misc vocab sentences Flashcards

1
Q

Si è messo a strombazzare sotto la mia finestra.

A

He started blowing his horn right under my window.

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2
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viso sconvolto dalle rughe

A

face devastated by wrinkles

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3
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sconvolto dalla paura

A

unsettled by fear

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4
Q

crepaccio

A

crevice

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5
Q

il crepaccio di un ghiacciaio

A

a crevasse in a glacier

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6
Q

Si sentivano le api ronzare.

A

They heard the bees buzzing.

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7
Q

ronzare

A

to buzz

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8
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Il pitone uccide la preda stritolandola.

A

Pythons kill their prey by strangling.

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9
Q

stritolare

A

to strangle

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10
Q

essere stritolato da un boa

A

to be crushed by a boa constrictor

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11
Q

il muso del cavallo

A

the muzzle of a horse

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12
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sventolare la bandiera

A

to wave the flag

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13
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sventolare il fazzoletto

A

to wave one’s handkerchief

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14
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far cascare le braccia

A

to fall into despair

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15
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cascare dal sonno / dalla fame

A

to drop due to weariness/hunger

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16
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falciare l’erba

A

to cut the grass

17
Q

l’epidemia ha falciato molte vite

A

the epidemic cut down many lives

18
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monello

19
Q

facendo le fusa.

20
Q

raggomitolare la lana

A

to wind up yarn

21
Q

Serafino si raggomitolò ai piedi del letto

A

Serafino curled up at the foot of the bed

22
Q

Sguazzarono nella sua fontana.

A

They splashed in its fountain.

23
Q

L’anatra sguazza nel fiume.

A

Ducks splash around in the river.

24
Q

sguazzare nel fango

A

to wallow in the mud

25
Si tolsero i cappotti, i cappelli,
Loro hanno preso off i loro cappotti, hats,
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Ha tratteggiato per noi un disegno chiaro
He drew up a clear picture for us
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tratteggiare
sketch, to draw
28
pizzicare il braccio
to pinch in the arm
29
Lo hanno pizzicato mentre rubava.
They caught him as he was stealing.
30
Le zanzare mi hanno pizzicato.
I got bit by mosquitos.
31
temare
fear
32
ma temo che diventi
but I'm afraid it will become
33
giudicare
to judge
34
giudicare un’esibizione
to judge an exhibition
35
mancare di pudore
to lack modesty
36
senso di appartenenza
sense of belonging
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appartenenza
belonging
38
sfasciato
smashed
39
sfasciare un matrimonio
to break up a marriage