Summer 2012 Part II Flashcards

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the plot, weft

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la trama

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to gather

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radunare

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bleechers

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gli spalti

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a curtain, screen

smoke screen

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una cortina

una cortina fumo’gena

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disentangle

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districare (un nodo, una situazione complicata)

mi sono districata nel caos

districarsi nel traffico

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caution n.

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la cautela

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motive

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la moventa

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to hand down

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tramandare

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to set fire to

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appicare

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to burst into flames

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divampare

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sprinkled

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costellato

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unscrupulous

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spregiudicato

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dive (bar)

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una bettola

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busy

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occupato (right now), indaffarato (have a lot of things to do)

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cumbersome

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ingombrante

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pack (of dogs)

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un branco

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bright (color)

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acceso

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segment, clove

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uno spicchio

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shovel, blade

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una pala

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a step

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il gradino

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gloomy

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cupo

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to forgot

for me not

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dimenticare, scordare

nontiscordardime

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to reward

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premiare

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to drain

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scolare

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to clog

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intasare

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fiery

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focoso

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same

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medesimo, lo stesso

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mostly

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perlopiù

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upon

upon payment

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previo

previo pagamento

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prude

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pudico

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lice

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pidocchi

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to give rise to

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dare adito a

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traffic light

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il sema’foro

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kindergarten, asylum, shelter

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l’asilo

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to grow weak

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affievolirsi, indebolirsi

il sole si affievolisce, la vita si affievoliva in lui

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to disappoint

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deludere

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scalple

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un bisturi

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to crinkle, crush

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accartocciare

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tile of mosaic, element

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un tassello

a questa squadra manca un tasello in difesa

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milky

some plants have a milky liquid inside them

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lattiginoso

qualche pianta ha dentro un liquido lattiginoso

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silky

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setoso

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a grimace

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una smor’fia

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usual

a custom

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consueto

consuetudine

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body, corpse

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la salma

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vulture

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avoltoio

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a mess, a brothel

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un casino (impolite), il bordello

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tangled

tangled mess

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aggrovigliato

un groviglio (di nodi, di corde)

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motive

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il movente

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rape

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lo stupro

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to increase the price of

a price increae

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rincarare

il rincaro

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the verdict

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il verdetto

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shoulder strap

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la bretella

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to judge

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giudicare

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a scam

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una fregature, una truffa

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to knot, fig. to form

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annodare

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a curse

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un malocchio

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crossroad

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una crocevia

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country adj.

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agreste

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to bring, carry, cause; to bear, hold, contain

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recare (offesa, un danno)

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the result

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l’esito, il risultato

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validated

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avvalorato

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an array

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una gamma

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to awaken

to draw attention

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destare

destare l’attenzione

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to write, to draw up

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redigere

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barely

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a stento

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a scourge

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un flagello

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to stomp on

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calpestrare

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a burden

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un fardello

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to ruin

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rudere

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to cut

breathtaking

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mozzare

mozzafiato

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jagged

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slabbrato