random 11 Flashcards
il pugnale
dagger
escluso pp escludere
excluded, left out
lieve
soft delicate light
il fruscio
rustle, rustling, swish
occidentale
westerly, from the west (venti winds)
tentare
to attempt, to try, to experiment
la termine
deadline, due date, time limit, finish, end boundary, limit
incaricato il incaricato la incaricata
appointed the person in charge
sintonizzare
to tune (radio)
impuntato da impuntarsi
to have stopped dead, to have baulked
estroso
brilliant, ingenious, capricious
la prosopopea
haughtiness, presumption
bastare
to be enough, to be sufficient
zavorrare
to ballast (a ship), to burden
il bastimento
freighter, cargo ship, ship
comunque
anyway, in any case, even so
pizzicato da pizzicare
plucked, stung to sting
distensivo
relaxing, soothing, stretching
allungare
to stretch (a wire or rope)
corettamente giustamente bene
properly
scocciante present p scocciare
bothering, annoying to bother, to pester
il sommozzatore
scuba diver
disinnescare
to defuse, deactivate, disarm
valido
valid, effective
l’artificiere l’artificiera
bomb disposal engineer
sistemare
to set, to arrange, to organise
la vela velare
the sail, sailboat, to sail
la sopravvivenza
the survival
indifferrìente
makes no difference, indifferent
saltare
to explode, blow up … to jump, to hop
rafforzare
to strengthen, to reinforce
cerato
waxed, oilskin
tela cerata tele cerate
oilkin, oilskins
inteso
understood
lo scompiglio
confusion, disorder, disarray
imbacare
to board, to embark, to carry (onboard)
gingillarsi
to dawdle, to waste time
la smania
restlessness, irritation, nervousness
reagire
to counter, to react to, respond, retaliate
baloccare
to amuse to entertain
si e allungato/a
it has stretched
indagato da indagare
examined to inspect, examine, investigate
la scadenza
deadline, time limit, expiry time
accontentare
to please, to satisfy
diamine
(interjections) hell, damn, heck
sbadato
careless, heedless, thoughtless
l’evenienza
the event, the circumstance, the eventuality
il pulsante
a button, a switch, pushbutton switch
scadere
to run out, to expire (time)
al posto tuo
in your place
deprimente
depressing
mi piace prendermi cura del (giardino)
i like to look after the (eg garden)
emozionato/a …. eccitante, emozionante
excited …. exciting
il podere
small farm
il terreno
land (in the sense of usable land)
di fianco a
by the side of beside next to
Mi serve di
mi servono dei (soldi)
I need some (singular object)
I need some (a plural thing) (eg money)
il soldo
coin (archaic) soldier’s pay
l’evenienza fm.
eventuality event circumstance
inosservato
unobserved, not seen
la sciocchezza
mistake, idiocy
senz’altro
without a doubt, absolutely
la mossa
a motion, a gesture, a movement, a move
attirare
to attract, to draw
esagerare
to exaggerate, to go to far
la pretesa
demand, pretence presumption
tuttora
still, even now, to this day
fraternizzare
to fraternize, to become friendly with
sghignazzare
to sneer
traccheggiare
to beat about the bush
giurare
to vow, to take an oath, to be sworn in
trafficare
to do business with, trade, traffic
interfere
to interfere with, to meddle with
riattaccare
to hang up,….. to restart, ….to reattach
si ha bevuto from bersi from bevere
did he buy it (believe that it is true)
avra bevuto lo (lit: will he have drunk it)
will he have bought it
il sommozzatore
scuba-diver
perire
to perish, to die, to disappear
angosciato
distressed, worried
illudersi …. illudere
to delude oneself …. to give false hope,
mislead, deceive
impedire
to impede, to block, to obstruct
intanto
meanwhile