The physical world Flashcards

1
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il bacino

A

basin

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2
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il campo

A

field

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3
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il paesaggio

A

landscape

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4
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la pianura

A

plane (of landscape, not in the air)

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5
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il prato

A

field (of grass), meadow

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6
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l’acqua dolce

A

fresh water (as opposed to l’acqua di mare/salata)

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7
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l’affluente

A

(masc.) tributary

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l’alveo

A

rier-bed

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9
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l’ansa

A

river bend

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10
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l’argine

A

(masc.) river bank

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11
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il ciottolo

A

pebble

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12
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la curva, la svolta

A

bend

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13
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l’insenatura

A

(fem.) cove

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14
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mosso, agitato

A

(Adjective) rough

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15
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la marea

A

tide, billow

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16
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la marea alta

A

high tide

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17
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la marea bassa

A

low tide

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18
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la pietra, il sasso

A

stone

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19
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la pozza

A

pond

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20
Q

il rifluire e fluire

A

ebb and flow

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21
Q

la schiuma

A

foam

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22
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la scogliera

A

cliff

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23
Q

scorrere

A

Verb (intransitive)
- to flow
- (of time) to pass
Verb (transitive)
- to skim (eg newspaper)

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24
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la sponda

A

edge, bank

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25
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la catena di montagne

A

mountain range

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26
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il colle/la collina

A

hill/little hill

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27
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il declivio, il pendio

A

slope

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28
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l’eruzione

A

(fem.) eruption

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29
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la grotta

A

cave

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30
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la lastra

A

slab, block

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31
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il macigno

A

boulder

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32
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la roccia

A

rock

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33
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la sabbia

A

sand

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34
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il terremoto

A

earthquake

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35
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la valle, la vallata

A

valley

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36
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l’abete

A

(masc.) fir

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37
Q

l’acero

A

(masc.) maple

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38
Q

la betulla

A

birch

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39
Q

il boschetto

A

grove

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40
Q

il castagno

A

chestnut tree

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41
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il cipresso

A

cypress

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42
Q

il faggio

A

beech

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43
Q

la felce

A

fern

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44
Q

il frassino

A

ash tree

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45
Q

la landa

A

heath

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46
Q

il musco, il muschio

A

moss

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47
Q

l’olmo

A

elm

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48
Q

il pino

A

pine

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49
Q

la quercia

A

oak

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50
Q

il sottobosco

A

undergrowth

51
Q

il tratto disboscato

A

clearing

52
Q

l’arancio

A

(masc.) orange tree

53
Q

il ciliegio

A

cherry tree

54
Q

il fico

A

fig tree

55
Q

il frutto

A

fruit tree

56
Q

il limone

A

lemon, lemon tree

57
Q

il melo

A

apple tree

58
Q

il noce

A

walnut tree

59
Q

l’ulivo/l’olivo

A

olive tree

60
Q

il pero

A

pear tree

61
Q

il pesco

A

peach tree

62
Q

l’acquitrino

A

(masc.) bog, fen

63
Q

il banco di scogli

A

reef

64
Q

la barriera corallina

A

coral reef

65
Q

la cresta dell’onda

A

surf

66
Q

la fragente, l’ondata

A

breaker

67
Q

il gorgo, il vortice

A

whirlpool

68
Q

il guado

A

ford

69
Q

il mulinello d’acqua

A

eddy

70
Q

l’ondata di ritorno, la risacca

A

backwash

71
Q

la palude

A

swamp

72
Q

la torbiera

A

peat bog

73
Q

il burrone

A

gully

74
Q

le colline pedemontane

A

foothills

75
Q

il creppaccio

A

crevasse

76
Q

dirupato

A

Adjective
- craggy

77
Q

l’innalzamento

A

rise, elevation

78
Q

la fessura, la crepa

A

crack, crevice

79
Q

il poggio

A

knoll, hillock

80
Q

ripido

A

Adjective
- steep

81
Q

lo strapiombo

A

sheer drop

82
Q

la vetta

A

peak

83
Q

l’agrifoglio

A

holly

84
Q

il biancospino

A

hawthorn

85
Q

la boscaglia

A

brushwood

86
Q

il ceppo

A

stump

87
Q

la corteccia, la scorza

A

bark

88
Q

il diboscamento

A

deforestation

89
Q

l’edera

A

(fem.) ivy

90
Q

il folto

A

thicket

91
Q

la ginestra

A

broom (Mediterranean tree)

92
Q

il nocciolo

A

hazelnut

93
Q

il pioppo

A

poplar

94
Q

il ramo

A

branch

95
Q

il ramoscello

A

twig

96
Q

il rimboschimento

A

reforestation

97
Q

il vischio

A

mistletoe

98
Q

l’alga

A

(fem.) alga, seaweed, wrack

99
Q

l’alluvione

A

(fem.) flood

100
Q

il fango

fangoso, infangato

A

mud, silt

Adjective - muddy

101
Q

la palude, il pantano

A

quagmire (swampy stuff)

102
Q

lo spruzzo

A

spray

103
Q

il brecciame

A

scree

104
Q

la cima

A

summit

105
Q

la macchia

A

scrubland

106
Q

la roccia

A

rock face

107
Q

lo strato

A

layer, stratum

108
Q

l’alberello

A

sapling

109
Q

l’amento, il gattino

A

catkin

110
Q

il cono

A

cone

111
Q

l’ebano

A

ebony

112
Q

la ghianda

A

acorn

113
Q

il ginepro

A

juniper

114
Q

il larice

A

larch

115
Q

il ligustro

A

privet

116
Q

la linfa

A

sap

117
Q

l’ontano

A

alder

118
Q

il palissandro

A

rosewood

119
Q

la radica

A

briar

120
Q

il salice, il salice piangente

A

willow, weeping willow

121
Q

il sambuco

A

elder

122
Q

striminzito

A

Adjective
- stunted

123
Q

il tasso

A

yew