Summer 2012 Part I Flashcards

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to shed, spread (tears, blood)

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spargere

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disaster

disastrous

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una sciagura

sciagurato

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to be stuck, to jam, fit in, to frame (a person)

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incastrare

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The crime was committed with intent

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Il reato è stato commesso con dolo

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interlocking

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a incastro

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jam, an interlocking

The printer is jammed

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l’incastro

Il foglio è incastrato nella stampante

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to stamp, brand

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bollare

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to extort

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estorcere

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rip, gash

Jack the Ripper

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squarciare, squartare (disembowel)

uno squarcio

Jack lo squartatore

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whip, whisk

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una frustra

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a crime

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un delitto (serious), un reato (less serious)

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pylon, pillar

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il pilone

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residence

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la dimora

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dispicable

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spregevole

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pile (wood)

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una catasta

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to disarrange, to upset

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sconvolgere

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mind blowing

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sconvolgente

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tent

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il tendo’ne, la tenda (small)

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to unfold, to happen

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svolgere pp. svolto

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turn, turning point

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la svolta

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to redeem

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redimersi

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to discourage

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scoraggiare

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event, happening, incident

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la vicenda

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surroundings

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i circonstanti

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clumps

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i grumi

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a pinch

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un pizzico

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to swallow

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inghiottire, divorare

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to graze

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brucare

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cliff

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scarpata, precipizio

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a brawl, fist fight

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una zuffa, una rissa

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to challenge

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sfidare

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drought

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la siccità

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to bind, harder

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rassodare

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marked, evident

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spiccato

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wrinkled

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grinzosa

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a hoax

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una beffa

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36
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to sneeze

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starnutire

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37
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overlapping

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sovraposto

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to stack, to pile

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ammuchiare, impilare (more orderly), ammassare (very disorderly)

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a pile

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un mucchio

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container, shell

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l’invo’lucro

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thickening

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ispessimento

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an arc

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una arcata

43
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to project

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proiettare

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to prepare

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apprestare

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to postpone

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rinviare

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to jump over

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scavalcare

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sought after

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ricercato

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to banish someone to somewhere, do away with (the formality)

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bandire (la formalità)

bandire qqn da qualcheparte

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auctioneer

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un banditore

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petrolium, crude oil

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il greggio, il petrolio

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unrefined

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grezzo

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to spread

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propagarsi

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salami

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gli insaccati

54
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an aggressive animal, a beast

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una belva

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to inflict

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infligere, pp. inferto

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to trigger

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innescare

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to think twice

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avere delle re’more

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mouth wrinse

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il collutorio

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entangled

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impigliato, incastrato

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to shake

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scuotere

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a bubble

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una bolla

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lacking in, short of

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sprovvisto

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sharing, related by

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accumato da

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lush

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rigoglioso

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bold

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ardi’to

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a bundle

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un fascetto

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melting

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la fusione

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a string

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uno spago

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polished, smooth

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levigato

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slimy

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viscido

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to squeeze, wring out

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strizzare

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a prompt

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il sollecito

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a handle

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la maniglia

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a pin

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uno spilo

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to explode

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scoppiare

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to undergo, to feel

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patire

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to rip out, pull out

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strappare

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to pick a flower

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cogliere / raccogliere i fiori

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to pose a threat

The Russian army threatens Berlin

The opposing team is theatening our victory

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insidiare

l’armata russa insidia Berlino

la squadra avversaria insidia il nostro vantaggio

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at times

At times brown bears become aggressive

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talora (literary), talvolta, a volte

Talvolta gli orsi bruni diventano aggressivi

81
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to thin

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assottigliare

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to smell

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annusare

83
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a clue

Give me a hit

A

un indizio

Dammi un indizio

84
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to fist fight, to beat

woodpecker

A

picchiarsi

un picchio

85
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to bump into

to collide with, to hit (metaphorical)

to smash into pieces

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sbattere

scontrarsi con

fracassare, schiantare

86
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to investigate

an investigation

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indagare, investigare

un’indagine (scientifica), un’investigazione

87
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a club

to club

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una clava (primitivo), un bastone

bastonare

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to plant mines, to undermine

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minare

89
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vein (metaphorical), long loaf, sequence of things

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il filone

90
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a hill

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il colle, le colline

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to snatch, to steal on the street

They stole my purse

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scippare

Mi hanno scippato la borsa

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to collapse

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franare

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landslide

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una frana

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to carve, engrave

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scolpire

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each other, in turn

The monkeys debug each other

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a vicenda, vicendevolmente

Le schimie si spulciano a vicenda

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to take turns

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fare il tourno

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to come from

The man comes from a far away place

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provenire da

l’uomo proviene da un luogo molto lontano

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to diffuse, become widespread

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diffondersi, si è diffusa la moda del Rock and Roll, si è diffuso il virus della malaria