Nouns 2 Flashcards by Anca Browne

Q

enthusiasm

A

foga

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gambling house

A

bisca

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Q

lessee, tenant

A

affittuario

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Q

diffuse light (of moonlight,…), glow

A

chiarore

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Q

indignation, resentment
animosity

A

sdegno

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Q

tug, jerk

A

strattone

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bank
shore

A

sponda

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Q

shovel

A

vanga

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Q

hostility
malevolence

A

malanimo

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Q

garage
hangar
depot

A

rimessa

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Q

encumbrance, burden, obstruction

A

ingombro

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Q

downpour
roar (of rain, waterfall, …)

A

scroscio

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Q

abundence

A

dovizia

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Q

knock, bump, impact
collision

A

urto

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Q

furniture and fittings, utensils

A

masserizie (pl. of masserizia)

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Q

mistrust, suspicion

A

diffidenza

Q

defect, vice, flaw

A

tara

Q

slope, decline, descent

A

china

Q

relic

A

cimelio

Q

big toe

A

alluce

Q

bullshit, crap

A

minchiata

Q

occurence, eventuality, event

A

evenienza

Q

champion, defender

A

paladino

Q

knot, crowd, throng (of people)

A

capannello

Q

hound, bloodhound

A

segugio

Q

cluster (of people, talking)

A

crocchio

Q

poppy
authority figures

A

papavero

… che vedeva coinvolti papaveri dai nomi cosi roboanti da fargli tremare i polsi.

Q

shuttlecock
flywheel
driving force

A

volano

Q

gush, spurt, flood

A

fiotto

Q

sneer

A

ghigno, sogghigno

Q

idler, loafer

A

sfaccendato

Q

gap, cavity

A

intercapedine

Q

top, summit, crown
peak, high point

A

vetta

Q

bump
draft, proof

A

bozza

Q

slope, slant, gradient

A

pendenza

Q

presage, precognition

A

preveggenza

Q

scruff of the neck

A

collottola

Q

sulk, pout

A

broncio