random 10 Flashcards
dammi il cambio
take over from me
per piacere aggiungete il mio
pleas add my
dall’inizio
from the beginning
non e leale
it is not fair
fare la corte (outdated)
to court someone (romantically)
smesso da smettere
stopped (pp).
ormai
at this point, by now
bisnonno
great grandfather
trisnonno
great great grandfather
tagliare, spuntare, regolare
to trim hair … to cut
spuntare, tagliare regolare, accorciare
to trim a beard
gli arnesi
tools instruments
la colezione
the set (of cards, clothes etc)
il cambio la marcia
transmission, gearbox, gear lever …. change la marcia = the gear
la guancia le guance
the cheek, jowl
pizzicare pizzicato
to squeeze plucked
un tizio
a bloke, a guy, a fellow
assai
extremely, rather
mettersi in regola
to get your business in order
la rata
payment, instalment,
capitare
to happen to occur ….. to end up, to arrive
accadere
to happen, to occur, to befall
accedere
to access, to enter
truffare
cheat swindle rob steal
bucare
to puncture, to hole, to punch (a hole in a ticket)
il scambio
exchange (something for another)
il cambio
exchange (one currency for another)
la riflessione
the reflexion, consideration, deliberation, thought, (duo=remark)
l’osservazione, la nota, il commento
the remark,
infantile, immaturo peurile
childish
il provvedimento
measure, provision
lo sviluppo
progression, development, growth
legato
tied, fastened secured
a seguito di
following. persuant
bruciare le sterpaglie
bonfire
svelare
to uncover, to unveil
il divieto, il bando,
la proibizione
the ban (stopping something or someone)
tenere per mano
to take by the hand
PASSARE un periodo buono
to have a good time
suscettibile
susceptible to something
non ANDREBBERO criticare
SHOULD not be criticized
vietare
to ban
e vietato, e proibito
it is banned
fare allenamento di qualcosa
to practice at something
perdere l’opportunita (not mancare)
to miss the opportunity
truffare
to cheat to swindle
passare
to pass, to go past, to move onto,
il malinteso
misunderstanding
l’assegno
cheque, allowance, child support, alimony
comando di polizia
police headquarters
rifilare
to saddle with, to trim, to crop
attento adj
careful, attentive, alert, caring
c’e bisogno di un’attenta riflessione
IT needs for careful reflexion/consideration/thought
smettere, finire qualcosa
to stop doing something
abbassare qualcosa
to turn down something
FARE un momento
to TAKE a moment
la barba
the beard
tagliare
to trim eg hair,… to cut, to slice, to carve, to sever, to engrave, to prune eg bushes
corto il piu corto
short, shortest
non appena potei
as soon as i could (Past historic)
la novita
innovation, change … news
la notizia le notizie
news (usually used in the plural in Italian)
FACCIO un momento
I TAKE a moment
e oltre
is over (not e piu di)
e oltra cento
is over A hundred
rassegnare le dimissioni
to resign (a job) lit. to resign yourself to the resignations!
le dimissioni (nfpl)
resignation
rassegnare
to resign yourself
abboccare all’amo
to take the bait (into the mouth)
abboccare
to bite, to be fooled, to be taken in by
il conduttore la conduttrice
driver, conductor, anchor man etc etc
conduttore adj
conductive
la stima
evaluation, appraisal…. esteem respect regard
ALL’esecuzione dell
UNTIL the execution of
l’inturrettore
cut off switch
interrompere
to cut off, interrupt a flow or supply
continuare, proseguire, andare avanti
to keep going
l’allenamento
training, practice, exercise
l’allenatore
the coach
ALL’ombra
IN the shade
stiamo per finire
we are about to end up
non ho sonno
i am not sleepy
fino alla fine
to the end
la galera
prison, stir, joint
il/la minorenne
minor, underage
circonvenzione di
to take advantage of, ….. to circumvent
scaldare
to warm, to heat up, to ignite,