

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sforzo, impegno

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to forsake

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abbandonare, lasciare

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to bewail

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lamentare, piangere

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to deck

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ornare, decorare

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demeanour

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atteggiamento

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frock

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abito

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keepsake

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ricordo

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to divest of

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liberare OPPURe svestire

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deuce

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parità OPPURE due

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quaint

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singolare, bizzarro

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paltry

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misero

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ribaldry

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volgarità, scurrilità

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repentance

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pentimento

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to hamper

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intralciare, ostacolare

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to burden

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opprimere, gravare

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cost what it may

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a qualunque costo esso implichi

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to unacquaint

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non familiarizzare

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neophyte

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neofita

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countenance

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espressione del viso

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to pave

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aprire la strada

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to sully (sullied memory)

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macchiare, infangare (memoria sporca)

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bane

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tormento

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to muffle (the voice)

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smorzare, attutire (la voce)

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dupe (to dupe)

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credulone, allocco (ingannare, beffare)

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battledore OR shuttlecock

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badmington, volano

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to prattle

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chiacchierare a vanvera

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treachery

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infedeltà

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to startle

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spaventare, cogliere di sorpresa

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noxious

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nocivo

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to scowl

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accigliarsi, aggrottare la fronte, guardare con cipiglio

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to hush

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zittire

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to sunder

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separare, dividere

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slumber

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sonnellino

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lark

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allodola OPPURE svago, divertimento

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phlegmatic

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flemmatico, imperturbabile, posato, apatico

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sundry (NO sullied; da to sunder)

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assortito, diverso, vario (dividere, separare)

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inkling

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barlume, indizio, accenno

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to sallow

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ingiallire

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dowager

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vedova benestante

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to wax

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crescere, aumentare

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by dint of

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per mezzo di, a forza di

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to coax

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persuadere

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to contrive to

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architettare, escogitare, trovare

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creak

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cigolio

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snarling

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ringhio

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nimble

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svelto, agile

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phial

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fiala

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p.342

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