Lecture The Cleft Flashcards

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ripensamento

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afterthought

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granaglia, macinato, cereale da macinare

es. è tutto fuoco alla brace quando si tratta di trovare un lavoro

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grist

es. it’s all grist to the mill when it comes to getting a job

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dotare

es. era dotata di grande bellezza

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to endow, to provide

es. she was endowed with great beauty

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iiregolare

es. il suo lavoro è irregolare

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erratic; not dependable, inclined to be irregular

es. his work is erratic

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scricchilio, cigolio
cigolare, scricchiolare
es. quella sedia sta scricchiolando sotto il tuo peso
es. gli strani cigolii nella vecchia casa tennero la ragazza sveglia

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creak
es. the strange creaks in the old house kept the girl awake
to creak
es. that chair is creaking beneath your weight

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termine usato per indicare, solitamente, un animale castrato

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ox, pl. oxen

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fretta, urgenza (wegen Zeitmangel)

es. nella fretta di scappare hanno dimenticato di prendere tutte le loro cose
es. il tuo lavoro mostra segni di fretta

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haste

es. in their haste to escape, they forgot behind all their belongings
es. your work shows signs of haste

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broncio, scontrosità

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sullenness

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chiusa

canale

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sluice

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rasserenante, lenitivo, confortante

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soothing

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alzare le spalle

es. ha semplicemente alzato le spalle

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to shrug

es. he simply/just shrugged his shoulders

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ignorare (con connotazione di poca importanza)

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to shrug off

es. she shrugged off all criticism

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persuadere (con connnotazione di pazienza, trattamento gentile e lusinga)
es. l’ha persuasa a danzare dicendo che è la miglior ballerina che conosca
“persuadentemente”

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to coax
es. he coaxed her to the dance by saying she was the best dancer he knew
coaxingly

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abitare (pagando la stanza della casa di qualcun altro)

es. abita (pagando) con i Johnson.

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to lodge

es. he lodges with the Johnsons.

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conficcarsi, piantarsi, incastrarsi da qualche parte

es. la pallottola si era conficcata vicino al suo cuore

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to lodge

es. the bullet had lodged near his heart

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