misc Flashcards

1
Q

ricompensato

A

rewarded

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2
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ricompensare

A

to reward

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3
Q

Posso ricompensarti in qualche modo per questo?

A

Can I somehow reward you for it?

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4
Q

lunghissima

A

very long

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5
Q

sorprendente

A

startling

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6
Q

l film che ho guardato ieri era molto sorprendente.

A

The film I watched yesterday was very startling.

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7
Q

Quella scena mi ha fatto rizzare i capelli.

A

That scene made my hair stand on end.

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8
Q

far rizzare i capelli

A

to make someone’s hair stand on end

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9
Q

far rizzare

A

to raise

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10
Q

Che fifone che sei!

A

What a coward you are!

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11
Q

fifone

A

wimp

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12
Q

un maestoso leone

A

a majestic lion

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13
Q

preda da poter prendere

A

prey you can catch

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14
Q

Le due braccia sono alzate.

A

The two arms are raised.

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15
Q

Il leone colse al balzo l’occasione

A

the lion seized the opportunity

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16
Q

con uno scatto felino, bloccò la coda del topino con la zampa.

A

with a feline snap, he pinned the mouse’s tail with his paw.

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17
Q

colse al balzo

A

jumped

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18
Q

con uno scatto felino,

A

with a feline snap

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19
Q

bloccò la coda del topino con la zampa.

A

he pinned the mouse’s tail with his paw.

20
Q

bloccare

A

block

21
Q

bloccato

A

stuck

22
Q

Questo portabagagli è bloccato .

A

This trunk is locked.

23
Q

Il leone già pregustava il piccolo bocconcino

A

The lion was already looking forward to the little morsel

24
Q

come antipasto e si stava leccando i baffi.

A

as an appetizer and he was licking his mustache.

25
Q

pregustare

A

pre taste (anticipate)

26
Q

non ti sazierei che per pochi minuti da tanto sono piccolo.

A

I would not satisfy you that for a few minutes I have been small for a long time.

27
Q

saziare

A

to satisfy, satiate

28
Q

Per saziare gli avari nessun oro è sufficiente.

A

No gold is enough to satisfy the greedy.

29
Q

gli avari

A

the stingy, the greedy

30
Q

Il leone pensò che questo era vero:

A

the lion thought this to be true

31
Q

quel topolino gli avrebbe placato la fame giusto

A

that little mouse would have appeased his hunger

32
Q

E poi le mie piccole ossicine rischierebbero di andarti di traverso in gola.

A
  • And then my little bones would risk going sideways in your throat.
33
Q

, che smise di trascinare verso di sé il topolino.

A

, who stopped dragging the mouse towards him.

34
Q

– Se mi lascerai andare

A
  • If you let me go
35
Q

ti sarò riconoscente per tutta la vita! –

A

I will be grateful to you for life! -

36
Q

disse infine il topo.

A

finally said the mouse

37
Q

Il leone, mosso più dalla fatica di ingoiare quel piccolo pasto che dalla pietà per il topolino, lo lascia andare.

A

The lion, moved more by the effort of swallowing that little meal than by pity for the mouse, lets it go.

38
Q

tra le sterpaglie della foresta.

A

between the brushwood of the forest

39
Q

che all’improvviso un legaccio fatto di corda lo intrappolò.

A

that suddenly a tie made of rope trapped him.

40
Q

un legaccio

A

a tie

41
Q

Dopo molti tentativi il leone si rassegnò,

A

After many attempts the lion resigned himself,

42
Q

Ma ad un tratto sentì qualcosa che stava lavorando sulla corda.

A

But suddenly he felt something working on the string.

43
Q

Ma ad un tratto

A

But all of the sudden

44
Q

con i suoi denti aguzzi.

A

with its sharp teeth

45
Q

aguzzi

A

sharp

46
Q

un animaletto

A

pet